The bagpipe is a very old intrument. It was played thousands of years ago by the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Romans. The name, bagpipe, tells what is made up of. There is a bag with five pipes on it. The player blow throughthe first pipe. The air goes in the bag. Then the player pushes the air from the bag and plays a tune on a secound pipe. The other three pipes make just one note each. Their sound stays the same, no matter what tune is played. These pipes are called "drones". They give the bagpipe it odd sound. Today most people think of the bagpipe as a Scottish instrument.