Category: Solo Piping

New Edinburgh Tattoo Youth Fund/ Vintage Pipe Chanters for Sale

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Juvenile bands and organisations teaching children piping and drumming may like to take advantage of a new project (promo pic above) sponsored by the Scottish Government’s Creative Scotland arts funding body and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Think what £20,000 might do for your band! The publicity reads: ‘2018 will be the Year of Young People (YoYP), the latest in the Scottish Government’s themed years, and one which aims to…

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More Thoughts on the Age of Retirement for Judges

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A reader who did not wish to be identified has commented on my article about the retirement age for judges, writes the Editor.  He says: ‘In this instance, I think there is a distinction between solo piping and pipe bands. In the former there is no musical basis to retire on age grounds – essentially the music they are asked to judge doesn’t change much. In the latter the position…

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PP Ed's Blog: Winter Reading/ RSPBA Tune Advice/ Queensland/ Gaelic App

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I know this is a fallow period for piping and pipe bands but I’d like to remind followers of Piping Press that there is plenty of enjoyable reading – not time sensitive – throughout our pages. Yesterday, for example, we had hundreds of readers dipping into the Famous Pipers column about P/M Ian McLellan of Strathclyde Police (pictured above). This followed a mention of the article on Facebook. So my…

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Popular Piobaireachd Tutor in Third Edition

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Bagpipe Tutor 3 – Piobaireachd by Robert Wallace has been a welcome addition to the teaching manuals for ceol mor, classical pipe music. In 20 lessons the author takes the student through all the required technique for this music and on completion of the course the beginner has four tunes, the Wee Spree, Clan Campbell’s Gathering, the Boat Tune and Duncan MacRae of Kintail’s Lament in his/her repertoire. Each of…

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The Correct Placement of Beatings in Highland Bagpipe Music

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Piper Robin Andrews contacted Piping Press with the following message: I wonder if you are aware of the Manifesto for the Correct Placement of Beatings in Highland Bagpipe Music? Please do not ignore this issue. As things are, pipe bands have the dubious honour among musical traditions of consistently playing part of their repertoire incorrectly, even at the highest levels of competition. In addition to this, the error is being passed on daily by teachers,…

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