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davel
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response 12 of 29:
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Jul 29 23:53 UTC 2001 |
My impression is that Northumbrian pipes also have a bellows-filled bag, and
to my ear they also have a mellower tone than the highland pipes.
(On the former point I'm going from memory of photographs, & could well be
wrong.)
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krj
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response 13 of 29:
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Aug 2 06:18 UTC 2001 |
((( classicalmusic item:60 <---> music item:319 )))
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krj
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response 14 of 29:
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Aug 2 06:33 UTC 2001 |
Hmm, I should keep more of an eye on the classicalmusic conference. :)
Recordings with bagpipes are one of the things I tend to collect,
mostly as an outgrowth of an interest in Scottish, Irish and
continental European folk music.
At this time of night, just tossing some names out:
Spain: Susana Seivane, Xose Budino. I think Susana Seivane's CD is
currently in the playstations at Borders. A guy named
Hevia from Spain has had two giant hit albums playing pipes.
Brittany: Brittany has a pipe & drum corps tradition similar to the
Scottish one; the only band I know by name is Bagad Kemper
Ireland: Davy Spillane and his old band Moving Hearts. Moving Hearts
was an attempt to build an Irish rock sound using uillean
pipes as the lead instrument instead of electric guitars.
Their last album "The Storm" remains in print and is highly
recommended. Spillane had three or four albums I liked a
lot before he went all squishy "new age."
Northumbria: Kathryn Tickell is the best known Northumbrian piper for
the last decade or so, she has bunches of albums out.
Scotland: Battlefield Band always have a bagpipe player. Runrig, an
arena rock band, use a lot of bagpipes. MacUmba put
bagpipes into a setting of African percussion. Lots, lots
more I can't remember now.
Somewhere in a box I have a two-CD set, "A Celebration of Bagpipes in
Europe."
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orinoco
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response 15 of 29:
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Aug 2 14:03 UTC 2001 |
I hadn't realized that Davy Spillane had a pre-squishy period. I'll have to
take a look at that sometime.
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jep
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response 16 of 29:
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Aug 2 14:55 UTC 2001 |
Wow, Ken; thanks! That's a lot of information.
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grimm
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response 17 of 29:
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Mar 30 17:31 UTC 2002 |
"Maybe it's bred in the bone, but the sound of (bag)pipes is a little bit of
heaven for some of us"--nancy O'keefe
:) I find it amuseing how diverse the reactions to 'pipes are. Personally
there's nothing more relaxing than 'cadence to arms' but some people would
rather jump in a lake.
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rcurl
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response 18 of 29:
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Mar 30 18:59 UTC 2002 |
I love the Scottish bagpipe - because of a love of Scottish Dancing, and
years of doing Highland and Country dancing. I can't do the dancing
anymore, so I seldom listen to just the music. It reminds me of loss,
after a while.
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flem
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response 19 of 29:
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Apr 1 21:19 UTC 2002 |
I was in the parade mentioned in #1, though I wasn't carrying a bagpipe. The
only other piece of information I have to offer at this time is that my uncle
is a pretty good uillean piper.
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jaklumen
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response 20 of 29:
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Apr 17 03:15 UTC 2002 |
resp:11 I remember an exchange student to our high school who showed
us an instrument he'd crafted himself. I don't know if it could be
called 'pipes,' but the drone was created by turning a crank. Rather
than holes, it had keys to the side, making it more a bit like an
accordion or concertina, I guess.
Any idea on what that's called? Has anyone heard of such an
instrument?
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keesan
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response 21 of 29:
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Apr 17 12:24 UTC 2002 |
hurdy gurdy?
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scott
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response 22 of 29:
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Apr 17 12:30 UTC 2002 |
A hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument, using a wooden disk as a bowing
mechanism.
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davel
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response 23 of 29:
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Apr 17 13:08 UTC 2002 |
Nonetheless, I suspect that's what jaklumen is thinking of. (It sounds just
enough like a bagpipe to confuse some people.)
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krj
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response 24 of 29:
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Apr 17 14:55 UTC 2002 |
There's a hurdy-gurdy site, with picture, at:
http://www.hurdygurdy.com/hg/hghome.html
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jaklumen
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response 25 of 29:
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Apr 18 21:58 UTC 2002 |
Perhaps it is a variant of a hurdy-gurdy.. I'm not sure.
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jaklumen
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response 26 of 29:
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Apr 18 22:02 UTC 2002 |
Okay, I went to the website (thanks, Ken), and it's a hurdy-gurdy.
The instrument was homemade, so it wasn't as finely crafted.
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jep
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response 27 of 29:
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Apr 19 00:33 UTC 2002 |
I know a guy who makes violins for a living.
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keesan
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response 28 of 29:
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Apr 19 21:34 UTC 2002 |
Is he in Ann Arbor? We visited the place in Ann Arbor once.
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jep
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response 29 of 29:
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Apr 19 22:12 UTC 2002 |
Yes, he's in Ann Arbor. Dave Burgess. Really interesting guy.
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