Tag: Harmony writing

Theory Top-Up: harmonies derived from hymns

Theory Top-Up: harmonies derived from hymns

Harmony Writing Part Eight. By TIM CUMMINGS. Piping Today #92, 2018. We have arrived at the eighth and last article on writing harmonies for pipe bands and other pipe ensembles — for the time being, at least.  In the previous seven articles, we explored a progression of approaches to crafting […]

Theory Top-Up: writing harmonies of thirds

Theory Top-Up: writing harmonies of thirds

Harmony Writing Part Two. By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #86, 2017. In the last instalment of this column on music theory, we began looking at the most primitive, basic form of harmony that I could think of: the drone, or ‘pedal point’.  Of course, droning is what most bagpipes do […]