Scottish music is traditionally played by the bagpipes You can hear the instrument in marches, reels, jigs, hornpipes during Military Gatherings, weddings, funerals and many other types of occasion where people gather socially That is why bagpipes together with tartan, kilt and whisky make Scotland’s symbol A Short History of Bagpipes Bagpipes did not originate in Scotland The 1st form of bagpipes was found in Egypt by 2500 B.C In the past, pipes were used as the instrument of war in Europe since they produce aggressive sound In Scotland, bagpipes became famous in the 14th century A Royal Piperduring the reign of James I, who was a very good player, much to Queen Victoria was theand firstdid monarch tomake have it a popular piper, after hearing bagpipe music on a trip to the First pipersinwere Highlands 1842.only associated with the chieftain of clan Clan pipers held much esteem and were After her death , successive monarchs followed highly respected The pipers awakened the clan the tradition of keeping Royal Piper, including every morning, played inaspecial occasion and Queengathering Elizabethtunes II for clan meetings The clans played A Royal went Piper into playsthe music every weekday always battle to the sound at of 9.00 am for about fifteen minutes under The Queen's bagpipes After Prince Charles Edward the battle window to wake her up whenStuart she is lost in her to British at the ActPalace, of Parliament 1747 residence at 1746, Buckingham WindsorinCastle, consider the bagpipes as the instrument of the Palace of Holyroodhouse or Balmoral warweapon Therefore, bagpipe music was banned not only kilt, tartan or swords The Disarming Act in 1782 brought the bagpipes back to community, but as a social instrument The Great Highland Bagpipes In Scotland bagpipes started evolving The 1st version only had single drone In sixteenth century, they added the second drone and later, the three drone bagpipes become the version of nowadays the Great Highland Bagpipes (commonly abbreviated Bagpipe GHBs) Anatomy Bagpipes are classified as a woodwind instrument The bagpipe consists of  a leather bag which acts as an air supply to avoid the pause when the piper takes a breath It is made of animal skins such as goats or sheep The piper works on it with his arm  the blowpipe also called windpipe– used to fill the bag with air Piper Online  the drones- to produce harmony and increase the volume eg -the tenor drone and the Bagpipe music spread around the world the basswith drone Scots You can even book onlinea Highland a chanter to produce the melodies It has a Bagpiper in full traditional uniform for a wedding, number of holes or keys by means of which the memorial service or other function tune is played It is mostly made of some hardwood such as rosewood or ebony