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…
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.
Small Tunes: Let the Bottle Circulate
Friday, December 10, 2010
Another little reel to keep the feet tapping and the fingers waggling. The title is a universal sentiment that is as common today as it was when libations were first put in glass containers. As the holiday season comes upon us, it doesn’t take much imagination to see old-world country musicians passing around a bottle to cut the winter chill in between dance sets.
Classic Doublepipes! Huzzah!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
YouTube’s pancelticpiper is a true American pipehacker. I don’t know what I like more, the cool single stock chanter design or the living room sofa bag cover!
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