JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

Chuck, there is no similarity between Indian and bagpipe music. Don't be
silly. :-)

Actually a lot more than one might immediately recognize.

Non western scale, non western timing, played against a drone.

The bagpipes originated in Asia or the middle east, crossed into Europe
through Turkey, and some old drawings of Emperor Nero show him playing
a musical instrument where pipes are regulated by pressure from an
orally inflated bag.

The bagpipes were "rediscovered" by western European crusaders about
900 years ago.

Imagine "belly dancing" music instead of "Scotland the Brave" coming
from the pipes, (the sound is absolutely right for it), and it's easier
to get around the Celtic stereotypes.

Bagpipers have always been a bit disreputable, either that or not
highly appreciated by their audiences. At various times and under
various monarchs, performing on the bagpipe was punishable by death.
Sign on an olde English Inn; "No bagpypers, harlets, or thyves allow'd"

Now by next summer I should be adequately skilled with bag and drones
to stand in the cockpit and play a tune or two just as the sun sets on
a wilderness anchorage. Suppose my neighboring boaters would have an
"opinion" or two if I dared? :-)