Bagpipes Piano Ultimate

Bagpipes Piano Ultimate$1.13

Rated 4.00/5 (17) —  Free Android application by AppCordions

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About Bagpipes Piano Ultimate

Bagpipes Piano Ultimate Edition is four authentic sets of Scottish and Swedish bagpipes in the form of an easy to play piano keyboard.


The four sets of bagpipes are:

Great Highland Scottish Bagpipes - The most popular Scottish marching pipes, in the traditional key of Bb.

Scottish Border Pipes - Scottish smallpipes in the key of A with a sound distinctly different from but similar to the Highland pipes.

Scottish Smallpipes - Scottish smallpipes in the key of A, one octave lower than the Border Pipes, with a rounder, bubbly sound.

Swedish Säckpipa - Swedish bagpipes in E minor, with a very haunting sound.

The keyboard, starting on the note G, exactly matches that used for traditional Scottish bagpipes tune transcriptions.

The Scottish bagpipes samples are supplied by ePipes.co.uk based on their "Studio Piper" virtual MIDI bagpipes instrument. If you want to control bagpipe sounds using MIDI, be sure to check out their products. The sounds in this app can only be played from the Android device, not MIDI.

Audio samples for the Säckpipa provided by Jonathan Parker from an instrument made in 1986 by Leif Eriksson.

Operating Instructions:

Touch any key to start the chanter playing. Once a key is started, the chanter plays continuously just like a real bagpipes chanter. This accurately emulates the behavior of the real chanter, the sound keeps going as long as there is pressure in the bag.

Play a melody on the chanter by touching the keys.

Touch the drone puck image to switch the drones on and off. Stopping the drones also stops the chanter sounds.

Touch the "i" on the upper right corner to bring up the instrument selector and links where you can find out more about ePipes.co.uk and their line of MIDI bagpipes controllers and virtual instruments.

There are two playing modes:

Choose the "Easy" play mode to play the main Highland chanter notes using just the white keys.

Choose the "Normal" play mode to play all the notes on the chromatic keyboard.

Playing Tip: To make your playing sound more authentic and for repeated notes, quickly slide from an adjacent black key to the note you are playing to simulate a piping "cut" ornament.

For more fun and to experience the full quality of the samples used for the app, try playing the app through an external amplified speaker connected to the headphone jack on your device.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Bagpipes Piano Ultimate version 1.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 500+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.tradlessons.epipekeys, download Bagpipes Piano Ultimate.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Bagpipes Piano Ultimate Edition is now available on Android!
More downloads  Bagpipes Piano Ultimate reached 500 - 1 000 downloads
Price update  Price changed from $0.75 to $1.13.
Price update  Price changed from $0.99 to $0.75.

What are users saying about Bagpipes Piano Ultimate

T70%
by T####:

Enjoyable app., more realistic tone than any synths i had! ThankYou, Logan N. Gerken

V70%
by V####:

Sounds OK, however you cannot play same note twice and app should allow user to change key of song.

K70%
by K####:

Old version drone does not skip like a loop but it does now

K70%
by K####:

Enjoyable app., more realistic tone than any synths i had! ThankYou, Logan N. Gerken

U70%
by U####:

Enjoyable app., more realistic tone than any synths i had! ThankYou, Logan N. Gerken

C70%
by C####:

Enjoyable app., more realistic tone than any synths i had! ThankYou, Logan N. Gerken

N70%
by N####:

It certainly sounds like bag pipes, especially plugged into a decent speaker. App has several sets including border pipes and small pipes, but for some reason no uillean pipes? One of the NICE features is the fact that it is fairly fast and responsive, almost playable like a real musical instrument! Drawbacks include: You can't change the key you play in! Border pipes, small pipes are in A-mix I think , and highland pipes of course are in their own bizare sharp key. I was looking for a background drone to fiddle along with, this was of limited utility to me. I can use it for an A drone, but that's about it. Using on HTC One X.

W70%
by W####:

It certainly sounds like bag pipes, especially plugged into a decent speaker. App has several sets including border pipes and small pipes, but for some reason no uillean pipes? One of the NICE features is the fact that it is fairly fast and responsive, almost playable like a real musical instrument! Drawbacks include: You can't change the key you play in! Border pipes, small pipes are in A-mix I think , and highland pipes of course are in their own bizare sharp key. I was looking for a background drone to fiddle along with, this was of limited utility to me. I can use it for an A drone, but that's about it. Using on HTC One X.


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