# Just in case you haven't had enough bagpipes in your life lately **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 29, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705 "2020-11-29T00:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/1 "2020-11-29T00:31:44Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vrRRt4GWfFM/maxresdefault.jpg "Drum Majors flourish during Huntly Pipe Band's 70th anniversary parade , Scotland, Sept' 2018") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrRRt4GWfFM) I’m Scottish, or descended from Scotland at least. I love this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/2 "2020-11-29T00:35:15Z")
Bagpipes are a love it or hate it instrument. I love them. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/3 "2020-11-29T01:03:42Z")
Thread title does not scan … ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/4 "2020-11-29T01:33:35Z")
Our neighbor practices bagpipes in their backyard nearly every Saturday. It’s fun to listen to. For about 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/5 "2020-11-29T01:36:39Z")
Shipping up to Boston/Enter Sandman mashup with Pipes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HXm8JdC4k4c/maxresdefault.jpg "Shipping Up To Boston/Enter Sandman - Bagpipe Cover (The Snake Charmer x Goddesses of Bagpipe)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXm8JdC4k4c) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/6 "2020-11-29T01:45:05Z")
Bagpipes and Cello and Pirates…[Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Song - EPIC Bagpipes & Cello version - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXysr5NRiE) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/7 "2020-11-29T01:46:50Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Thread title does not scan … Of course it does. Nobody ever has enough bagpipes in their life. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/8 "2020-11-29T01:47:09Z")
We have a Ceilidh here every year (well, except this one because, you know) and really enjoy hearing the local corps there. There’s also an annual Tattoo in the city we used to live in that we try to get to when we are able. One year the Syrian Army sent their corps. Who knew Syrians played the pipes? (I guess you have to click on it to see the full image). [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TcN2qUAW9-B6_xhp45KitEVZLRQicwqaXc-CUGLyZ-0sEHuyqDYLCmostiDx9blRSlfAUcaS1tvYaVWTuxgQ86uBa__ZOdCyBvLmRtZqmJxwB7ZaobyHhSLJV7DoqXk7HUmfisQfNGs=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Romansperson") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/4uYn2CM3skeBRfM27) I hope at one point we can [go to the one in Edinburgh](https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/). ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/9 "2020-11-29T01:49:07Z")
Love that so much! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/10 "2020-11-29T01:55:54Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Shipping up to Boston/Enter Sandman mashup with Pipes. Note that the piper in the middle has a two-drone set; may be reconstructed English, à la the Miller in Canterbury Tales. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/11 "2020-11-29T01:57:13Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/12 "2020-11-29T01:57:30Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Who knew Syrians played the pipes? Bagpipes may have originated in the Middle or Near East. Origins are obscure. The Great Highland Pipes are simply the best known example. Good marketing. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/13 "2020-11-29T01:58:33Z")
Nothing Scottish at all in my background, but I love bagpipes. The first time I really heard them played was at a mall in South Africa, of all places. I’m not exaggerating when I say the sound moved me to tears. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/14 "2020-11-29T02:01:08Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K-Op1Mng4oY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Badpiper Thunderstruck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Op1Mng4oY) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/15 "2020-11-29T02:03:19Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Bagpipes may have originated in the Middle or Near East. Origins are obscure. The Great Highland Pipes are simply the best known example. Good marketing. Considering the way they sound, this would not surprise me a bit. The exact migration route would be interesting to know. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/16 "2020-11-29T02:07:07Z")
More pipin’ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K4UXcKWh_Wc/maxresdefault.jpg "Military Pipes & Drums march down Edinburgh's Royal Mile [4K/UHD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4UXcKWh_Wc) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/17 "2020-11-29T02:08:40Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Considering the way they sound, this would not surprise me a bit. The exact migration route would be interesting to know. Here’s a bit from wikipedia: > **[Bagpipes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes)** > > Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia. > The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as "the pipes", "a set of pipes" or "a stand of pipes". > A se... And this: > [@](#): > > Dozens of types of bagpipes today are widely spread across Europe and the Middle East, as well as through much of the former [British Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire). The name bagpipe has almost become synonymous with its best-known form, the [Great Highland bagpipe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Highland_bagpipe), overshadowing the great number and variety of traditional forms of bagpipe. Despite the decline of these other types of pipes over the last few centuries, in recent years many of these pipes have seen a resurgence or revival as musicians have sought them out; for example, the [Irish piping tradition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uilleann_pipes), which by the mid 20th century had declined to a handful of master players is today alive, well, and flourishing a situation similar to that of the [Asturian gaita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaita_asturiana), the [Galician gaita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_gaita), the Portuguese [gaita transmontana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaita_transmontana), the [Aragonese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragon) [gaita de boto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaita_de_boto), [Northumbrian smallpipes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbrian_smallpipe), the [Breton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_people) [biniou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biniou), the [Balkan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan) [gaida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaida), the [Romanian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanians) [cimpoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimpoi), the Black Sea [tulum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulum_(bagpipe)), the [Scottish smallpipes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes) and [pastoral pipes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral_pipes), as well as other varieties. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/18 "2020-11-29T02:12:20Z")
And no thread on the pipes would be complete with at least one video of Amazing Grace. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lpZiPZwwXhM/maxresdefault.jpg "Amazing Grace - Bagpipe Master") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpZiPZwwXhM) (I didn’t use Scotty’s from Star Trek) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/19 "2020-11-29T02:19:26Z")
From the Scottish homelands of …Arizona? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705/20 "2020-11-29T02:20:27Z")
I am a goober. That’s the **Jordanian** Army, not Syrian. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705.md?page=2)