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As a tune with martial affiliations Highland Laddie is still widely played by the regimental bands and/or pipes and drums of the Scottish regiments. As a traditional Scottish tune, Highland Laddie is also commonly played on the bagpipes for Scottish dances. Typically categorised as a quick march "Highland Laddie" is normally written in 2/4 time.
O where and O where does your highland laddie dwell; He dwells in merry Scotland where the bluebells sweetly smell, And all in my heart I love my laddie well' [1] A broadside ballad version (words only) from slightly later in the 19th century makes references to George III and the Napoleonic wars: Oh, where, and oh, where is my highland laddie ...
Just like the term "Northumbrian smallpipes" or "Great Highland bagpipes", each region attributes its toponym to the respective gaita name. Most of them have a conical chanter with a partial second octave, obtained by overblowing. Folk groups playing these instruments have become popular in recent years, and pipe bands have been formed in some ...
Chanters come in two main types, parallel and non-parallel bored (although there is no clear dividing line between the two). This refers to the shape of the internal bore of the chanter. On the Great Highland Bagpipe, the internal bore is conical: it is this that gives the chanter its exceptional volume. The Northumbrian pipes, on the other ...
The great Highland bagpipe actually has four reeds: the chanter reed (double), two tenor drone reeds (single), and one bass drone reed (single). A modern set has a bag, a chanter, a blowpipe, two tenor drones, and one bass drone. The scale of the chanter is in Mixolydian mode, which has a flattened seventh
A bagpipe practice chanter is a double-reed woodwind instrument, principally used as an adjunct to the Great Highland bagpipe. As its name implies, the practice chanter serves as a practice instrument: firstly for learning to finger the different melody notes of bagpipe music, and (after a player masters the bagpipes) to practice new music.
2330. "Bonny Laddie Highland Laddie" 2331. "Jock Hawk" 2332. "The Ledbury Clergyman" 2333. "Inside a Whitewashed Hospital" 2334. "The Dream of a Miner's Child" 2335. "The Maid and the Palmer", "The Well Below the Valley" (Child 21) 2336. "Mistletoe Bough" 2337. "Lambton Worm" (See also Roud 3504) 2338. "Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford ...
Degerpipes electronic bagpipe chanter. The electronic bagpipes is an electronic musical instrument emulating the tone and/or playing style of the bagpipes. Most electronic bagpipe emulators feature a simulated chanter, which is used to play the melody. Some models also produce a harmonizing drone(s). Some variants employ a simulated bag ...