A second recorder is then installed as a drone, which produces the continuous harmonizing note typical of bagpipes. A pair of pens are used to create the blowpipe which supplies air to the instrument.

The word drone can also be used to mean “a low monotonous hum or moan,” or, as a verb, to produce just such a sound—like the ...

Traditionally, the drone reed would have been made from a ... enough air through to get the stiff reed vibrating. Highland bagpipe music is written in the key of D major, where the C and F are ...

Now, she is part of a bagpipe pop group called the Rollin' Drones and has played at gigs across the world, helped to break down gender stereotypes in the industry and gained popularity on TikTok ...

Around the circle, pipes lifted. A low drone vibrated the air as bags inflated, and suddenly a keening wail — the skirl of ...