Bagpipes

Modern Scottish Music and its Influences Scottish music makes one think of bagpipes, men in kilts and the ever-present question: is there anything on under that kilt? That question will go unanswered. Instead, the music tradition will be discovered. Are there any outside influences responsible for changes in the music? Something else to consider is the geography of the country. The mainland country of Scotland is considered a part of the island of Great Britain. The north-west region of Scotland is considered the Highlands, because of the “Highland Boundary Fault, which runs from Arran to Stonehaven” (Murray, 1973). The south-eastern region of Scotland is considered the Lowlands. There are areas in the Highlands that are only accessible by…

The main Scottish instruments are: bagpipes, fiddle, Clarsach and the Accordion. Bagpipes • The bagpipes are a musical instrument that has a flexible bag inflated either by a tube with valves or by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe, and from one to four drone pipes. • The piper blows into a pipe to keep a bag full of a reserve of air, then the air escapes through four other pipes. Three of these are called 'drones'. The other pipe, called a chanter, is fingered by the piper to play the…

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I listened to two pieces of Irish music the first was a piece pertaining to Irish marching bagpipes. Since this is marching music there is a constant snare drum going on as well as some sort of horn players playing in the background. First of all, its hearing how well the players are playing in tune with each other is amazing and how unified their sound is. There are times when you distinctly know there is a multitude of players playing as it adds to the overall effect of the march as this style…

that is considered a symbol of their country is known as the bagpipe. The bagpipes are most often related back to Scotland and Ireland due to their popular use and taste in music. Bagpipes are unique instruments due to their history, construction, famous types, and uses. Individuals who play the bagpipes are referred to as pipers. While bagpipes can be found around the world, the most common country is Scotland. This might be due to their heritage and nation-wide bagpipe events. Within their…

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Perspective always changes, its one of my favorite things in life, watching and seeing the perspective of something being changed. Whether it be gradual or instantaneous, its always a treat. For example, I hated the bagpipes, let me rephrase, I didn’t understand the bagpipes. Back then at least. This all changed when I was 13, an 8th grader. I was on top of the world because what 8th grader isn’t. I come from a multi-cultural family, my mother Pilipino and my father a mix of Celtic and English…

Simply because it is part of my heritage. I am part Scottish from my father's side and it was his idea to attend a Celtic festival, it was there I decided to learn the pipes and the whole family joined. Becoming a bagpiper many doors have opened up to me and have allowed me to meet so many people. Learning the bagpipes have also taught me many skills I use in daily life, like how to be a leader or deal with public audiences. Without the bagpipes I would not know as much about my heritage or…

stretching its boundaries via fusion and experimentation, as shown in bands such as the Battlefield Band and the Tannahill Weavers, and had an earlier start than the Irish scene. Scottish compositions are more mathematical or symmetrical in a sense, in that it goes in intervals of 3rds and fifths, which adds to the angularity and regularity of the melody. The pipes influence this, because unlike the Uilleann pipes, highland pipes do not allow for accidentals, which gives a limited number of…

for one common goal, to describe and complement each other. Ekphrasis poems are motivated by a work from another medium: a painting, a photograph, film or architecture. Williams focuses on the painting Kermess by Brueghel, for his poem “The Dance” which is based much before World War II almost in Medieval times. Within the poem Williams highlights a few points such as culture and social class. “The Dance” is seen in the painting as a festival, a celebration of some sort. The painting has people…