Swedish bagpipes: Ljugaren

(Watch in HD if you can. Much better quality) Instructional video. Ljugaren, on Swedish bagpipes. Ljugaren is a tune with a connected story about a woman playing this tune on a spilåpipa (a traditional fipple flute) as a lament for her husband whom she has just seen go through the ice and drown on lake Ljugaren in Dalarna, Sweden. The tragedy occured on November 17, 1888. More info on Swedish bagpipes at