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Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia.
Binioù-bras means Great (Highland) Bagpipe in the Breton language. See Pib-Veur. Binioù-ilin Binioù-ilin means Uilleann Pipes in the Breton language. Binioù-kozh Binioù-kozh is the traditional Breton Bagpipe. Birl Onomatopoeic name for a Highland bagpipe embellishment on low A, consisting of two very fast taps or strikes to low G. Blade
Mashak, a bagpipe of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The term is also used for the Highland pipes which have displaced the traditional bagpipe over time, such as the mushak baja (Garhwali : मूषक बाजा): in Garhwal region. or masak-been (Kumaoni : मसकबीन): of the Kumaon Division.
Angel playing bagpipes in the Thistle Chapel, Edinburgh. Compared to many other musical instruments, the great Highland bagpipe is limited by its range (nine notes), lack of dynamics, and the enforced legato style, due to the continuous airflow from the bag. The great Highland bagpipe is a closed reed instrument, which means that the four reeds ...
The chanter of the Great Highland bagpipe. The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody.It consists of a number of finger-holes, and in its simpler forms looks similar to a recorder.
From the 14th century onwards, bagpipes start to appear in the historical records of European countries, however half the mentions come from England suggesting Bagpipes were more common in England. Bagpipes are mentioned in English literature as early as The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer , written between the 1380s and 1390s.
The music for the bagpipe has much in common with the melodies of old Estonian so-called runic songs. A number of tunes, like the instrument itself, are of foreign origin. Supposedly they chiefly derive from Sweden. The Swedish influence is suggested by the texts of dance songs for the bagpipe, and the dances themselves also seem to come from ...
A bagpipe practice chanter is a double-reed woodwind instrument, principally used as an adjunct to the Great Highland bagpipe. As its name implies, the practice chanter serves as a practice instrument: firstly for learning to finger the different melody notes of bagpipe music, and (after a player masters the bagpipes) to practice new music.