Piping Today is the National Piping Centre’s bi-monthly magazine which seeks to promote the music, history and study of the bagpipes.
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Features from Issue 57 – April/May 2012
- Murray Blair – From deep roots…
- Steven Blake and RURA – Laying the foundations of their future
- Craig Munro of Wallace Bagpipes – All work and lots of playing
- Playing Highland pipes with other instruments, Part 5 – Unlocking the mysteries of musical keys
- Gimcracks and thing-a-ma-jigs – Demystifying moisture control systems
- Evolution of the Highland Bagpipe within the Musical Traditions of Scotland and Cape Breton – Chapter 3.2 Summary – Evolution in Cape Breton
- Royal Military College, Ontario, Canada – Where practices start at 0630
- Opinion piece by Chris MacKenzie – Room for all styles and points of view
- Grey’s Notes by Michael Grey – An extrasensory sense of place
Plus the usual features such as the Youngstars Newsletter…
Additional Online Content
Issue 45 – Mountain Piping – Bagpipes in American old-time music. Click here for additional online content.
As a taster…
You can read these articles that appeared in previous issues of Piping Today:
Terry Tully, SLOT – Patience of the Saints- Tom Speirs – From a deep well of music
- Rory Grossart – The art of reed manipulation
- Drum Sergeant David Ross – NYPBoS Question time
- Issue 53 – Thesis by Benjamin Miller – First part of the full thesis – Front Matter
- Issue 54 – Thesis by Benjamin Miller – Second part of the full thesis – Chapter 1
- Issue 55 – Thesis by Benjamin Miller – Bibliography
- Issue 55 – Thesis by Benjamin Miller – Chapter 2
- Issue 56 – Thesis by Benjamin Miller – Chapter 3.1
- Issue 57 – Thesis by Benjamin Miller – Chapter 3.2
Free Digital Edition – Issue 50
Contact Tracey Williams: twilliams@thepipingcentre.co.uk