Where were bagpipes invented?
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Nobody knows exactly where bagpipes were invented. Hittite1 carvings show that they existed in some form as far back as 1000 BC. They probably originated in Asia and were brought to Europe by the Romans, but nobody is really sure. They were considered peasant instruments so nobody of any learning wrote down anything to do with them. There are passing references to them in various works of literature from the 13th and 14th centuries, but no detailed descriptions. By the Middle Ages, bagpipes were common throughout Europe, Persia, India and China. In Great Britain, they were common throughout England, but ironically not popular in Scotland. Around 1600, bagpipes started to die out in England, starting in the south and progressing Northwards. Only Northumbria now retains a type of bagpipe. As the popularity of bagpipes waned in England, they became more popular in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A748208
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Evidence of pre-medieval bagpipes is uncertain, but several textual and visual clues may possibly indicate ancient forms of bagpipes. A Hittite slab dating from about 1,300 BC at Eyuk depicts a possible representation of a bagpipe. Source: wiki
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I do not think bagpipes, same as many other musical instruments, were ever invented all at once by anybody. It must have been a gradual evolution of basic musical instruments into the complex bagpipe of today. I should think UK or more specifically Scotland is where this evolution took place resulting in today's bagpipe.
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