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Interviewee: Pat Clark
Interviewer: Pat Clark
Background: Pat was brought up in Greenock and his initial education in piping was through the Boy Scouts. He was also taught piobaireachd by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE through the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association. The bulk of his piping experience has been in the pipe band world with the Glasgow Skye Association. He is currently a member of the Johnstone and District Pipe Band.
Publisher: The National Piping Centre
Date: 28-03-2012
Format: Audio
Subjects & Keywords
Event:
- First World War
Organization:
- Ayr Pipe Band
- Ballingry School Pipe Band
- Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band
- Boy Scouts
- Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band
- Glasgow Skye Pipe Band
- Gourock Pipe Band Competition
- Lomond and Clyde Pipe Band
- Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band
- Ossian (Folk Group)
- Red Hackle Pipe Band
- Renfrew and Bute Constabulary Pipe Band
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
- Uist and Barra Competition
- Warmac Bagpipe Makers
- Warnock Bagpipe Makers
Person:
- Alex MacKay
- Alistair MacNeill
- Alistair Paterson
- Bob Martin
- Davie Clark
- Donald MacLeod (Glasgow Skye Pipe Major)
- Ian Matheson
- Jimmy MacLeod
- Kenneth Clark
- Kenny MacLeod
- Pat Clark
- Pipe Major Bob Shephard
- Tom Cuff
- Tony Cuff
- William Morrison
- Wilson Young
Place:
- Barrhead
- Corby
- Edinburgh
- Greenock
RadioProgramme:
- Chanter
Subject:
- Attitudes to Competition
- Bag Tying
- Band Setup
- Band Size
- Bridges between Tunes
- Cane Drone Reeds
- Change in Pitch
- Chanter Setup
- Chords
- Counterpoint
- Downgrading
- Drone Reed Bridles
- Drone Reeds
- Drone Sound
- Goretex Bags
- Grade 1 Playing
- Grade 2
- Growth of Piping
- Hardie Chanters
- Harmonies in Pipe Band Music
- Improvements in Teaching of Piping
- Instructors’ Course (RSPBA)
- Junior Piping Competitions
- MacAlister Reeds
- March, Strathspey and Reel
- Medley Structure and Arrangement
- Numbers of Bagpipes
- Numbers of Piping Teachers
- Pipe Band Competitions
- Pipe Band Repertoire
- Pipe Chanter Reeds
- Pipers at Weddings
- Pitch
- Polypenco Chanters
- Practice Chanter
- Profile of Piping
- Quality Control
- Recordings of Piping
- Reed Alteration
- Reed Strength
- Retreat Marches
- Robertson Bagpipes
- Singing in Piobaireachd Teaching
- Teaching Tapes
- Techniques for Teaching Piobaireachd
- Tuning Bagpipes
- Tuning Meters
Tune:
- Campbeltown Kiltie Ball
- Dumbarton’s Drums
- Glengarry’s Lament
- Jolly Beggarman
- Lord of the Dance
- Mrs MacLeod of Raasay