Looking for a recording of the Star Spangled Banner on pipes.

[JS Sanders]

Doesn't/can't exist on the GHB. The Star Spangled Banner is beyond the range of the Great Highland Bagpipes.

Only nine notes on the pipe chanter. That's one octave plus a lower attached note.

In the ancient development of the pipes, to blend with the drones' harmonics, not all melody notes were suitable. Some worked well, others with moderate success, and inclusion of other notes wasn't even debatable because they refused to harmonize with the drones. As a result the whole concept of sharps and flats is entirely unknown in bagpipe music. This also explains why pipers are often unable to play so many popular tunes. The total absence of certain notes, critical in Western music (classical, jazz, rock, etc) makes most of it impractical, if not impossible.

There could be a recording created on a synthesizer, but that wouldn't be on the pipes.

Wish it did fit - lotsa veterans' groups would sure love it.

Slainte yall,
steve