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  2. Glossary of bagpipe terms - Wikipedia

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    A percussive Highland bagpipe embellishment, called leamluath in Gaelic, and sometimes called a throw if used to go to a higher note, e.g. B to C or A to E. Ground The melody on which the variations of a piobaireachd are based. Also known as the Urlar. Goose A set of highland bagpipes without the drones.

  3. List of bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Also called Schäferpfeife (shepherd pipe) or Sackpfeife. The drones are sometimes fit into one stock and do not lie on the player's shoulder but are tied to the front of the bag. (see: de:Schäferpfeife) Marktsackpfeife: a bagpipe reconstructed from medieval depictions; Huemmelchen: small bagpipe with the look of a small medieval pipe or a ...

  4. Bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia.

  5. Traditional music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias - Wikipedia

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    Galician bagpipes come in three main varieties, though there are exceptions and unique instruments. These include the tumbal (B-flat), grileira (D) and redonda (C). Asturian bagpipes are usually played along with a tambor . Asturian bagpipes usually have only one drone and follow a different fingering pattern.

  6. Drone (sound) - Wikipedia

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    In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. A drone may also be any part of a musical instrument used to produce this effect; an archaic term for this is burden (bourdon or burdon) [1] [2] such as a "drone [pipe] of a bagpipe", [3] [4] the pedal point in an organ, or the lowest course of ...

  7. We all need to re-watch this hilarious 'Friends' blooper clip ...

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    As if that wasn't enough, he encourages everyone to *sing* along, but Phoebe decides to make bagpipe noise and tears ensue. Watch the amazing clip that's making the rounds on Facebook below ...

  8. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Use of goatskins in constructing the bag, similar to the common use of other goat-terms for bagpipes in other nations 422.112.2-62 + 422.221.1-621 Azerbaijan: balaban [16] [17] Set of cylindrical shawm-like instruments, with an air reservoir like a bagpipe: 422.121-62 Baganda peoples of Uganda: endongo [18]

  9. Steven Spielberg put the kibosh on ‘E.T.’ sequel ... - AOL

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    Spielberg Blasts Revising Old Films For Modern Audiences, Admits' Mistake' In Editing Guns From 'E.t.' Director Steven Spielberg says at one point he considered making a sequel to "E.T. the Extra ...