Popular folk instruments include bagpipes, tin whistle, harp and guitar.

In the 1960s, there was a folk music reivival in Scotland. The music became popular and known by a lot of people. However, the music was only included in bands in the 1970s, which was first started by a Celtic band.

Towards the end of the 21st century, there was another sign of revival, as there was more and more folk music composers produced. However, those composers are only interested in composing short forms of songs, but not operas and symphonies.

Bagpipes is also present in the music history of Europe, North Africa and South Asia, it is still mostly found in Scotland. The bagpipes are used in certain folk songs, and are very popular amongst those instruments. You can also find competitions of Bagpipes in Scotland, which is pretty common.

Tin whistles were also common in folk music too. The oldest Tin whistle found in Scotland now is to be dated back to the 14th and 15th century, and can now be found in the Museum of Scotland. in is very common in Scotland music now, and common for musicians of other instruments to know how to play one too.