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 several tracks on the tin whistle, both in her solo work and with the band Dòchas. Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole and his band recorded a single called "Tom Hark", which sold five million copies worldwide, and which Associated Television used as the theme song for the 1958 television series "The Killing Stones". But the most famous star of the kwela era was Spokes Mashiyane. Paul Simon's 1986 album "Graceland" draws heavily on South African music, and includes pennywhistle solos in the traditional style, played by Morris Goldberg. As a traditional Irish musical instrument, the Irish rock bands The Cranberries