Bagpipes

Passamezzo,
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Two with a , and a playing the .

From the Album amicorum of G.F. Speid, Bavaria, c1631-1633

Bodleian Library MS. Autogr. g. 3

bagpie,
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Well this was a random find in an Oban charity shop yesterday, a program for the 1981 Falkirk Tryst Bi-Centenary Piping Competition, signed on the back by eight of the participants.

It has a chronological history of the Highland Society of London's competitions from 1781 but no mention of bellows pipers not being allowed to compete or two drone pipes being discouraged. :)

The back cover of the program with the signature of eight famous pipers of the era.
A photograph of one of the pages of the program with a list of competitors and tunes that they played.

bagpie,
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30 odd years of traditional piping - listening, learning, researching, practicing and playing - and it all comes down to this… Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes while wearing an elf onesie!! I love it all.

https://absurdistpipeband.com

The Absurdist Pipe Band, in elf costumes and hats, playing the Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes themes on bagpipes and drums behind the bar in The Old Ship Inn in Perth, Scotland.

itisiboller,

Are you unwell when listening to bagpipes for relaxation?

Asking for a friend (that is one of the voices in my head)

johnefrancis,
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@itisiboller have they also been drinking scotch and sobbing? If so, they may have a problem, particularly if they aren't Scottish.

I mean, we can all enjoy other cultures, but there are a few red flags and they are all about bagpipes (listening, buying, playing bagpipes, etc)

mrundkvist,
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I wonder what it would cost to get Britney Spears to play Highland on your album.

BigJackBrass,
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@mrundkvist Might be cheaper to get a piper to legally change their name to Britney Spears for the duration of the recording session.

natalie_romana, Dutch
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Random musing of the day:
A is really as a string instrument. 🥰

dec_hl,
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@natalie_romana yeah, my neighbor asked me once if I was learning the bagpipe now 😊

Phil,
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I may have mentioned it before, but Billy Pigg’s playing is awesome. Here he is ripping through the Morpeth Rant on - https://youtu.be/CFj8rD2cCkQ

metabrainz,
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Another detailed MusicBrainz instrument tree fleshed out - this time bagpipes/dūdas/gaida, etc etc… untangling different but similar instruments from around the world is very interesting and very complex, it turns out!

https://blog.metabrainz.org/2024/05/15/ensembling-dudys-and-dudyettes-miniversion/

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