bagpipe
Sign in to saveThe bagpipe is a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipe is well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, North Africa, West Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia.
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The bagpipe is a woodwind instrument that produces sound from enclosed reeds supplied with air from a bag, creating a continuous flow of music. While the Scottish Highland bagpipe is the most famous version, bagpipes have been played for centuries across Europe, North Africa, West Asia, the Persian Gulf region, and South Asia.
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Key facts
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- Bagpipe
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- Bagpipers from Scotland
- Instrument.background
- woodwind
- Instrument.classification
- Aerophone Wind Woodwind
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 422.112
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Reed aerophone with conical bore
- Instrument.related
- Oboe Shawm Bassoon
- Instrument.musicians
- List of bagpipers
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Air supply
- Bag
- Chanter
- Chanter reed
- Drone
- History
- Possible ancient origins
- Spread and development in Europe
- Recent history
- Modern usage
- Types of bagpipe
- Gallery
- Usage in non-traditional music
- Publications
- Periodicals
- Books
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The bagpipe is a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipe is well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, North Africa, West Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia.
The term bagpipes is also used, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as "the pipes", "a set of pipes" or "a stand of pipes".