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Canntaireachd (Scottish Gaelic for 'chanting'; pronounced [ˈkʰãũn̪ˠt̪ɛɾʲəxk]) is the ancient method of teaching, learning and memorizing Piobaireachd (also spelt Pibroch), a type of music primarily played on the Great Highland bagpipe. In the canntairached method of instruction, the teacher sings or hums the tune to the pupil ...
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.
of a bagpipe: to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter; also to give forth music; to play (music) on the bagpipe. Sliding Rolling a finger off a hole to create a sliding pitch change. Soner Soner means piper in Breton language (pl. sonerien, sonerion). Staple
It has been hypothesized that strathspeys mimic the rhythms of Scottish Gaelic song. [1] [2] Among traditional musicians, strathspeys are occasionally transmitted as canntaireachd, a style of singing in which various syllables are used to vocalize traditional bagpipe embellishments. [3]
Roddy MacLellan (born 1955 or 1956) is a Scottish American bagpipe maker, currently based out of his store MacLellan Bagpipes in Zebulon, North Carolina.His business is the only one in North America to make, sell, and teach how to play bagpipes, and one of the few stores offering custom bagpipe making in the world.
The Queen’s Piper will help close her state funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Pipe Major Paul Burns, the monarch’s personal player at the time of her ...
The chanter pipes may be designed to be played separately, one with each hand, or the two chanters may be played in unison (as in most Arabic bagpipes). One chanter may provide a drone accompaniment to the other, or the two chanters may play in a harmony of thirds and sixths (as in the northern Italian Müsa and central-southern Italian zampogna).
As if that wasn't enough, he encourages everyone to *sing* along, but Phoebe decides to make bagpipe noise and tears ensue. Watch the amazing clip that's making the rounds on Facebook below ...