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4 unusual facts about Great Highland Bagpipe


Battle of Mount Tumbledown

After the battle, Pipe Major James Riddell of 2 SG stood near the top of the mountain and played his bagpipes.

Chanter

On the Great Highland Bagpipe, the internal bore is conical: it is this that gives the chanter its exceptional volume.

Indian bagpipe

The Great Highland Bagpipe, played in some parts of India for ceremonies due to retention of some British military traditions

Practice chanter

The bagpipe practice chanter is a double reed woodwind instrument whose main function is as an adjunct to the Great Highland Bagpipe.


Billy Pigg

The distinguishing characteristic of Pigg's playing style is the use of complex open-fingered ornaments, in imitation of Irish and Highland piping.

Gaelic warfare

Bagpipes and Uilleann pipes would gain popularity in the later period notably the Great Highland Bagpipe and Great Irish Warpipes which would go on to be used by Gaelic mercenaries in Continental Europe and eventually develop into ceremonial


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