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"Melody" and "Bagpipes" in the same sentence???

[Randjuke]

"Melody" and "Bagpipes" in the same sentence???

I admit the pipes are definitely an acquired taste, but having been involved with celtic music the past few years I've come to appreciate the talent it takes to play them well. Kudos to these two soldiers.

[The_Reader_David]

Now cut that out. Just because bagpipes provide an automatic drone harmony, doesn't mean there isn't a melody. Egads! In the Orthodox Church, we have singers provide a drone harmony for the chant (in Greek usage it's the only kind of harmony allowed!)

[sionnsar]

"Melody" and "Bagpipes" in the same sentence???

Sassenach!! *\;-)

[AnAmericanMother]

Now, now.

The pipes are like the violin. If you have a good player (with a good ear), they are very nice to listen to. Anything less than that, they are excruciating.

In a pipe band it's not so bad, because the pipe sergeant strolls around and tunes for all the back rankers. But when they get on their own . . . . . !

- ex member of the Atlanta Pipe Band. Never a very good piper, but I have played piano for 45 years so at least my pipes were always in tune . . .

[dljordan]

Don't dis the Pipes Laddie!

[Redleg Duke]

DIE PAGAN!