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Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant resivoir of air in the form of a bag.

Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes and Irish Uilleann Pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from different regions throughout Europe, Norther Africa, the Persian gulf, and the Caucasus.

The term is equaly correct in the singular or the plural, although in the English language, pipers most commonly talk of "pipes."

Some different types of bagpipes include:

• Musette de cour, France
• Muchosa, Belgium
• Dudelsack, Germany
• Schweizer sackpfeife, Switzerland
• Bock, Austria
• Koza, Poland
• Gajdy, the Balkans
• Xeremia, Portugal

Plus many others that can be found in Italy, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and many other places around the world.

Source: wikipedia.org
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