bagpipers

Highland parade players

Bagpipers are people who play the bagpipes, the wind instrument with a bag reservoir and multiple pipes.

The word appears most often in contexts involving Scottish or Irish ceremonies, parades, and funerals: The bagpipers led the procession down Fifth Avenue.

Scottish

kilt

Wrapped Highland garment

tartanPatterned clan fabric
HighlandsNamed elevated regions
EdinburghScotland's seat of government

Glasgow · Scotland · clan · thistle · heather · loch · Celtic · Gaelic · haggis · whisky

musical

drone

Unmanned flying machine

chanterRitual vocalist
reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
melodyPleasing sequence of notes

skirl · tune · air · march · reel · jig · band · ensemble · practice · fingering

ceremonial

procession

Formal moving line

paradeCeremonial public procession
marchingRhythmic group walking
funeralService honoring the dead

military · regimental · drummers · uniform · honors · salute · tribute · memorial · wedding · graduation

Categories

parade participantsmarching band, floats, drum majors, majorettes, baton twirlers
Scottish MilitaryBlack Watch, claymore, broadsword, kilt, kilts
folk festivalsBeltane, Samhain, maypole, Midsummer, Harvest Festival
paradesparade, marching bands, parade floats, floats, parade float
military bandsmarching bands, marching band, brass bands, drum corps, concert bands

Opposites

instrument family

bagpipersharpists

Tall string instrumentalists

flutists · pianists · percussionists · violinists · drummers

musical tradition and volume

bagpipersacoustic guitarists

Players of non-electric six-strings

musical tradition/culture

bagpipersjazz musicians

Players of improvisational American music

Phrases

bagpipe bandMusical group with drones
bagpipe musicSongs from reed instrument

Family

bagpipes, bagpipe, bagpiper

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G