Drone strings are significant. The bagpipe has a drone (pipe?), andit seems that when many Scots migrated to the US and Appalachia, they tried to find another w

Drone strings are significant. The bagpipe has a drone (pipe?), andit seems that when many Scots migrated to the US and Appalachia, they tried to find another way to play music using drones. One of the big ones was the dulcimer which was & perhaps is a particularly Appalachian instrument. (Although check out Mimi & Richard Farina highly recommended). If you hear Amazing Grace on a bagpipe you will get the idea.