Bagpipes
Amanda Ingle
Brooke Williams
Aaron Jones
Justin Smith
History of Bagpipes
Uncertainties
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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
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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
Proper use of
Reed
Correct
Fingerings
TUNING!!!
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 (9:05pm – 10pm)
• 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
McCartney, 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/ww2de
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