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Bagpipes for Cornish Pipers
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Tunes Arranged for Cornish Double Chantered
Pipes
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Tunes Arranged for Gaita
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Tunes arranged for the GHB (Great Highland Bagpipes)
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Origins
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Pipers in Cornwall
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Revival Timeline
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Index of Tunes
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Introduction
Bagpipes have
been part of Cornish folklore since time immemorial but the Celtic
revival of the twentieth century has encouraged use
of the instrument both ceremonially and as a sympathetic medium for
our traditional music. This is especially the case for older
tunes which have that modal feel and a resonance with the musical traditions of our fellow
Celts in Brittany. Some of these tunes together with more
modern compositions for Cornish pipers can be found on the following
pages.
Sadly the instruments referred to in
the texts of the Cornish mystery plays
and represented on the medieval
bench ends would seem to have lost out to other musical fashions at some
time in the seventeenth century and no examples are known to have
survived. This has the
advantage of encouraging creativity, however, both in the reconstruction
of Cornish pipes and the use of other
instruments as eminently suitable
alternatives.
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Raklavar
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Bagpipes for Cornish Pipers
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Tunes Arranged for Cornish Double Chantered
Pipes
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Tunes Arranged for Gaita
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Tunes arranged for the GHB (Great Highland Bagpipes)
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Origins
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Pipers in Cornwall
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Revival Timeline
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Index of Tunes
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Bagpipes
for Cornish Pipers:
Three types of pipes are
popularly played for Cornish Music
The GHB
(Great Highland Bagpipe):
As
used by Scottish and Irish pipe bands also Breton bagadou. |
The Gaita :
Native
to Galicia and Asturia in the north of Spain
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The Cornish Pipes : Reconstruction based on
medieval bench end carvings. |
| Skill Required: Moderately difficult to play
Reasonable maintenance skills needed |
Skill Required: Easier to play with minimal
maintenance |
Skill Required: Moderately
difficult to play and a fairly high level of maintenance skill
needed, especially with reeds. |
| Features: A big sound—the ultimate
delivery system for Celtic music ! |
Features: Versatile and dynamic with
access to the second octave
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Features: Mellow and distinctive sound.
However convenient other pipes might be these offer a unique
sound for Cornish pipers! |
| Availability: Over the counter in Scotland,
Ireland and Brittany, a quick search of the internet will locate
retail suppliers.
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Availability:
Over the counter in Galicia and Asturia a quick
search of the internet will locate makers.
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Availability: Need to be custom made try:
Julian Goodacre
Christopher Bayley
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For Cornish pipers available for events go to links
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