The piper in Joseph MacDonald’s illustration is “left-handed”. Or however you want to call it. Why did it take me so long to see this before?  

One of our Club Members (Allan Speedy) took it upon himself to scour the sources and collect all the express tempo markings found on pibroch scores (chirographic or typeset). I reproduced his work (though limited the[…]

The painting shown of Michael McCarfrae, piper to the Duke of Hamilton stands out from all the other early portraits of pipers being the only one which also shows his small collection of pipe music.[…]

Making music is not just a matter of interpretation and technique, the instrument itself makes a difference. This is especially true of piobaireachd where harmonics and mutual resonances between chanter and drones are so important.[…]

I recognize that this analogy does not work. But for some reason, I keep thinking about it: Do you know where the word “Jehovah” came from? Because it isn’t a real word. In Hebrew one[…]

Watched this video as a result of Dr. Kageyama‘s latest blog post. Astonishing what Dr. Dreck has discovered. So as many of you prepare for the upcoming performance season, I encourage you all to adopt[…]