bagpipe
(BAG-pipe)


[Eng.]

A family of ancient instruments still in use today that is made of a sack or bellows which holds air, several pipes, and a double-reeded, fingered pipe called a "chanter". The unfingered pipes are called drones and produce pedal tones. The bagpipe makes a constant, unbroken sound as the air stored in the sack is constantly being supplied to the pipes. The most famous bagpipes are those of Scotland and Ireland.

See also [Eng.] bagpipe; [Fr.] cornemuse (f); [Fr.] biniou (m); [Ger.] Sackpfeife (f); [Ger.] Dudelsack (m); [It.] cornamusa (f); [It.] piva (f); [It.] zampogna (f); [Sp.] gaita (f).

 

Bagpipe

Bagpipe

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