![]() ![]() The human ability to express creative thoughts and emotions are exemplified in this instrument. The power of the bagpipes is to be taken seriously. The Great Highland Bagpipes is truly an honoured instrument. Because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes present a lyric, almost magical quality, in the tone they create. Instruments which use a set of 4 enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air, from the bag and provided by the player, to create a very distinctive, pleasant and melodic sound. This noble, stately and proud instrument is a class of musical The unmistakable sound of the bagpipes is most often heard before they are seen. The Highlander acquired an international visibility who were renown on the battlefields and with this the bagpipe became a recognized symbol. One reason the bagpipes became so tied to Scotland was the growing trend for the bagpipes to be associated with Highlanders, bagpiping families and warfare. The earliest reference to bagpipes in Scotland appear in a Military context and it is in that context that the Great Highland Bagpipe became established in the British Military and has achieved the widespread fame they enjoy today. The bagpipes spread from India across the Mediterranean into Eastern Europe. Burns’ work was even taken further to now include modern day bagpipe music.īagpipes have been around for many hundreds if not thousands of years, and some trace their origin back to the snake charmer of the Middle East at least 3,000 years ago. ![]() And we all know the great contribution Robbie Burns has made to the Scottish heritage. Without a doubt the most recognizable symbol of Scotland is the bagpipes. But nothing symbolizes Scotland more than the bagpipes and Robbie Burns. Scotland boasts of many important cultural icons: world renowned whisky, Saint Andrew, Robert the Bruce, haggis, ancient castles, golf, curling and many more. Bagpipes, Scotland and Robbie Burns By Donny MacKenzie ![]()
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