Pipe (instrument) Pipe (instrument) A pipe is a tubular wind instrument in general, or various specific wind instruments. The word is an onomatopoeia, and comes from the tone which can resemble that of a bird chirping. Fipple flutes are found in many cultures around the world. Often with six holes, the shepherd's pipe is a common pastoral image. Shepherds often piped both to soothe the sheep and to amuse themselves. Modern manufactured six-hole folk pipes are referred to as pennywhistle or tin whistle. The recorder is a form of pipe, often used as a rudimentary instructional musical instrument at schools, but so
Tin whistle introduction consists of a tin whistle solo which has become iconic. The tin whistle also features prominently in the soundtrack of the film "How to Train Your Dragon", and is connected to the main character, Hiccup. The tin whistle is featured in the winning song of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Only Teardrops by Emmile De Forrest The tin whistle is featured in "Mario Kart 8"'s track Wild Woods of the DLC Pack, "Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8". Tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, Belfast Hornpipe,