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Learning Living Pibroch

Learning Living Pibroch

Author: William Waites

Lament for Mary MacLeod

3 August 20171 February 2019 William WaitesLearning Interpretations

I admit, I’ve been pretty impressed with some of the electronic bagpipes that I see around, like the Deger Pipes and the Technopipes, but they’re pretty expensive and not especially hackable. Then I stumbled upon[…]

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Alternate Styles in a Competition Setting

9 July 20179 July 2017 William WaitesLearning Interpretations

Recently, I played Salute to Donald, a version freshly transcribed from Colin Campbell’s Manuscript. There is no recording of the performance, but it was on similar lines to the one that I made for the[…]

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Thanig Gorrie – Lament for the Viscount of Dundee

6 May 201716 April 2017 William WaitesLearning Interpretations

Another transcription from Colin Campbell’s Instrumental Book of the Lament for the Viscount of Dundee or as he calls it, Thanig Gorrie. It is another taorluath gearr tune but requiring a very different treatment from[…]

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Transcribing from Colin Campbell’s Instrumental Book

29 April 201716 April 2017 William WaitesLearning Interpretations

For me, a useful practice when memorising a tune is to write it out. Often I do this from a recording of a performance, but it can also be useful to transcribe written canntaireachd. This[…]

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Instrumenting the Instrument

17 April 2017 William WaitesGeneral Information

Making music is not just a matter of interpretation and technique, the instrument itself makes a difference. This is especially true of piobaireachd where harmonics and mutual resonances between chanter and drones are so important.[…]

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