Swedish Bagpipes

Posted by Alex in Music on August 18, 2008 at 1:43 pm


Think that bagpipes are a unique form of Scottish aural torture? Think again: behold the sakpipa, the Swedish bagpipes!

Yes. Pictured at left are " sakpipa säckpipa," which date from Medieval times. The tradition dwindled down to a single practitioner before undergoing a revival in the modern era. You can even listen to an MP3 recording of that old favorite – "Krigsvisa om danskarna" – about war with Denmark. Note the catchy lyrics:

"Armar, tarmar, lår och ben, sig upp i luften svinga,
och hela mänskokroppar med, sig stora flugor flinga…"

Which roughly translates as -

"Arms, guts, thighs and bones are flying through the air.
And whole human bodies too, attracting big flies."

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14 comments to "Swedish Bagpipes"

  1. Persephone
    August 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Classic joke: "The Irish gave the Scots the bagpipe, and the Scots still haven't gotten the joke."

    Bagpipes were common instruments in all parts of Europe at various times.

  2. MrPumpernickel
    August 18th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Sakpipa? Surely you mean "säckpipa". Säck=bag, pipa=pipe, sak=thing. Thingpipe doesn't make any sense.

  3. daan
    August 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    In The netherlands the bagpipe was also popular. Take a look at the boerenbruilof by Pieter Bruegel the elder

    http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://images.vpro.nl/img.db%3F2 0027687%2B%2Bs(200)&imgrefurl=http://noorderlicht.vpro.nl/artikelen/20 027662/&h=140&w=200&sz=30&hl=nl&start=7&um=1&tbnid=ZU2kwQoIfrK0NM:&tbn h=73&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbruegel%2Bbruiloft%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dnl %26sa%3DN

  4. Anon
    August 18th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Torture?! I love the sound of bagpipes.

  5. kid_icarus
    August 18th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    why do bagpiper's walk when playing to bagpipes?

    to get away from the sound....

    waa ha ha ha ha

    and yes, i'm a grade 2 piper.

  6. Alex
    August 18th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Thanks Mr. Pumpernickel!

    I had the pleasure (displeasure) of hearing the bagpipes first hand - from a distance of oh, 30 yards or so, it was still very, very loud.

  7. Polx
    August 18th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    is it in german that they are called the doodle sack?

    Anyhow as both a Scot and an Irishman, I love the souind of the pipes.

    The Scots version has always been seen as being more of a martial instrument, while the irish pipes, by dint of being played in a sitting position,were not.

    The skirl of the pipes will always hold sway over most Celtic peoples. Hell they are played from Islamabad to the arctic circle, so they have got to be douing soemthing right.

  8. avraamov
    August 19th, 2008 at 5:49 am

    in hungary you literally play the dude.

  9. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    August 19th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    "Arms, guts, thighs and bones are flying through the air.
    And whole human bodies too, attracting big flies."

    Sounds like a great song for a romantic mix tape.

  10. JET
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Dudelsack, but close enough.

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  12. headsign
    August 23rd, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

    Alfred Hitchkock

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    November 9th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    I want to play on this instrument

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