Ireland •
Uilleann pipes: Also known as Union pipes and Irish pipes, depending on era. Bellows-blown bagpipe with keyed or un-keyed 2-octave chanter, 3 drones and 3 regulators. The most common type of bagpipes in
Irish traditional music. •
Great Irish Warpipes: One of the earliest references to the Irish bagpipes comes from an account of the funeral of Donnchadh mac Ceallach, king of Osraige in CE 927. Bagpipes were a noted instrument in Irish warfare since medieval times, but only became standardized in Irish regiments in the British Army in the last century, when the
Great Highland Bagpipe became standard. The Warpipe differed from the latter only in having a single tenor drone. Irish warpipes fell out of use for centuries due to the British outlawing them; whence the Scottish bagpipes took the place of the Irish bagpipes role in the British army. Warpipes today are rarer specialty instruments in military and civilian pipe bands, or private players. •
Brian Boru bagpipes: Carried by the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and had three drones, one of which was a baritone, pitched between bass and tenor. Unlike the chanter of the Great Highland Bagpipe, its chanter is keyed, allowing for a greater tonal range. •
Pastoral pipes: Although the exact origin of this keyed, or un-keyed chanter and keyed drones (regulators), pipe is uncertain, it developed into the modern uilleann bagpipe.
Scotland •
Great Highland Bagpipe: This is perhaps the world's best-known bagpipe. It is native to Scotland. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. The bagpipe is first attested in Scotland around 1400, having previously appeared in European artwork in Spain in the 13th century. The earliest references to bagpipes in Scotland are in a military context, and it is in that context that the Great Highland bagpipe became established in the British military and achieved the widespread prominence it enjoys today. •
Border pipes: also called the "Lowland bagpipe" or "reel pipes", commonly confused with smallpipes, but louder. Played in the
Lowlands of Scotland it is conically bored, made mostly from
African blackwood like Highland pipes. Some makers have developed fully chromatic chanters. •
Scottish smallpipes: a modern re-interpretation of an extinct instrument. •
Pastoral pipes: Although the exact origin of this keyed, or un-keyed chanter and keyed drones (regulators), pipe is uncertain, it developed into the modern uilleann bagpipe. •
Zetland pipes: a reconstruction of pipes believed to have been brought to the
Shetland Islands by the Vikings, though not clearly historically attested.
England and Wales •
English bagpipes: with the exception of the
Northumbrian smallpipes, no English bagpipes maintained an unbroken tradition. However, various other English bagpipes have been reconstructed by Jonathan Swayne and Julian Goodacre. playing a "16 keyed" Northumbrian smallpipe. •
Northumbrian smallpipes: a bellows-blown smallpipe with a closed end chanter played in
staccato. •
Border pipes: also called the "Half-long pipes" in the North East, commonly confused with smallpipes, but louder. Traditionally played in
Northern England as well as the Lowlands of Scotland. English border pipes have been reconstructed by Swayne, and they have in common with the Lowland Scottish pipes above 2-4 drones in a single stock, but the design of the chanter (melody pipe) is closer to the French cornemuse du centre and uses the same "half-closed" fingering system. •
Cornish bagpipes: an extinct type of double chanter bagpipe from
Cornwall (southwest England); there are now attempts being made to revive it on the basis of literary descriptions and iconographic representations. •
Welsh pipes (,
pibgod): Of two types, one a descendant of the pibgorn, the other loosely based on the Breton veuze. Both are mouthblown with one bass drone. •
Pastoral pipes: Although the exact origin of this keyed, or un-keyed chanter and keyed drones (regulators), pipe is uncertain, it was developed into the modern Uilleann bagpipe. •
Yorkshire bagpipes, known in Shakespeare's time, but now extinct •
Lincolnshire bagpipes, a one-drone pipe extinct by 1850, with one reproduction made in the modern era •
Lancashire bagpipes, widely mentioned in early-Modern literature and travel accounts
Finland •
Säkkipilli: The Finnish bagpipes died out but have been revived since the late 20th century by musicians such as Petri Prauda. •
Pilai: a Finnish bagpipe, described in 18th century texts as similar to the Ukrainian volynka.
Estonia •
Torupill: an
Estonian bagpipe with one single-reeded chanter and 1-3 drones.MP3
Latvia •
Dūdas: Latvian bagpipe, with single reed chanter and one drone.
Lithuania •
Dūdmaišis, or murenka, kūlinė, Labanoro dūda. A bagpipe native to Lithuania, with a single reed chanter and one drone.
Sweden '', made by Leif Eriksson •
Säckpipa: Also the Swedish word for "bagpipe" in general, the name is commonly used for the revived Swedish bagpipe, based on surviving säckpipor of the
Dalarna region. It has a cylindrical bore and a single reed, and usually a single drone in the same pitch as the bottom note of the chanter. There are around 20 surviving historical instruments in various museums and private collections. •
Walpipe, according to some 19th century anglophone sources a type of bagpipe used alongside "the Sakpipe" in
Lapland during the 18th and 19th centuries. The only known description, as well as the name, in addition to it not being mentioned in any Swedish sources, suggests it's not a bagpipe but another name for the
Swedish cowhorn. ==Southern Europe==