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Canntaireachd and graphic design: capturing its ‘expressive force’

14 October 202214 October 2022 Josh DicksonGeneral Information

The following article was written by pibroch.net core team members Kate Carpenter and Josh Dickson and was recently published by the National Piping Centre on bagpipenews.com: Canntaireachd and graphic design: capturing its ‘expressive force’ The[…]

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The End of the Little Bridge: Gesto’s setting – Part 1

8 March 201929 May 2019 Barnaby BrownLearning Interpretations

Gesto’s setting of this battle tune presents rich opportunities for a creative artist. There are so many options! I find it alarming how quickly we become attached to one interpretation. What we come up with[…]

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The pipe is not played but sung

11 March 201711 March 2017 Barnaby BrownHistorical Documents

This is a little interruption to my series on canntaireachd. It is not altogether unrelated. Keith Sanger recently sent me a cutting from The Scotsman that set me thinking. Dastaram gu seinnim pìob (PS 91) literally means ‘I am seized by[…]

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Using colour to convey musical pitches – Part 5

4 March 20178 October 2017 Barnaby BrownLearning Interpretations

1. The rift between vocal and written canntaireachd 2. The rationale behind a proposed colour scheme 3. Case study 1: Hiharin hiodreen – One of the Cragich (PS 36) 4. Case study 1 (cont.): testing a coloured vocable score Part 5 concludes case study[…]

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Using colour to convey musical pitches – Part 4

22 February 20178 October 2017 Barnaby BrownLearning Interpretations

PART 1. The rift between vocal and written canntaireachd PART 2. The rationale behind a proposed colour scheme PART 3. Case study 1: Hiharin hiodreen – One of the Cragich (PS 36) Part 4 is a continuation of Case[…]

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Using colour to convey musical pitches – Part 3

5 February 201723 March 2017 Barnaby BrownLearning Interpretations

PART 1. The rift between vocal and written canntaireachd PART 2. The rationale behind a proposed colour scheme PART 3. Case study 1: Hiharin hiodreen – One of the Cragich (PS 36) This series is dedicated to the memory of Lt Cl[…]

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Using colour to convey musical pitches – Part 2

15 January 20178 September 2017 Barnaby BrownHistorical Documents

In Part 1, I observed how the difference between sound waves and light waves has severed the vocal practice of canntaireachd from its written forms. In this part, I explain the rationale for a colour system that could heal the[…]

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