Bagpipes Amanda Ingle Brooke Williams Aaron Jones Justin

Bagpipes Amanda Ingle Brooke Williams Aaron Jones Justin Smith

History of Bagpipes Uncertainties • • • Origin Evolution Distribution

People Common People • Shepherds • Farmers • Gypsies

Time Period • 1619 • Bible References

Musical Historians • Wind Instrument Development • Influenced the Oboe

Materials • Organic • Not durable for long periods of time

Great Highland Bagpipe • Native of Scotland • Most Common

Uilleann Pipe • • Native to Ireland Mechanically Complex Covers 2 octaves Usually played sitting down

Northumbrian Pipe • Named after county Northumberland in North England • Known to have a ‘sweeter’ sound than the Great Highland Bagpipe

Other Bagpipes • Gaita – A Spanish bagpipe • Zampogna – Italian bagpipe

Learning to Play the Bagpipe 1)Practice Chanter -teaches reed use and fingering of chanter 2) Practice “Goose” -adds bagpipe minus drones 3) Bagpipe -chanter, bagpipe, and drone

Importance of Preparation ØProper use of Reed ØCorrect Fingerings ØTUNING!!! Very difficult because a bagpipe is not set at the same pitch as a concert instrument.

Notes a Bagpipe can play Great Highland Bagpipe Chanter (Melody) Tenor and Bass Drone (Harmony) Lowland Scotland Bagpipe Chanter (Melody) Tenor, Baritone, and Bass Drone (Harmony)

• Parts of a Bagpipe

Bagpipes In Today’s World

BBC Radio Scotland • Pipeline – Saturdays (9: 05 pm – 10 pm) • Play new piping music along with classics dating back to the 1940’s

Bagpipe Competitions • The Gulf Coast Celtic Fling & Highland Palmetto, FL • Arkansas Scottish Festival Batesville, AR

Eric Rigler • Works include films such as Braveheart, Titanic, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me • He has also performed with artists such as Paul Mc. Cartney, Faith Hill, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

Mark Saul • New CD called Mixolydian • Puts the bagpipe in modern music

References • http: //www. hotpipes. com/history. html • http: //www. xmission. com/~redbeard/r mmb_fom/cache/3. html • http: //www. xmission. com/~redbeard/r mmb_fom/cache/6. html • http: //www. nspipes. co. uk/nsp/ww 2 de s. htm

Questions Review • Name an instrument the bagpipe influenced. Oboe • What is the Highland Bagpipe’s native country? Scotland • What teaches reed use and fingering of chanter? Practice Chanter • What town holds the Arkansas Scottish Festival? Batesville