BAGPIPES

Updated 05-May-2020.

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„Instruments with Soul”, Ep. 1 – Highlander bagpipes: The first episode in the series “ Instruments with Soul”. Featuring artists: Jan Karpiel-Bułecka – narrator, highlander bagpipes, Hanka Rybka – traditional h…

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag . the term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or plural . pipers bellows-driven bagpipes can use more refined or delicate reeds . the player keeps the bag inflated by blowing air into it through a blowpipe . “cauld wind pipes” are bags made of synthetic materials including Gore-Tex have become much more common . a drawback of the synthetic bag is the potential for fungal spores to colonise the bag . bags cut from larger materials are bagpipes usually have at least one chanter; some pipes have two chanters . the pipe is usually open-ended, so there is no easy way for the player to stop the pipe from sounding . chant technical movements are used to break up notes and create the illusion of articulation and accents . some bagpipes have closed ends or stop the end on the player’s leg . a practice chanter is a chanter is derived from the Latin cantare, or “to sing”, much like the modern French word chanteur . the reed may be a single (a red with one vibrating tongue a drone is most commonly a cylindrically-bored tube with a single reed . some drones have a tuning screw, which alters the length of the drone by opening a hole . a sculpture of bagpipes has been found on a Hittite slab at Euyuk in Anatolia, dated to 1000 BC . Several authors identify the ancient Greek askaulos ( askos dio Chrysostom wrote in the 1st century of a contemporary sovereign (possibly Nero) who could play a pipe with his mouth and by tucking a bladder beneath his arm a substantial number of paintings, carvings, engravings, manuscript illuminations, and so on survive . many examples of early folk bagpipes in continental Europe can be found in the paintings of Brueghel, Ten the cel mór (great music) of the bagpipe reflected its martial origins . the Highlands of the early seventeenth century saw the development of piping families . first probable reference to the Irish bag in 1760, the first serious study of the Scottish Highland bagpipe and its music was attempted, in Joseph MacDonald’s Compleat Theory . further south, a manuscript from the 1730s by a William the international bagpipe festival is held every two years in Strakonice, Czech Republic . this surge in popularity was boosted by large numbers of pipers trained for military service . the surge coincided with a decline in the popularity the Great Highland bagpipe is commonly used in the military and is often played in formal ceremonies . many police and fire services have also adopted the tradition of fielding pipe bands . in recent years, many types of bagpipes have enjoyed bagpipes have been used in films depicting moments from Scottish and Irish history . bagpipe making was once a craft that produced instruments in many distinctive local traditional styles . bagspipes are sometimes played at formal events in Commonwealth universities the first custom-built MIDI bagpipes were developed by the asturian piper known as Hevia . the name bagpipe has almost become synonymous with its best-known form, the Great Highland bagpipe . bagpipes have declined with the growth of dance bands, recordings, and the decline of traditional dance . this has led to many types of pipes developing a performance-led tradition . in turn, this has lead to many type of The Voice, Newark, DL: The Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. ——— (1995), Bagpipes (3rd ed. ), Pitt Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford. bagpipes from polish collections (Polish folk musical instruments) Bagpipes (local polish name “Koza”) played by Jan Karpiel-Buecka . Official site of baghet (bagpipe from North Italy Celtic Music : Scottish Military Bagpipes.