Highland Bagpipe

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Scotland’s bagpipe is called the Great Highland Warpipe, A’ Phoib Mhor. Classical pipe music is called piobaireachd. It includes salutes, cumha - laments, and brosnachadh - incitements to battle. It is made up of three movements, two of them recurrent and the third very elaborate. The urlar (floor) sets the theme. The siubhal (wandering - pron. shoo-al) is the variation. The crunluadh is the crowning and is the last part. Other piping is in marches, reels, and strathspey dances. Previous to that was the harp. (3)