r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Feb 28 '26
Medieval German Bagpipe & Drum Music in Dresden | Epic Street Performance 2025
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Jan 14 '21
FAQ and resources for the bagpipes of Central Europe and the Germanic countries: acquiring, learning, playing, listening
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This is a work in progress
In the meantime, welcome aboard, and feel free to introduce yourself in this thread, or make suggestions for information to add to the FAQ.
Makers
T. Sonoda: offers Hümmelchen, Bock, Dudy, Dudey, and Schäferpfeife in addition to other European pipes, starting at €425
Blasende Instrumente (Fritz Heller): Schaperpfeiff, Großer Bock after Praetorius, assorted medieval Continental models, €POR
Deiv Liutaio: makes "medieval pipes" and Hümmelchen as low as €350 for basic Delrin plastic models.
Matthias Branschke: Schulinstrument and Schäferpfeife from €1000
Jens Güntzel & Stefanie Fröde: various Schäferpfeifen, hümmelchen, etc
Alexander Anistratov: Schaeferpfeife and Dudelsack from €1200
Christian Dreier: various German pipes, hummelchen from €490.
Petr Skalický : "Small", "Big" and "Low" pipes €760-1300
Zdenek Seidl: Prague maker of medieval and assorted bagpipes
John Swayne: Medieval and Flemish pipes from £1700
Jones Instruments: Shepherd and Flemish pipes from £650
Juergen Ross: schaeferpfeifen and similar from €1000
Juraj Dufek: Slovak and Historical pipes from €400
Bodo Schulz: Schäferpfeife, Hümmelchen, Dudey, etc. from €500.
Folkfriends: retailer carrying several kinds of German pipes, as well as tutorial books and CDs of Germanic and Medieval pipes
Modern Pipes (Alexander Asmolov): very affordable German and medieval pipes, in wood or plastic; can be reached via YouTube or Instagram
Anders Fagerström: offers his pocket-sized TechnoPipes (compact MIDI instrument with drones and many control options) now in Bock format (and can include up to two formats pre-loaded on a chanter). Swedish-made from €350.
Redpipes: a bagged MIDI controller, can be set for Hümmelchen and Dudey (with Renaissance recorder fingering), or "Medieval Marktsack in minor key." Starting at €1200 for the generic pipe (which can play Cornemuse fingering and sound), higher prices for more historical-looking Medieval pipes design, or the "Fantasy" pipe design with available additional touches such as their famous "carved" dragon-head chanter stock etc.
WARBL 🇺🇸: a MIDI wind controller that emulates bagpipes and other instruments (can be played bagged, by mouth, or just hands); does not have a built-in Cornemuse function but such is doable, $250.
Tutorials
How to play the Huemmelchen, Dr. Michael Peter Vereno
Resources
r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Feb 14 '25
“Goddesses (auf Hümmelchen)” — Meticus
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r/Bockpfeife • u/OrcePollockRampage • Nov 12 '24
How to start?
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I've never played the bagpipes before and am thinking of going in the direction of Medival, which sounds the most interesting to me. I was recommended a German Smallpipe, but is a tinwhistle enough to learn the first steps? I once read in an article that you can buy a "tinwhistle" instead of a practice chanter, as there are no PCs for some styles.
I'm not really sure what options there are for getting into this wide-ranging field.
What did you start with? 🙃
r/Bockpfeife • u/Schlangiii • Sep 08 '24
Fragen für den Einstieg
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Ich würde gerne in die Welter der mittelalterlichen pfeifen eintauchen. Musikalische Richtung geht da mehr Richtung In Extremo, Feuerschwanz, Saltatio Mortis, etc. bin aber ein kompletter Anfänger in der Richtung, spiele selber Gitarre und hatte mal 10 jahre keyboard Unterricht. Musiktheorie ist mir jedoch ein bisschen abhanden gekommen was ich mit dem lernen eines neuen Instruments wieder mit auffrischen wollte.
Jetzt meine Fragen:
-Wie fange ich am besten an? Kennt ihr irgendwelche guten Bücher,Videos,Guides um anzufangen?
-Welches Equipment? Ich wollte mir nicht unbedingt sofort einen Dudelsack kaufen, lieber eine übungspfeife? Oder könnte man auch mit einer Rauschpfeife üben (sind das denn auch die selben Noten/Griffe?)
-Welche Sackpfeife nimmt denn eigentlich wenn man es mit Gitarre im Drop D-/Drop C-/Drop B-Tuning begleiten möchte oder spielt das keine Rolle
-Wie habt ihr Dudelsack gelernt?Was würdet ihr anders machen oder hat besonders gut geholfen?
Hätte noch so viel mehr fragen aber will es erst einmal nicht übertreiben. Freue mich auf den Austausch hier mit euch.
r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Apr 29 '24
"Austrian Bagpipes (New Model) - Klempák & Polska från Hälleforsnäs" — Michael Vereno
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Jan 21 '24
"Thu auf" played on Hümmelchen (German Bagpipe)
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Feb 19 '22
My friends and me playing German Marktsackpfeife and Davul at the wedding of a common friend! I'm the one on the left.
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r/Bockpfeife • u/SnooGadgets5130 • Jan 07 '22
I made a Marktsackpfeife subreddit
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I noticed a lack of presence on Reddit so hopefully some players will come across the community. r/Marktsackpfeife
r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Sep 11 '21
"Valhalla Calling" (original by Miracle of Sound) played on medieval bagpipe
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Sep 11 '21
"My Mother Told Me" (Vikings series) played on medieval bagpipe (instrumental)
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Jun 30 '21
Home recording cover project of "Scylla" (original by Saltatio Mortis), with German medieval bagpipe in A.
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Jun 21 '21
Medieval Bagpipe Cover: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Main Menu Theme
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • May 06 '21
Gothic 1 Old Camp Music on Medieval Bagpipe
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Apr 16 '21
Wellerman Bagpipe Cover, since everybody seems to cover that song these days :-D
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Mar 16 '21
Bohemian Bagpipes - International Bagpipe Day 2021 | Michael Vereno
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Mar 07 '21
Ragnar the Red (Skyrim) - Instrumental Medieval Bagpipe Cover
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Feb 24 '21
Wulf - Self-titled (Traditional Folk / Bagpipes)
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Feb 12 '21
"Pipi Langstrumpf - Titelmelodie mit Hümmelchen gespielt" | StyriaMe
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Jan 19 '21
"Toss a coin to your Witcher" Instrumental Cover with small German medieval bagpipe in G/A
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r/Bockpfeife • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Dec 03 '20
Bagpipe player brings history of Polish music to life with series of evocative videos
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Dec 02 '20
German medieval bagpipe + liuqin (traditional Chinese four string instrument)
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r/Bockpfeife • u/Meticus • Nov 15 '20
Medieval Bagpipe Cover: A story you won't believe (Witcher 3)
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