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... bladder and dis- torted animal patterns from Scythian art . An animal head with long jaws ending in spirals is recognized as being of Scythian origin . The earliest examples of Celtic art are regarded as being genuinely Celtic ; it was ...
... bladder and dis- torted animal patterns from Scythian art . An animal head with long jaws ending in spirals is recognized as being of Scythian origin . The earliest examples of Celtic art are regarded as being genuinely Celtic ; it was ...
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... bladder ( blad- der pipe ) . Ostensibly , the bagpipe appears to have been a develop- ment of the simpler enclosed reed instruments , but actual- ly the bagpipe was known to Rome ( Latin utriculus ) , where it was presumably a recent ...
... bladder ( blad- der pipe ) . Ostensibly , the bagpipe appears to have been a develop- ment of the simpler enclosed reed instruments , but actual- ly the bagpipe was known to Rome ( Latin utriculus ) , where it was presumably a recent ...
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... bladder pipes or bagpipes in which the reed is activated without lip contact . The cap protect- ed the large reed within so the instrument could not be overblown . Its seven finger holes , one thumbhole , and one upper key gave a range ...
... bladder pipes or bagpipes in which the reed is activated without lip contact . The cap protect- ed the large reed within so the instrument could not be overblown . Its seven finger holes , one thumbhole , and one upper key gave a range ...
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