The skirl of a bagpipe is one of the more distinct sounds in the woodwind family. It’s also a sound that’s hard to miss at the Great American Irish Festival, which is taking place this weekend ...

The Great Highland bagpipe has a limited scale, consisting of only nine notes. There’s also no articulation between notes, like the tonguing technique used with wind instruments.

He had to scale up his hands by 171% to get them to play the pipes correctly, ... The bagpipe plays notes that are “in between” those on a traditional orchestral instrument.

Doctors say mold and fungi lurking inside bagpipes probably caused a fatal infection they called “bagpipe lung.” Above, a bagpipes player in Houston in 1999. (Pat Sullivan / Associated Press) ...

Doctors are warning musicians to clean their wind instruments regularly — after a recently published study revealed it could be a matter of life or death. The report, published Monday in the … ...

The thought of bagpipes usually conjures up images of Scottish men in skirts — not auto-rickshaws and South Asian spices. But no country manufactures more bagpipes than Pakistan, and no place in ...

The Bagpipes are an ancient instrument. Although associated with Scotland and the Armed forces of the United Kingdom, they are not exclusive to Scotland. Most countries in Europe had a form of the ...

Bagpipes Calling! Special | 27m 55s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Celebrating the Celtic spirit through a lively bagpipe band from Long Island. 02/04/2022 | Expires 03/12/2030 | Rating TV-G ...