Wonderful sounding bagpipe, beautiful signing, and amazing scenery - what more can you want? The selection from the pibroch, The Prince's Salute, played on the Great Highland Bagpipe by Michael Grey and accompanied by vocals (Ryan MacDonald, Shannon MacDonald & Glenna Mackay-Johnstone) singing the Nether Lorn Canntaireachd.
For the first time here at Dojo U, we recently rallied our students to form Team Dojo – a 'virtual band' made up from Dojo students all…
Don’t you just love the sound of a beautifully tuned bagpipe? The full harmonic sound of the drones blended perfectly with the chanter notes. Are you amazed how professional pipers seem to tune easily and get that steady full sound? What if I told you that it’s not just about good tuning?
Animated discussions often spring up in our Dojo U student community about the merits of different types of manometer. In case you’re unfamiliar, a manometer…
If you take piping even slightly seriously, you'll need to share recordings of your playing. Whether you want to share a recording with a pipe…
For centuries, there has been a long-held belief that bagpipes were classified as an instrument of war and were banned in the Act of Proscription of 1746.
The story goes that in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, culminating in the now infamous Battle of Culloden, possessing a set of pipes or playing bagpipes them was banned.
Unfortunately, history is always far more complicated than we think...
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