Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term used by military pipe bands pipes and drums is also common. The most common form of pipe band the Scottish pipe band consists of a section of pipers (playing the Great Highland Bagpipe) a section of snare drummers (often referred to as ‘side drummers’) several tenor drummers and usually one though occasionally two bass drummers. The entire drum section is known collectively as the drum corps.
