2. Bagpipes Amanda Ingle Brooke Williams Aaron Jones Justin Smith

3. History of Bagpipes Uncertainties Origin Evolution Distribution

4. People Common People Shepherds Farmers Gypsies

5. Time Period 1619 Bible References

6. Musical Historians Wind Instrument Development Influenced the Oboe

7. Materials Organic Not durable for long periods of time

8. Great Highland Bagpipe Native of Scotland Most Common

9. Uilleann Pipe Native to Ireland Mechanically Complex Covers 2 octaves Usually played sitting down

10. Northumbrian Pipe Named after county Northumberland in North England Known to have a ‘sweeter’ sound than the Great Highland Bagpipe

11. Other Bagpipes Gaita – A Spanish bagpipe Zampogna – Italian bagpipe

12. Learning to Play the Bagpipe 1)Practice Chanter -teaches reed use and fingering of chanter 2) Practice “Goose” -adds bagpipe minus drones 3)Bagpipe -chanter, bagpipe, and drone

13. Importance of Preparation  Proper use of Reed  Correct Fingerings TTTTUNING!!! Very difficult because a bagpipe is not set at the same pitch as a concert instrument.

14. Notes a Bagpipe can play Great Highland Bagpipe Chanter (Melody) Tenor and Bass Drone (Harmony) Lowland Scotland Bagpipe Chanter (Melody) Tenor, Baritone, and Bass Drone (Harmony)

15. Parts of a Bagpipe

16. Bagpipes In Today’s World

17. BBC Radio Scotland Pipeline – Saturdays (9:05pm – 10pm) Play new piping music along with classics dating back to the 1940’s

18. Bagpipe Competitions The Gulf Coast Celtic Fling & Highland Palmetto, FL Arkansas Scottish Festival Batesville, AR

19. Eric Rigler Works include films such as Braveheart, Titanic, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me He has also performed with artists such as Paul Mc Cartney, Faith Hill, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

20. Mark Saul New CD called Mixolydian Puts the bagpipe in modern music

21. References http://www.hotpipes.com/history.html http://www.xmission.com/~redbeard/r mmb_fom/cache/3.htmlhttp://www.xmission.com/~redbeard/r mmb_fom/cache/3.html http://www.xmission.com/~redbeard/r mmb_fom/cache/6.htmlhttp://www.xmission.com/~redbeard/r mmb_fom/cache/6.html http://www.nspipes.co.uk/nsp/ww2de s.htmhttp://www.nspipes.co.uk/nsp/ww2de s.htm

22. Questions Review Name an instrument the bagpipe influenced. Oboe What is the Highland Bagpipe’s native country? Scotland What teaches reed use and fingering of chanter? Practice Chanter What town holds the Arkansas Scottish Festival? Batesville