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The musician must fill the bag with air by blowing into a pipe. Lung-power is very important in playing the bagpipes.
- In bellows-blown bagpipes, the musician composes melody through finger holes & by moving the bellows with his arms.
- In the case of mouth-blown pipes there is a bag but no bellows. Usually the player composes the melody through making different fingerings on the chanter.
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| Types |
The bagpipe is one of the oldest instruments and it had origin in Scotland. Bagpipes are used in festivites as well as marching bands. There are 2 main types:
- Mouth-blown bagpipes, played by blowing air into it by mouth
- Bellows-blown bagpipe, the air is supplied by bellows.
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| First Known Bagpipes |
Early forms of bagpipes existed in ancient Rome, Persia & Greece. The bag was made of the stomach of a bigger animal or animal skin. It used to have 3 parts: a chanter or tube, a bag and a valved tube to prevent the return of air. It's from this form that the modern bagpipes evolved. |
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