The National Piping Centre created the What’s in a Tune series on their YouTube channel just over one month ago, and have since added seven videos to the series. The tunes offered so far have been a mix of classic tunes and lesser known tunes, and all well worth a […]
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New Youtube series from the NPC: Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban
The National Piping Centre have been steadily growing their YouTube content since launching their channel last summer. You will find musical highlights from the Piping Live! festival, tuition videos, world class Glenfiddich Piping competition performances, interviews with Glenfiddich 2022 participants such as Willie McCallum, Fred Morrison and Murray Henderson, and […]
Modern pitch
By Thomas Pearston The photograph of four chanters, below, is a confirmation of the rise in pitch over the past 50 years. Chanter A is a chanter from the First World War, B is about the early 1940s and C is a modern chanter as played to-day. D is a […]