Editing Bagpipes (section)

=== Recent history ===
[[File:Afghanistan bagpiper.jpg|thumb|right| A Canadian soldier plays the bagpipes during the war in Afghanistan. Bagpipes are frequently used during funerals and memorials, especially among fire department, military and police forces in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Commonwealth realms, and the U.S.]]

During the 19th and 20th centuries, as a result of the participation of [[Scottish regiment]]s in [[British Empire|British colonial expansion]], the bagpipes became well known worldwide. This surge in the bagpipes' popularity was boosted by large numbers of [[British Armed Forces]] pipers which served in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. This coincided with a decline in the popularity of many traditional forms of bagpipe throughout Europe, which began to be displaced by instruments from the classical tradition and later by gramophone and radio.

As pipers were easily identifiable, combat losses were high, estimated at one thousand in World War I. A front line role was prohibited following high losses in the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] in 1943, though a few later instances occurred.

In the United Kingdom and [[Commonwealth Nations]] such as [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]], the [[Great Highland bagpipe]] is commonly used in the military and is often played during formal ceremonies. Foreign militaries patterned after the British army have also adopted the Highland bagpipe, including those of [[Uganda]], [[Sudan]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Jordan]], and [[Oman]]. Many police and fire services in [[Scotland]], Canada, Australia, New Zealand, [[Hong Kong]], and the [[United States]] have also adopted the tradition of fielding pipe bands.

[[File:Bagpiper in Edinburgh 001.jpg|thumb|right|A bagpiper [[busking]] with the Great Highland bagpipe on the street in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]]]

In recent years, often driven by revivals of native folk music and dance, many types of bagpipes have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity and, in many cases, instruments that had fallen into obscurity have become extremely popular. In [[Brittany]], the Great Highland bagpipe and concept of the [[pipe band]] were appropriated to create a Breton interpretation known as the [[bagad]]. The pipe-band idiom has also been adopted and applied to the [[Galician bagpipe|Galician gaita]] as well. Bagpipes have often been used in various films depicting moments from Scottish and Irish history; the film ''[[Braveheart]]'' and the theatrical show ''[[Riverdance]]'' have served to make the uilleann pipes more commonly known.

Bagpipes are sometimes played at formal events at Commonwealth universities, particularly in Canada. Because of Scottish influences on the sport of [[curling]], bagpipes are also the official instrument of the [[World Curling Federation]] and are commonly played during a ceremonial procession of teams before major curling championships.

Bagpipe making was once a craft that produced instruments in many distinctive, local and traditional styles. Today, the world's largest producer of the instrument is [[Pakistan]], where the industry was worth $6.8 million in 2010.<ref>{{Citation
 | first       = Caroline
 | last        = Jaine
 | title       = Doing business with Pakistan
 | url         = http://www.dawn.com/news/663807/doing-business-with-pakistan
 | publisher   = [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]
 | date        = 2011-10-04
 | access-date  = 2013-02-02
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | last        = Abbas
 | first       = Nosheen
 | title       = The thriving bagpipe business of Pakistan
 | url         = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20876096
 | work   = [[BBC News Online]]
 | location    = [[Pakistan]]
 | date        = 2012-12-31
 | access-date  = 2013-01-02
 }}</ref> In the late 20th century, various models of [[electronic bagpipes]] were invented. The first custom-built [[MIDI]] bagpipes were developed by the Asturian piper known as [[Hevia]] (José Ángel Hevia Velasco).<ref>{{Citation
 | first       = Susana
 | last        = Roza-Vigil
 | title       = Bagpipes resonate through rugged coastline of... Spain
 | url         = http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9911/05/wb.galicia/
 | publisher   = CNN
 | series      = WorldBeat
 | location    = Spain
 | date        = 1999-11-05
 | access-date  = 2013-01-02
 }}</ref>[[File:FIL 2016 - The City Of Auckland Pipe Band - 4780.webm|thumb|Bagpipes players from ''The City Of Auckland Pipe Band''.]]

Astronaut [[Kjell N. Lindgren]] is thought to be the first person to play the bagpipes in [[outer space]], having played "[[Amazing Grace]]" in tribute to late research scientist Victor Hurst aboard the [[International Space Station]] in November 2015.<ref name="BBC2015">{{cite news|title=Astronaut plays bagpipes on International Space Station|work=BBC News|date=7 November 2015|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34757254|access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>

Traditionally, one of the purposes of the bagpipe was to provide music for dancing. This has declined with the growth of dance bands, recordings, and the decline of traditional dance. In turn, this has led to many types of pipes developing a performance-led tradition, and indeed much modern music based on the dance music tradition played on bagpipes is suitable for use as dance music.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}