Tour Scotland photograph of the solo Piping competition at the Highland Games in Markinch, Fife, Scotland. There were pipes and reeds away back in prehistoric days. The Persians, Chinese and Romans mention bagpipes in their ancient folklore, with Emperor Nero starring as a piper as well as a fiddler. The single drone pipe instrument can be traced back to 100A.D. by Scottish musical historians. The addition of a second drone around 1500, and then the bass drone some 200 years later, led to the instrument being recognised world wide as the Highland Bagpipe.
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