How Did The Scottish Bagpipes Contribute To Australia

The Scottish have contributed to Australia to make it the way that it is today by giving the Australians their music, in particular, the bagpipes. Many other cultures have formed into Australia, but the Scottish are one of the largest migrants to join Australia. And with this, they have brought over a lot of their sources of entertainment, including their music.

Scottish music is inherently made with an instrument that you should all know: The bagpipe. The bagpipe is a wind instrument (Aerophone), which uses reeds and the main bag to create the sound that we all love to hear. Bagpipes are usually played while wearing a Scottish garb called a kilt, which is a lot like a skirt, although mainly men wear them.

Bagpipes are commonly used during Australian events and festivals, including Royal Shows and Australia Day parades, showing that the Scottish were a large entity for Australia to embrace. And that the Scottish really are a part of us and a part of our history.
This cannot be expressed further than their song ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top (If you Wanna Rock and Roll)’. In which the lead singer at the time (And Company), Bon Scott played Highlander bagpipes while riding in a Flatbed truck down Swanston Street, Melbourne for their music video, this being a very popular song, reaching ninth in the top 100 Best Australian songs, easily shows off the Australian-Scottish connection that has been imbued in our