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Bagpipes
Bagpipes are a musical instrument which uses enclosed reeds fed from a form of a bag containing air.
203 Questions
Did bagpipes play in many orchestras?
The bagpipes are mostly played and associated with Scotland. The bagpipe most of us are familiar with is called the Great Highland Bagpipe.
Which country is famous for Kilts and Bagpipes?
The part of the United Kingdom that is known for clans, kilts, and bagpipes is Scotland. More specifically the Highlands although the kilt has come to be adopted as national dress despite only 25% of the population any direct claim to a clan. The pipes played are the Great Highland pipes spread worldwide by the British Army regiments during the British Empire. Other countries also have their own bagpipes some of which are bellows as oppsoed to mouth blown.
A bagpipe has four reeds-three in the drones and one in the chanter.
What country is known for playing bagpipes?
Bagpipes are used in many countries. Of course Scotland and Ireland come to mind right away. The French regions of Britanny plays the Biniou, Auvergne and Limousin the Chabrette with some of their music going back to the middlage. The French Navy has two Pipe and Drums band called Bagad using the Britanny version of the bag pipe. Bagpipe can be heard in Spain as well. Most of the military of the countries of the British Empire have Pipe and Drum Bands ( Nepal, India, Pakistan). Canada and Australia have a strong bagpipe tradition as does a lot of Fire Departments and Police Department in the US. All bag pipes are not of the same shape. Some are actually using a huge bag made of the sking of an entire sheep. Some do not rely of the breath of the piper but a bellow activated either by the arm of the player or his foot. Some countries of the Middle East have bagpipes in their traditional instruments.
A woodwind instrument is an instrument where sound is generated by the player pushing air though a reed, this is the case with the bagpipes (which have 4 reed, 3 drone and a chanter) and hence its a woodwind instrument.
Which character from Canterbury Tales liked to play the bagpipes?
The Red-haired Miller likes to play the bagpipes
Are there different types of bagpipes?
There are literally hundreds of types of turn tables. Here are some common ones:
The Irish Uilleann bagpipe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_Irish_Uilleann_bagpipe
The Northumbrian smallpipe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_Northumbrian_smallpipe
The Scottish smallpipe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_Scottish_smallpipe
The biniou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_biniou
French and Occitan bagpipes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#French_and_Occitan_bagpipes
The border pipe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_border_pipe
The gaita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_gaita
The Brian Boru bagpipe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#The_Brian_Boru_bagpipe
Other types http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes#Other_types
did you mean bagpipes like from Scotland that's what i thought. not turntables. yes.
When did Scotland invent the bagpipes?
Nobody really knows. Bagpipes were invented in the Middle East a long time ago, and were probably introduces into Britain by the Greeks, or more likely the Romans. Both had contact with the Britons, and so either seems possible. They were certainly there when the Romans had been in Britain for a few years, as there are carvings of bagpipe players. How long the pipes took to reach Scotland is unknown, but Northumbria has their own set of similar pipes.
The nine notes that can be played on the bagpipes?
G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, High A They are not concert potch though, the c and f are actually implied to be sharp, so it is basically tuned to a mixolydian scale The a on the bagpipe is not a-440. It is actually slightly sharper than b flat.
There are several kinds of bagpipes played in the world, the most commonly scene in public is the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe.
They are played with the piper standing (usually dressed in a kilt for performance) and held under the left arm. An air-filled bag is inflated by a mouthpiece and squeezed to voice four reeds.
One reed resides in the chanter, the oboe-like piece on which the piper's hands finger the tune. Three drones each house a different kind of reed and rest on the piper's left shoulder. Most commonly, the drones all voice the same note, but in two different octaves.
The GHB is limited to 9 articulated notes on the chanter. Half-notes can be sounded, but with great difficulty and rarely. They are not part of traditional pipe music.
How many pipes does a bagpipe have?
A bagpipe has four reeds-three in the drones and one in the chanter.
Air is blown into a blowpipe attached to a bag. This air is forced over the reed of the chanter pipe by the blowing of the player, or by pressure from squeezing the bag while a breath is taken. Nine different notes can be played on the chanter by opening or closing holes with the fingers, accompanied by many grace notes and other embellishments to create expression. The three drones are also supplied with air from the bag and create a constant 'drone' to accompany the melody.
AnswerThe bagpipe is a complicated instrument requiring the player to handle all at once the fingering, the blowing and the squeezing - and remembering the tune he's playing...
1. inflate the bag using the blowstick
2. strike in the drones by shoving your palm underneath the bass drone
3. Then, you quickly add more air to the bag to get the chanter to sound
4. then you play your melody
5. to keep the sound going, whenever you take a breath, squeeze the bag
Were bagpipes ever used as a weapon in war?
Bagpipe have been played during war for over 500 years. All Scottish and Irish regiments (in the service of the British army) have had bagpipers as part of the unit. Those opponents facing Scottish and Irish regiments who have never heard bagpipes before, generally reacted with surprise upon hearing the music for the first time. Warring clans were led into battle inspired by pipers playing a battle tune. There was a piper on the beaches during the Normandy landings in June 1944..... Napoleon said he would not trust Marshal MacDonald, French of Scottish descent, within their sound. That Piper was Bill Millin of the 1st Special Service Brigade, who lead the troops ashore on Sword Beach.
What does Bagpipes From Baghdad mean?
OK, for one, there are no bagpipes in Baghdad. They don't have them and don't use them (Bagpipes are Scottish/European). So what he's saying is that this 'ordeal' (Mariah and Nick being together) is so crazy and impossible that it's surreal that she would choose Nick over Em. Thus it's like playing bagpipes from Baghdad (Nonexistent). In a way, it doesn't make sense, just as bagpipes from Baghdad exclusively doesn't make sense.
What was the main reason that information became so readily available during the renaissance?
I believe the main reason was the invention of the printing press in 1450, which allowed intellectual texts to become widespread, especially with the rediscovery of greek texts from Arab translations.
How long have the Scottish played the bagpipes for?
The first written or representation (Melrose/Roslin) of the bagpipes is only from the 14th century although popular stories have them being introduced by the Romans. Most Celtic nations had bagpipes and they were originally thought to derive from Egypt. The most well known Scottish bagpipe today the Great Highland Bagpies took it's present shape at the end of the 18th century. Earlier versions only had two drones or even one. Lowland pipes also existed but these died out and have been recreated using the Northumberland pipes as a basis. The British Army's Highland regiments spread the fame of the bagipes throughout the world during the expansion of the British empire and created the Pipe Band.
Beading refers to the plain areas on the bagpipes that are between the combing (finely carved ring grooves).
