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Also known as pipes, biniou, cornemuse, musette, set of bagpipes
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 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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风笛（Bagpipes）是乐器的一种，属使用簧片的气鸣乐器。风笛在凱爾特地區非常流行，是凱爾特传统文化的一部分。另外，北非、中歐、巴爾幹地區、高加索山脈、甚至愛沙尼亞都有風笛。
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