given in the annexed table is, I venture to submit, the true scale of the bagpipe. It is as perfect as can constructed upon an instrument of such limited compass without the aid of valves, and places it much on a level with the other instruments in use up to the time of Bach, already referred to, whereby the approximate correctness of a few keys was obtained by the sacrifice of all the others. It is possible that pipe chanters may not always be bored with perfect accuracy, and that in the case of very old instruments the holes may get enlarged by wear so as to be more or less out of tune, but I think that the true “bearings” are as I have stated. Is is to be noted that but very few of the airs of our Gaelic songs can be played on the bagpipe, a fact which we think goes far to prove that the instrument was designed and used for martial purposes in the open air. Indeed the _timbre_ of the instrument renders it unsuitable for playing in concert with the human voice. It is, I think, a matter of great satisfaction to all Highlanders and to those who love the race, that so many intelligent and praiseworthy efforts are being made at the present time to preserve and cultivate our national music. The following is the table of vibrations of musical scales forming the foundations of the scale for the bagpipe:— ┌───────┬────────────────────────────────┬────────────┬──────────────────────────┐ │ Notes │Sol-fa Names with Vibrations in │ Equal │ True Pipe Scale. │ │on the │ │Temperament.│ │ │staff. │ │ │ │ ├───────┼───────┬───────┬───────┬────────┼────────────┼──────────────┬───────────┤ │ │ C │ G │ D │ A │ │ Staff. │Vibrations.│ ├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼────────┼────────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤ │A │l 880 │rˈ 891 │so 891 │doˈ 891 │891 │[Illustration]│891 │ │G sharp│ │ │ │t │841 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │835⁵⁄₁₅ │ │ │ │ │G │so 792 │doˈ 792│f 792 │ │794 │ │792 │ │F sharp│ │t 742½ │m 742½ │l 742½ │750 │ │742½ │ │F │f 704 │ │ │ │706 │ │ │ │E │m 660 │l 660 │r 666¼ │so 668¼ │666 │ │668¼ │ │D sharp│ │ │ │627 │ │ │ │ │D │r 594 │s 594 │do 594 │f 594 │592 │ │594 │ │C sharp│ │ │tˌ 556⅞│m 556⅞ │559 │ │556⅞ │ │C │do 528 │f 528 │ │ │528 │ │ │ │B │tˌ 495 │m 495 │lˌ 495 │r │499 │ │495 │