Saturday 19 May 2012

Plaintive sounds of Amazing grace

When you hear the words bagpiper in San Francisco or San Francisco bagpipe player, what image comes to your mind ? Is it someone holding the bagpipes and playing at the local edition of the Scottish games? Or maybe a bagpiper parading with Queen Elizabeth at the Renaissance Faire?
It just might surprise you to learn that the bagpipes, whether played by a Bagpiper in San Francisco or in the Highlands of Scotland, did not originate in Scotland. Nor did they originate in any English speaking country. Instead, the bagpipes are an innovation dating back to approximately 400 BC, and used first in the Middle East ! It was not until the 8th century that they were first introduced to the British Isles when they were under Roman rule.
All early bagpipes had a few elements in common, including a bag filled with air and a reed to make the music, which makes them a wood wind instrument. But don't you sometimes wonder how in the world someone managed to put these two items together and create such an astonishing musical instrument?
So whether you are listening to a roaring rendition of a battle march played with great skill by an accomplished San Francisco bagpiper , or the plaintive sounds of Amazing grace, you can recall the origination of the intriguing instrument you're listening to.
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