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Scottish pipe band marching in Edinburgh. A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. There are many such bands in the world, which play for ceremonial purposes, recreation, competition or all three. This list encompasses only notable pipe bands with their own Wikipedia page.
[3] [4] A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, [5] [6] though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots ("steep slopes") as the real source of the name. [7] Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships. [8]
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The City of Auckland Pipe Band playing Amazing Grace during the festival interceltique de Lorient in 2016. The music played by pipe bands generally consists of music from the Scottish tradition, the Irish tradition and the Breton tradition, either in the form of traditional folk tunes and dances or popular music that has been adapted for pipes.
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St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band; Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band; Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band; Glasgow Police Pipe Band; Jack Lee (bagpiper) 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band; Gordon Duncan; Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band; Simon Fraser University Pipe Band; Angus MacKay (piper) Chris Armstrong (piper)