Bagpipes

Many people, on hearing the word bagpipe, think of the Great Highland bagpipe of Scotland - the piob mòr. There are, in reality, many different bagpipes in the British Isles and even more in Europe.

The rural country bagpipe existed in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and many more counties besides.

In the present time the main bagpipes being played are:

• The Great Highland Bagpipe

• The Northumbrian Smallpipes

• The Border Bagpipes

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Articles

The Bagpipe in Northern England by R.D.Cannon in The Folk Music Journal - Vol.2 No.2 1971

J B Marriott, The Bagpipe in Northern England [letter] - Vol.2 No.5 1974

English Bagpipe Music by R D Cannon in The Folk Music Journal Vol.2 No.3 1972