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BAGPIPE

The bagpipe is a musical wind-instrument of very great antiquity, having been used among the ancient Greeks, and being a favourite instrument over Europe generally in the 15th century. It still continues in use among the country people of Poland, Italy, the south of France, and in Scotland and Ireland. Though now often regarded as the national instrument of Scotland, especially Celtic Scotland, it is only Scottish by adoption, being introduced into that country from England. It consists of a leathern bag, which receives the air from the mouth, or from bellows; and of pipes, into which the air is pressed from the bag by the performer's elbow. In the common or Highland form one pipe (called the chanter) plays the melody; of the three others (called drones) two are in unison with the lowest A of the chanter, and the third and longest an octave lower, the sound being produced by means of reeds. The chanter has eight holes, which the performer stops and opens at pleasure, but the scale is imperfect and the tone harsh. The Highland bagpipe is a powerful instrument, and calls for great exertion of the lungs in order that the air may be supplied in sufficient quantity. There are several other species of bagpipes, as the soft and melodious Irish bagpipe, supplied with wind by a bellows, and having several keyed drones and a keyed chanter; the old English bagpipe (now no longer used); the Italian bagpipe, a very rude instrument, etc. The Irish bagpipe is, musically speaking, the most perfect of all.
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BINIOU

The biniou is a Breton bagpipe with a single drone, pitched an octave higher than usual.
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BOURDON

In music a bourdon is a drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. A bordon is also a kind of organ stop having a droning quality of tone.
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CABRETTE

The cabrette is a type of French bagpipe.
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CIMPOI

The cimpoi is a Romanian Bagpipe, usually with a single drone.
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DRONE

In music a drone is a monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
The largest tube of a bagpipe is known as a drone.
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PIBROCH

A pibroch is a Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage. the term is generally applied to those airs that were played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they went out to battle.
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PIFFERO

A piffero is a kind of fife and also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for a reservoir.
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ZAMPOGNA

The zampogna was a sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants.
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BAGPIPE

Bagpipe is slang for a boring or monotonous speaker.
Bagpipe is slang for the sexual practise of using the armpit to stimulate the genitals.
Bagpipe is Black-American slang for vacuum cleaner.
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