I just went down a bit of a rabbit hole on YouTube but I can confirm there are other songs that people play on bagpipes! 😆
Apparently it's a bit hard as there aren't that many notes and the nature of them means you have to play notes constantly so you can't use pauses, but there's still a lot they can do.
There's Amazing Grace that you hear occasionally, but also stuff like:
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Fizz@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 63d
First time im seeing something like this it looks fun, next year im going to try and attend.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 62d
It's nice seeing people having fun 😀
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 62d
I'm shocked at the turnout thats got to be the entire town
MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 62d
Lots of people head down from Christchurch for it, and im sure other places too. Always cool to see people joining in the festivities.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 62d
Very cool!
Why do bagpipes always play that same song 🫤
MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 62d
The song is called Scotland The Brave, unsure why its the mandatory song to play on bagpipes. Probably the only song they teach people to play 😝
Dave@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 62d
I just went down a bit of a rabbit hole on YouTube but I can confirm there are other songs that people play on bagpipes! 😆
Apparently it's a bit hard as there aren't that many notes and the nature of them means you have to play notes constantly so you can't use pauses, but there's still a lot they can do.
There's Amazing Grace that you hear occasionally, but also stuff like:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hDw9IHmgN4s
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-m0F-7e6ELM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7uqoJ1_spiQ