"Who Really Invented the Bagpipes?" Topic

"Each year, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo puts on a spectacular performance of bagpipers and drummers in Scotland. The event draws crowds of 220,000. More than 100 million spectators tune in via television. Of course, the showstopper of the annual tattoo remains the pìob-mhór or Highland bagpipes.

No modern-day nation is as closely associated with the drone of pipes as Caledonia. (That's the Latin name given by the Romans to Scotland.) Yet, the origins of the instrument stretch back many thousands of years and miles. Here's what we know…"
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Armand

Whoever it was they have a lot to answer for.

I am a Scot, and make a point of watching the Edinburgh Tattoo on Tv at the August bank holiday.

When I hear the pipes I can feel the hairs on the back of my nect start to stand.

They embolden the Scots, and strike fear into the hearts of others.

They seem to have folowed just one line. No one really knows where nor when the pipes originated but it was further back than that article says. There probably was more than one origan.

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My dyslexia stuff seems to have crashed so sorry if that is a mess

I was always taught it was an ancient instrument, originally from the Middle East of Hittite origin probably. Both the Greeks and Romans had their own types also.

Have to agree with PaulB and this is speaking as the father of a piper

No 2 son decided when he was 15 that he wanted to be a piper, so we got him a cheap set of pipes (cheap being a relative thing when it comes to bagpipes) that led to a more expensive set and so and so on – he went on to be a member of the local Police Pipes and Drums, piped his class in for their med school grad, etc.

I did learn a lot about the pipes and I have to agree with RedCurrant that when played well, the pipes raise the hairs on the back of your neck

Also I learned that the difference between good piping and bad piping is somewhat finer than one might think

Thanks!.

Amicalement
Armand

I was out for a walk in the city recently with a bunch of strangers when things became… stranger.

I was lost in conversation with a fellow walker when my composure was suddenly shattered and my ears rent by a hellish blast from directly behind me. Turning round I discovered that the walker following me had, without warning, whipped out a set of bagpipes from an unseen backpack and launched into a deafening rendition of 'Scotland the Brave'. We must have made a bizarre spectacle to the drivers of passing cars.

After the assault finished I quizzed the perpetrator. It turned out that he was in fact a member of an Irish pipe band, and indeed, the black bag of his traditional Scottish-style instrument (of torture?) bore a small harp motif.

"Who Really Invented the Bagpipes?"

I doubt it was invented by somebody with a hangover… ;-)

To those haters, I beg to differ…

youtu.be/ZRVS4XxSn9Q

I have a CD of Spanish bag pipes I listen to every now and then. Love them as well as Scottish and Irish.

French Milatary YouTube link
Bulgarian Civilian YouTube link
The pipes come in a varaity of types.

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Thanks also!.

Amicalement
Armand

Invented by Scots just to piss-off the rest of us. (smile)

As the Germans put it youtu.be/wzmh0Bn44XM?t=106

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