Woodwind instrument which produces sound by enclosed reeds fed from a reservoir of
air in a bag. Bagpipes are typically made up of several parts - the bag which holds
air and regulates its flow, the chanter, which is a melody pipe with a reed at the
top, played with two hands, and the drone, a pipe which is not fingered and which
produces a constant drone. Though Scottish bagpipes are the most well-known, bagpipes
were developed by 1000 BC by the ancient Hittites, and have historically been played
across Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.
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