pipers
Highland wind players
Pipers is the plural of piper—someone who plays a pipe, especially a bagpipe.
The word appears most often in contexts involving Scottish or Irish traditional music: The pipers led the parade.
The nursery rhyme gives us pay the piper, meaning to face consequences or settle debts for past choices.
Ritual vocalist
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- bagFlexible carrying container
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
tartan · kilt · highland · Scottish · Irish · reed · fingering · skirl
German town, medieval legend
- ratcatcherOne who traps rodents
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
Formal moving line
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- tattooPermanent dermal design
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- funeralService honoring the dead
wedding · regalia · solemnity · uniforms · commemoration · Edinburgh · honors · tradition
Musical sequence of notes
- jigSpirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- marchRhythmic group walk
lament · melody · hornpipe · competition · performance · repertoire · medley · embellishment
chanter
Ritual vocalist
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- bagFlexible carrying container
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
bellows · tartan · kilt · highland · Scottish · Irish · reed · fingering · skirl · tuning
Hamelin
German town, medieval legend
- ratcatcherOne who traps rodents
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- legendUnverified traditional tale
fable · lore · children · rats · magic · flute · tale · myth · Pan · faun
procession
Formal moving line
funeral · wedding · regalia · solemnity · uniforms · commemoration · Edinburgh · honors · tradition · fanfare
tune
Musical sequence of notes
march · lament · melody · hornpipe · competition · performance · repertoire · medley · embellishment · timing
- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, kilts
- military bandsmarching bands, marching band, brass bands, drum corps, concert bands
pipersdrummers
Musicians playing percussion
string players · fiddlers · guitarists · harpists · pianists
- paid the piperFaced delayed consequences
- steam pipeTube carrying hot vapor
- pipe cleanersFlexible bristled wire strips
- pipe dreamsFanciful, unattainable notions
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- laying pipeInstalling underground conduits
pipe, pipeline, piper, bagpipes, pipelines, pipette, pipework, pipelike, pipeful