The Bagpipe
The Bagpipe is a very old instrument. It was played thousands of year ago by the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Romans. The name, bagpipe, tell what it is made up of. There is a bag with five pipes on it. The player blows through the first pipe. The air goes in the bag. Then the player pushes the air from the bag and plays a tune on a second 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 its odd sound. Today most people think of the bagpipe as a Scottish instrument.