PipehackerMore Musical Goodness from The Highland Sessions
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
More from “The Highland Sessions.” Your regular dose of piping video medicine.
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ALAP/ASAP exploration – What’s the difference between “cut” notes and gracenotes?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
A while ago I posted a presentation about ALAP-ASAP, or, in other words, the principles of holding and cutting notes in “Swing Idioms.” For some background for those…
Morning Comix: PIPRZ
Monday, December 20, 2010
Morning Comix: PIPRZ—All dialogue authentically blawn!
The Highland Sessions from the BBC
Friday, December 17, 2010
“The Highland Sessions” by the BBC are several years old now, but a wealth of great musical sets await the canny video seeker. Here is the inimitable Allan MacDonald performing “Duncan MacCrae of Kintail’s Lament” whilst making the smooth transition into the Irish tune “The March of the King of Loais.” The piobaireachd stands as one example in MacDonald’s thesis of the relationship of many piobaireachd to the song traditions of the Highlands and Ireland, even going so far as making the claim that these two tunes are one and the same. Watching this it is hard to argue.
Pipehacker Holiday Gift Guide No. 5: Last Minute Bagpipe Shopping
Friday, December 17, 2010
Can you believe the holiday season is upon us once more? Here at Pipehacker we love making it yourself, but sometimes there is no substitute for a well crafted, high quality item. We hope you’ve enjoyed these past few weeks’ worth of gift guides at Pipehacker.com. Pipehacker hopes that Santa brings all the good little piper girls and boys everything they wanted!
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