Subject: FYI:More on those Pesky Piobaireachds
From:
Mbo
Date: 19 Oct 99 - 04:40 PM
Just when you thought you'd had enough of piobaireachd...they're back! Here'a the info on the "feeling" behind Scottish pipe music by determining the most common note. Here's the code: low G= the loudest note, the note of gathering; low A= the Piper's note; B= the chiming note, or note of challenge; C#= the most musical note; D= the angry note, the note of battle; E= the echoing note; F#= the note of love; high G= the note of sorrow or lament; high A= like low A, the Piper's note. This will make you think twice when you listen to pipe tunes--determine the key, and you've got the emotion! By the way, I got this information from a great book "The Highland Bagpipe and It's Music" by Roderick D. Cannon.
--Mbo (who thinks that piobaireachd rochd!
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