Bagpipes

**starbkjrus** · 6th September 07, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by Edward Teach

I LOVE the sound of the pipes. I take a particular pleasure in the knowledge that their sound curdles the blood of many.

Yep, I can go with this one too.

**Warhoover** · 6th September 07, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Edward Teach

I LOVE the sound of the pipes. I take a particular pleasure in the knowledge that their sound curdles the blood of many.

Aye that!!

**McMurdo** · 6th September 07, 09:28 AM

Well it's not required but it helps, I have always loved the sound of the pipes, heck I'll even stop the car to go talk to a piper just because.

**Jock Scot** · 6th September 07, 10:11 AM

A pipe band never fails to stir my blood and a lone piper,playing well,needs to be at least 100 yards away to get the notes just so,for my hearing anyway.There is nothing better.

**emolas** · 7th September 07, 02:46 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

A pipe band never fails to stir my blood and a lone piper,playing well,needs to be at least 100 yards away to get the notes just so,for my hearing anyway.There is nothing better.

I agree with that. I love the sound of pipes but alone they can sometimes be a bit much for my ears. However, the addition of drums changes it entirely and it is my preferred "style" of pipe music. There are a few exceptions to this of course - amazing grace by a lone piper is truly moving.

Originally Posted by Wompet

Scottish pipes, Irish pipes, English pipes, Spanish pipes, French pipes, Italian pipes, Czech pipes ...
but Polish pipes not so much.

A few years back I spent 6 months in Bulgaria and was completely astonished to find that one of their traditional instruments was a set of bagpipes. I had always thought of bagpipes as a strictly Scottish instrument until then.