The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish ... pipers as well as newcomers looking to buy their "first practice chanter" -- the part of the bagpipe with finger holes, where the melody ...

The chanter makes nine notes from low G ... a bag to push enough air through to get the stiff reed vibrating. Highland bagpipe music is written in the key of D major, where the C and F are ...

The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great Highland form from Scotland ... A recorder is then installed into the bag to act as the chanter – the part of the instrument with with pitch ...