P/M Robert Mathieson - Long Form Conversation
Robert won the worlds 5 times as Pipe Major of the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band.
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Bagpipes and the United States Military
From its origin in Scottish clans and culture, the Great Highland Bagpipe has long been associated with the military.
Especially in more recent history, the Highland Regiments of the British Armed Forces, and some of the Lowland Regiments as well, have had bagpipers since their first formation.
The United States Armed Forces has historically had a very close relationship with the British – so the spread of the bagpipes was inevitable.
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Understanding Harmonics—Part 2
How many pipers have a firm grasp of the physics of sound that causes the unique and rich sound of our bagpipes? We are told that we should maintain a pressure in the pipe bag that is at the chanter reed’s “sweet spot”, that pressure that causes the reed to maximally vibrate and bring out the most “harmonics” and richness of sound of the reed. But what, really, are harmonics?
The Radical Road Concert 1988 - PM Robert Mathieson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PydLEw4L3MA The hugely influential concert of the Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band under the direction of PM Robert Mathieson and DS Jim Kilpatrick. Those…
