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Learning Living Pibroch

Learning Living Pibroch

Author: Bob Gresh

The Barrie Orme Tapes of the Simon Fraser Playing Style

22 July 201822 July 2018 Bob GreshLearning Interpretations

Robin Andrew’s excellent series on George Moss calls to mind another 20th century piper, Dr. Barrie Orme, whose playing style also lay outside the mainstream and seems to represent a survival of earlier practice. It[…]

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Keening Laments: Some Vocal Evidence

31 July 201628 July 2016 Bob GreshLearning Interpretations

Analyzing MacIntosh’s Lament (PS 200), Allan MacDonald identified this pibroch as quite possibly “one of those few keens that have survived in the pibroch tradition.” (See his thesis.) He has also recorded his stunning interpretation of[…]

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Are We Comporting Ourselves Correctly?

23 April 201624 April 2016 Bob GreshGeneral Information

An interesting sideline arises from research into the tempo at which pibroch was performed before 1840. In his thesis (available on this site), Allan MacDonald gives a few quotes that suggest the performance style was[…]

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