Great Highland Bagpipe

I have been a student of the Great Highland Bagpipes for nearly 2 years now. I have had the privilege of performing with the Balmoral Pipes and Drums for just about as long. With Balmoral Pipes & Drums I have played in numerous parades throughout the city of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Allegheny county, besides parades I have played alongside them at St. Andrew's Society's Tartan Day and Pittsburgh's First Night Celebration for two years in a row now. Besides being a piper I am also an actor and

enemies. The bagpipes are not just specific to Scotland, however. Many people believe that

A few examples of this would be how in Scotland, they are known for the Great Highland Bagpipe. In Ireland and Wales, they are known for the fiddle (violin) in the instrumentation of their music. For Celtic music as a whole, however, the most popular or commonly used instruments are the fiddle, bagpipe and uilleann pipes, flute, pennywhistle, guitar, and smaller stringed instruments like the mandolin, banjo, and bazuki. Though not

Scotland is a very unique country founded in 843 AD. Scotland capital is Edinburgh located in the east side of Scotland. Scotland Gross Domestic Product is an average of $216 Billion Dollars. Scotland’s official language is English although stated on page 90 of Scotland Enchantment of the world “...Gaelic became the chief language of the land. For centuries, it was the only language spoken by most of Scotland’s people... By the 1700s, English began to replace Gaelic... When the Education Act of

For a number of centuries, Highlanders have remained in the Highlands of northern Scotland. This influential group of inhabitants, imagined bulked together in clans and having wardrobes solely composed of tartan kilts, have been referenced throughout the recent years in popular literature and film. These unique culture references, however, may not correctly illustrate the true depiction of the modern day Highlander. Previously competent in the affairs of war, revolution, and politics, Highlanders

The history of the bagpipes is as unique as the music that was written for the bagpipes. The bagpipes consist of two tenor Drones and one bass Drone that extrude from the bag in a vertical position and produce rich harmonic tones. The Drones are tied together with a long cord with a tassel on the end. Generally, this cord is made of silk and is tied approximately six inches in between each Drone, making the instrument approximately eighteen inches in width. The bass Drone rests on the player’s left

The Republic of Lithuania, one of the three Baltic states, is located along the shore of the Baltic Sea in Northeastern Europe. The texture of the folk pieces are typically polyphonic, featuring such instruments such as flutes and kankles. The Lithuanian Kankle is a string instrument which could be described as a mixture of the harp and piano. It is played on a flat surface by plucking the strings with a pick or fingers. A piece of soft wood covers a hollowed out trapezoidal piece of hardwood. Sound

Scotland, home to a vast variety of geographical landscapes, which is home to the two areas of the highlands and lowlands.From the Highland cattle being from the nation's highlands then the Pine marten which can be found in the Lowlands of the nation. With Scotland being an island nation it has nearly 800 small islands to make up some of its land mass. With its land being so diverse the weather is nearly the same with varying temperatures from wet and windy to cold and windy/snowy weather. One of

Reformation, the tradition of popular secular music continued, despite efforts by Kirk, especially in the lowlands, to suppress dancing and events such as weddings cent. The first clear reference to the use of the Highland bagpipe they will be used at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547. The Highlands in the early seventeenth century saw the development pipeline including MacCrimmons family, Macarthurs, MacGregors and Mackays

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