Bagpipes

Amanda IngleBrooke Williams

Aaron JonesJustin Smith

History of BagpipesUncertainties

• Origin

• Evolution

• Distribution

PeopleCommon 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

Proper use of Reed

Correct Fingerings

TUNING!!!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/rmmb_fom/cache/3.html

• http://www.xmission.com/~redbeard/rmmb_fom/cache/6.html

• http://www.nspipes.co.uk/nsp/ww2des.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