What is Scotland Famous/Known For?
3Bagpipes
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The bagpipes were once instruments of a Scottish clan in the highlands. Now, this tradition has become a global sound of beauty and reverence. Who wouldn’t get emotional with the echoes of the bagpipes? Thus, they surely make you think of Scotland once you hear the melodies play. Bagpipe is one of the symbols of Scottish popular culture. Scotland has led the popularization of the image, sound and culture associated with this instrument. Basically the mechanism consists of a bag called bellows, originally made of sheepskin or goatskin, and currently made of synthetic materials such as kevlar. The piper is inflating the bellows through a tube called a blowpipe and stores this air, dosing it and distributing it to the “tubes” called drones. These give harmony and constant bass sound to the melody by pushing this sound towards the pointer (chanter in English) and that would be the “flute” that allows you to interpret the notes. The bagpipe is an instrument in which the sound is continuous, there are no breaks. The piper compresses the bellows with his arm to force the air to flow while maintaining the constant flow while performing the melody by covering and uncovering the corresponding pointer holes. It seems simple, right? We are already warning you that you will need years of practice to do more than noise with a bagpipe. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
