@spakka
Bagpipe music does contain some very short notes indeed. Part of the reason for this is that the pipes emit one long continuous note, and going from one note to the next is achieved by means of grace notes stuck in between.

It's especially noticeable with repeated notes - the only way to articulate this is to have some sort of 'blip' between them. That's what gives bagpipe music its characteristic sound.

Well, that and the 120 decibel spl.

Edit @ Fireflier - the Chilli Pipers are pretty good. There's only so much you can do with only 9 notes, and these guys make the most of it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 12:37, Reply)