Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Bagpipes

Bagpipes edit

An adaptation of the Skye Boat Song for bagpipes played by the Clan Stewart Pipe Band.

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For instruments, there really is nothing like hearing them. A short recording of a pipe band tells the reader far more about what bagpipes sound like than a thousand words of text.

I'll be honest, though - while the piping is competent, I do wish the opening pause was a bit longer before it went into the tune, and that the ending was not so abrupt (a function of this leading into a piano and voice performance of "Scots Wha Hae" in the original). If someone can find a better recording of bagpipes, I will happily withdraw the nomination.

Used in bagpipe, pipe band, Skye Boat Song, etc.

Nominate and support. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:53, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the bagpipe is not a musical instrument but an instrument of torture. Durova^Charge! 05:40, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, if only to offset Durova's oppose. Xavexgoem (talk) 19:53, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, unless Durova can come up with something else. Z gin der 2008-08-28T14:37Z (UTC)
Support: It seems the Scottish like the sound of a cat being strangled - this perfectly portrays that. Dendodge|Talk^Contribs 15:54, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the bonniest sound that e'er I heard . . . --Klein zach 06:16, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Skye Boat Song.ogg --MZMcBride (talk) 08:01, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]