Facts About Bagpipes That’ll Make Your Ears Stand!


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Here’s an answer to “Why Facts About Bagpipes?”–
These musical instruments (as we know them today) were considered a weapon at once, as they used to frighten the enemy!
Here are some more of such facts about Bagpipes that, being a music enthusiast (or a fact-seeking nerd like us), you must read:
1. Bagpipes were composed of an inside-out of a goat.

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2. The Chanter in the Bagpipe is never Silent!

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- Famous people like the Bagpipes are:
- Roman emperor Nero
- King Henry VIII
- King Rama VI
- Queen Elizabeth II

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4.The Bagpipes belong to the Aerophone family (any class of musician interments in which a vibrating mass of air produces an initial sound).

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5. The most played song on Bagpipe is A Flame Of Wrath for Patrick Mac Rimmon.

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6. There are more Pipers in New Zealand and The United States than there are in Scotland.

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7. The Bagpipes became known as both an instrument and weapon of war.

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8. Pipers were banned from playing in Battle in 1915 due to the unbelievable Carnage of WWI.

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9. March 10 is celebrated as International Bagpipes Day, inaugurated by the Bagpipes Society!

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10. Bagpipes, the iconic national instrument of Scotland, may have originated from India more than 3000 years ago!!

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11. There are 9-notes (G to A) with no sharps or flats in a Bagpipe for the musician to play it.

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Dah! As more one goes inside Bagpipes, more and more facts about Bagpipes keep on coming up! Don’t believe us? Here another one:
The Bagpipers have become a symbol of grief for fallen heroes, especially firefighters and policemen.
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