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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.
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]
Binioù-bras means Great (Highland) Bagpipe in the Breton language. See Pib-Veur. Binioù-ilin Binioù-ilin means Uilleann Pipes in the Breton language. Binioù-kozh Binioù-kozh is the traditional Breton Bagpipe. Birl Onomatopoeic name for a Highland bagpipe embellishment on low A, consisting of two very fast taps or strikes to low G. Blade
Some of these embellishments have found their way into light music over the course of the 20th century. These embellishments are also used for note emphasis, for example to emphasize the beat note or other phrasing patterns. These three single grace notes (G, D, and E) are the most commonly used and are often played in succession.
Textual – quotations from song lyrics, usually the opening words. Short names – diverse short names referring to places, people and events similar to those found in Scottish popular music of the period. Pibroch in the functional category were most commonly written for or have come to be associated with specific events, personages or situations:
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.
Music played an important role during the procession carrying the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where she will lie in state.
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.