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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Author: William Waites
Alternate Styles in a Competition Setting
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
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
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
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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