GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #80, 2016. The Highland bagpipe can create some of the most rhythmically amazing music imaginable. A well-practised set of mitts can rattle off near endless streams of reels, jigs, strathspeys and hornpipes. Highland dancers would be lost if not struck dead still without […]
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Theory Top-Up: compressing tunes with low F-sharp notes
By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #80, 2016. Because there are only nine melodic notes available on a typical Scottish chanter, piping students become aware of the limitations of our instrument pretty early on in their piping careers. Inevitably, the moment arrives when they realise that the entirety of the Braveheart […]