What's the difference between Scottish bagpipes and Irish bagpipes?

1. Different characteristics

1. Scottish bagpipes

Scottish bagpipes have rough and powerful pronunciation, bright timbre and various decorative sounds, which are suitable for expressing heroism.

2. Irish bagpipes

It supplies air to bagpipes' bags by a bellows sandwiched between the right arm and waist. Just like other bagpipes (such as Czech bagpipes, Northumbria bagpipes and Scottish bagpipes), the design of the bellows not only saves the player from blowing with his mouth, but also ensures that the air entering the airbag is dry, thus protecting the reed of the bagpipes from oxidation by tidal air. So some bagpipers can even sing while playing.

2. Different origins

1. Scottish bagpipes

appeared in European countries as early as the 15th century. Therefore, bagpipes did not originate in Scotland. From Northumbria (the ancient kingdom of England) on the British border, across Ireland, Spain and Italy, especially eastern European countries like Romania, Czech Republic and even Slovakia, bagpipe culture in these countries has been developed for a long time.

2. Irish bagpipes

both p>Uilleannpipe and Unionpipe were developed in the early 18th century, and these bagpipes were portrayed by some paintings and sculptures at that time. Around the early 18th century, Northumbria bagpipes had been improved to a new shape. A guide document on bagpipes appeared in 175 called this early Uilleannpipes pastoral bagpipes or Newbagpipe.

Third, the performance is different

1. Scottish bagpipes

When playing, the player holds the PipeChanter tightly with both hands, just like playing a flute, and changes the notes by changing the air holes on the PipeChanter. As for how to use the regulators tuner, it depends on the performer's wrist to pluck the reed on the tuning tube, but I really haven't seen them pluck the reed with their wrists.

2. Irish bagpipes

Bagpipes can't adjust the volume, and there is no pause in rhythm, so it is difficult to express music with a sense of music. The technique is to highlight the remake according to the length of the sound. In the remake, the sound will be played slightly longer than the normal value, while the weak beat will be slightly shortened in proportion. It is obvious that solo bagpipers often use this technique.

Baidu encyclopedia-Irish bagpipes

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