Emergency bagpipe lessons

[Stemar]

Re: Emergency bagpipes

From http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

"Scot, with its variants Scotch, Scottish, etc., may have been an Irish term of scorn (Scuit, pronounced shite); its ulterior origin is unknown." [Shipley]

Any comments anyone?

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[Sgeir]

Re: Emergency bagpipes

And your precise point is......? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[davidfox]

Re: Emergency bagpipes

Very scholarly, clearly you have carried out a great deal of research, your conclusions are hard to fault.

 

[Thrall]

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I still think he'd be better off with a bag full of cats, and just stomp on them when required. The sound will be the same, and not require any practise

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Brendan, you seem to be in full agreement with Thomas Beecham " The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished learning them as when you start", but then he also said of the harpsichord "Two skeletons copulating on a galvanised tin roof" so maybe you´re both wrong.

IMHO, distance is the key factor, and applies to more instruments than the humble pipes.

Thrall

 

[BrendanS]

Reminds me of another story about him, though whether true or not, is quite funny. One day while passing through the lobby of a Manchester hotel, Sir Thomas Beecham spotted a rather distinguished-looking woman whom he recalled having met but whose name escaped him.

Pausing to say hello, Beecham suddenly recalled that she had a brother and - hoping for a clue - asked how he was doing and whether he was still employed in the same job.

"Oh, he's very well," the woman answered, "and still King."

 

[2Tizwoz]

Try this

College of Piping if you really want to upset someone when you play.

However the Northumbrian pipes are so much pleasanter! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Some say the most beautiful music instrument in the world!

Kathryn Tickell a well known local player - she has her own website

 

[tcm]

Re: Emergency bagpipes

ooh that's ok

 

[oldharry]

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I'm looking for someone who can make bagpipes sound as they ought to - surely like flutes played in unision, or melodious pan pipes.


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Q: What is the difference between an electric guitar and a set of bagapipes?

A: The Bagpipes do not need a battery of powerful speakers.


Q: Why do pop groups not use bagpipes (so saving on the cost of amplifiers)?

A: Pop groups like to think their noise is musical.


And anyway, how many flutes are needed to make enough sound to be heard 5 miles UPwind?!