Great Highland Bagpipe - Related Instruments

Related Instruments

• Practice chanter, a bagless and droneless double-reeded pipe with the same fingerings as the GHB. These are meant to serve as practice instruments which are more portable and less expensive than a set of pipes.
• Reel pipes (or "kitchen" or "parlour" pipes), smaller versions of the GHB for indoor playing
• Border pipes are similar to the GHB, but quieter and thus suited to playing for dances and sessions. Rather than being inflated by mouth, their air is provided by bellows under the arm.
• Scottish smallpipes are a modern interpretation of extinct smaller Scottish pipes used for recreational music. They were revived in the late 20th century by pipemakers such as Colin Ross.
• Electronic bagpipes are electronic instruments with a touch-sensitive "chanter" which senses finger position and modifies its tone accordingly. Some models also produce a drone sound, and the majority are made to simulate GHB tone and fingering.
• Great Irish Warpipes are similar to the GHB, but have two drones instead of the GHB's third.
• Brian Boru bagpipes, based on GHB but with a keyed chanter to extend the range and add chromatic notes.