Musical instruments

Highland Bagpipes

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Anyone know how loud highland bagpipes are in dB?
the piper

They must be tawdry you can hear them miles away.


Yes, it's been said that a 'penetrating set of pipes' tops out over 110 dB. I have a neighbor who plays up the street when he's 'summoning the storm' you can really hear it above the become ultimately c excite, rain, AND thunder.

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Ann Gray- Solo Great Highland Bagpipes March 24, 2007 Calgary, Alberta, ...


Performed by Ann Gray on Wonderful Highland Bagpipes -The Road to Ardfern, Patricia Kirkwood, and The Northeast Portland Celtic Big Band and Social ...

does anybody know where i can get a high-scotish quality set of highland bagpipes for a reasonable price?
Drum Major



First off, I'd enthusiastically recommend finding an instructor. Bagpipes, even for experienced wind musicians, is not a "teach yourself" instrument. They can be demanding to tune and play even after years of experience. If you are...

If I already play a reed instrument, can I immediatlly buy a set of highland pipes?
Keyboarding

I wager saxophone and bassoon, and I have a desire to have a set of highland bagpipes. I was wondering if I can just skip the practice chantor and get a set of bagpipes.


Yes, you can - but it is not recommended.
First, almost all pipers start on a pursuit chanter (PC) to learn the basics fingerings and style (without having to manage the bag and drones at the same time)
2nd - it is cheaper to buy a...

whats harder to learn?, Uilleann pipes or Great Highland Bagpipes, which one you prefer sound wise?
Columns



The GHB are more physically persistent. The lowland pipes have the bellows to keep the bag full, so it's a matter of working the bellows with one arm and keeping pressure on the bag with the other.

Who are the best Great Highland Bagpipe manufacturers in the world?
Alien Flower

If I had in money to burn, who would I give it to in order to purchase the best pipes known to man?
Dear James S,

The Scottish Pipes are Scottish, *not* coppied from the Irish.

I have a McCallum...


First things first...James S. is talking worthy rubbish.

If you're talking pipes in general...a late 1800's or turn of the century Henderson's for me... a variety new out of the box set.. Naills...

Scotland's Great Highland Bagpipes
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Price: $10.99

Scotland's Great Highland Bagpipes
Highland Cathedral Sheet Music
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Price: $27.00

Chamber Music. Level: Medium. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers. For Organ, bagpipes (C instrument). Wetherald.
W. Ross's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music Book 2 Sheet Music
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Price: $17.95

Ross's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music. 46 pages. For Bagpipes. Ross. Published by Paterson Ltd. Traditional. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Sheet Music. W.
W. Ross's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music Book 4 Sheet Music
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Price: $19.95

Published by Paterson Ltd. 50 pages. W. Traditional. For Bagpipes. Ross's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music. Ross. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Sheet Music.
Logan's Complete Tutor For The Highland Bagpipe
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Price: $13.95

Published by Paterson Ltd. Traditional, Folk, Scottish. 44 pages. Maclellan. For Bagpipes. Sheet Music.

Celtic folk men are hot stuff

AS TRAILED in Lowe Down there's a new Celtic clan outfit called Piping Hot on South Devon's live music circuit and tomorrow evening the group takes its distinctive blend of tunes and song arrangements to the Cridford Inn, Trusham near Newton Abbot.

Piping Hot spokesman and convince instrumentalist Paul Jackman said: "The band's repertoire is an energetic mix of Irish, Scottish and English tunes and songs, ranging from haunting airs on whistle and Northumbrian bagpipes, to driving jigs and reels played on Highland bagpipes, drum and guitar. Keep your feet still if you can!

"We flatter 12 different instruments between us, giving us the opportunity to change the sound to suit the tune or song. Mike Weed sings and plays significant harmonies on bass guitar and whistles, and Les Noden, the group's lead singer and rhythm guitarist, finds a kerfuffle b evasion to fit every occasion.

"Over the past 20 years or so Mike, Les and I have been bumping into each other at festivals and supporting each other at concerts and Ceilidhs. In due course, our complimentary styles led us to develop exciting new arrangements of traditional material, so we formed Piping Hot."

News

Downtown Music unveils calendar

Lower Hudson Journal news - Sep 03, 2009

23: Highland Bagpipes with Pipe Major Jonathan Henken. • Sept. 30: Sounds of the Caribbean featuring the Nu-Lite Steel Band.
Celtic folk men are hot stuff

South Devon Herald Express - Sep 17, 2009

ranging from haunting airs on whistle and Northumbrian bagpipes, to driving jigs and reels played on Highland bagpipes, drum and guitar.
Pipes are there for all occasions

Vernon Morning Star - Aug 29, 2009

The bagpipes are known in various forms around the world but the Great Highland Bagpipe is the best known in marching and military bands.