Tour Scotland Video Small Pipes Music Festival Auchtermuchty

Tour Scotland video of the Small Pipes at the Traditional Music Festival in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Hamish Moore playing the Small Pipes in the Square in Auchtermuchty. Scottish Smallpipes were originally one of the first documented bagpipes in Scotland, along with the Border pipes, which were popular in the Lowland areas of Scotland as far North as Aberdeen. Evidence shows them to have existed since the 15th century, Highland pipes can only be documented from the 16th Century, when they were used for dancing and entertainment in Court and castle, later they became popular amongst Burgh Pipers, and Town Minstrels until the early 19th Century, when the demise of the Town Pipers lead to their disappearing from the record. Being bellows blown this made them suitable for playing for long periods. Bellows blown smallpipes are believed to have entered Scotland via England, and the Continent of Europe, examples are preserved in many drawings, carvings, and paintings from 15th century onwards, and in Europe from the 12th century onwards.

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