A stout instrument of sheepskin stretched tight over a wooden stock with a blowpipe, tenor and baritone drones, and a chanter fed by the piper’s arm pressure. Upland and pastoral folk favor the bagpipes for their penetrating wail, bold enough to call across moor and glen during festival and war-march alike. A skilled piper can coax droning harmonies layered beneath the chanter’s keen melody, and shepherds often carry a simple traveling set for passing long days afield.
Bagpipes
Sheepskin-covered wooden stock with drones and chanter; penetrating wail for festivals, marches.