Great Highland Bagpipe

Presenter: Yijie Jiang Date: 12/12/2011

Introduction of bagpipes
A class of musical instrument, aerophones. Using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Europe, Northern Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Caucasus. In Finland, Skkipilli and Pilai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bagpip es

Great highland bagpipes

Northumbrian smallpipes

History
Bagpipes said to have been carried at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Textual evidence for Scottish bagpipes is more definite in 1396, when records of the Battle of the North Inch of Perth reference "warpipes" being carried into battle. Evidence of a form peculiar to the Highlands appears in a poem written in 1598 "On hieland pipes, Scotte and Hybernicke / Let heir be shraichs of deadlie clarions."

Cultural Role
Solo and ensemble instrument. In ensembles, it is generally played as part of a pipe band. One notable form of solo employment is the position of Piper to the Sovereign

Great highland bagpipe in the films

The longest day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=WrUs5AfrNjc

Great highland bagpipe in the films

Braveheart is a 1995 historical drama. William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish warrior who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing King Edward I of England. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=72D1XbTAhaE &feature=related

Current great highland bagpipe bands

The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (SFUPB) The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band The St. Lawrence O'Toole Pipe Band The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWvwO X_RPhs

Thank you!

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