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french cornemuse
French bagpipes cover a wide range and variety of styles of bagpipes and piping, from the Celtic piping and Music of Brittany to the Northern Occitan’s cabrette.
gaita asturiana
The gaita asturiana is a type of bagpipe native to the autonomous communities of Principality of Asturias and Cantabria on the northern coast of Spain.
galician gaita
The Galician gaita is a traditional bagpipe from Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain, traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal.
italian zampogna
The zampogna is a traditional Italian bagpipe, which has been a significant part of Italy’s folk music tradition, especially in the southern regions such as Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania, and Sicily, as well as in central areas like Lazio.
low whistle
The low whistle, or concert whistle, is a variation of the traditional tin whistle/pennywhistle, distinguished by its lower pitch and larger size.
northumbrian pipes
The Northumbrian smallpipes (also known as the Northumbrian pipes) are bellows-blown bagpipes from North East England, where they have been an important factor in the local musical culture for more than 250 years.
great highland bagpipes
The great Highland bagpipe (Scottish Gaelic: a’ phìob mhòr pronounced [a ˈfiəp ˈvoːɾ] lit. ’the great pipe’) is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, and the Scottish analogue to the great Irish warpipes.
scottish small pipes
The Scottish smallpipe is a bellows-blown bagpipe re-developed by Colin Ross and many others, adapted from an earlier design of the instrument.