| The Bagpipe
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| | Medieval Smallpipe, and the Mediterranean
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| Description of the Bagpipereservoir. The
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| | Bagpipe.
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| bagpipe's air reservoir directs
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| | Playing the Bagpipes
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| anuninterrupted air stream through the
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| | Beginner bagpipe students do not learn to
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| reeds.
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| | play musicon the bagpipe. The beginner
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| Origin of the Bagpipes
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| | first learns on thebagpipe practice
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| The bagpipe has it's origins in
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| | chanter.
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| antiquity. It wasfound in the ancient
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| | The bagpipe practice chanter has three
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| world throughout Asia, in
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| | pieces: themouthpiece, the shorter top
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| North Africa, and across Europe.
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| | body section and thebottom body section
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| A type of bagpipe is mentioned in the Old
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| | with finger holes. Bagpipepractice
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| Testamentand the bagpipe is also found in
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| | chanters are played like a whistle
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| Greek writingsdated in the Fifth Century
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| | orrecorder. While playing, keep your
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| BC. These bagpipeswere predecessors of
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| | fingers straight.
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| the modern day bagpipe andwere probably
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| | Do not to use the pads of your fingers,
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| differed from the bagpipes you seetoday.
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| | rather usethe tips. Place your fingers
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| In truth, the bagpipe's origin is
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| | over all the holes,front and back.
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| obscure. Thereason may be due to the
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| | Lifting one finger at a time playsnotes.
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| nature of the bagpipe.
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| | After each practice session, take the
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| The ancient bagpipe was made of wood and
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| | bagpipepractice chanter apart and shake
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| skin,and thus disintegrated without
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| | out the moisture.
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| leaving much ofa record. Another reason
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| | It may take six months to learn your
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| is that the bagpipe wasa commoner's, or
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| | first songproperly on the bagpipe
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| peasant's instrument. The bagpipeonly
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| | chanter.
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| became of interest to the nobility in
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| | After becoming proficient on the bagpipe
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| moderntimes, when the bagpipe was used as
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| | practicechanter your next step is to
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| an instrumentof war to instill fear in
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| | learn to play thebagpipe chanter with the
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| the enemy.
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| | bag, but without thebagpipe drones. To do
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| Types of Bagpipes
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| | this, you assemble the bagpipewith bag,
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| There are many styles of bagpipes. These
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| | bagpipe chanter and mouthpiece. You
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| bagpipesmay feature one or two bagpipe
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| | mustcork off the bagpipe drone stocks and
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| chanters and one ormore bagpipe drones.
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| | play only thebagpipe chanter. You now
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| The bagpipe reeds are in eachof the
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| | learn to play the pipechanter like you
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| drones and chanters. The bagpipe chanter
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| | did the bagpipe practice chanter.
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| hasfinger holes for playing multiple
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| | You also learn to blow your arm off the
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| notes, while thebagpipe drones' notes are
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| | bag andkeep your bagpipe's tone even.
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| fixed.
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| | Once you achieve all of that you are
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| The various styles of bagpipes are
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| | ready for thenext step. You uncork the
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| divided into twocategories based on the
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| | stocks and install thebagpipe drones one
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| method used to fill thebagpipe's air
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| | at a time. Now you are readyto play your
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| reservoir. The Great Highland
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| | bagpipe.
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| Bagpipeplayer fills the reservoir by
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| | Learning the bagpipe takes time and
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| blowing with the mouth.
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| | patience, butit is well worth your
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| In the Uilleann Bagpipe, the player fills
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| | effort. When played well,the bagpipe
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| the reservoirby pumping a bellows.
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| | produces a sound that touches
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| In addition to the Highland Bagpipe and
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| | somethingdeep within us. Even people who
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| the Uilleann
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| | do not like thebagpipes are moved by the
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| Bagpipe, you can also find the Medieval
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| | sound.
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| Bagpipe,
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