Did you see the film, 'The Quartet'? Now read a blog by a piper!

Blogpipe

http://blogpipe-pipesdrums.com/

 

 

Blogpipe is a blog by piper Andrew Berthoff.  His latest posting is a reflection on the theme of the recent film, The Quartet (starring Maggie Smith) - but his musings have an interesting twist: Andrew blogs about pipers.

 

• Blogpipe homepage
• Retirement Hame - a reflection by Andrew Berthoff.

 

 

 

Scotsman posts story about Martyn Bennett

Posthumous Hall of Fame tribute

Read the Scotsman story here.

Whittaker apologises for yesterday's formatting error. The link was there - but it didn't look like one!

Musical Limericks no.4. The Piper's Reply

Blue-Skye Thinking

There was a young man from Skye

Poked by a bass drone in the eye
He said to the blaggard
Your crunluath is haggard
And your hiharin fair makes me cry!

Fabulous image from Aros on Skye
http://www.aros.co.uk/wp-content/uploads//piper2.png

Authored by James Beaton, Piping Librarian and Project Officer, College of Piping, Glasgow

Musical Limericks no.1 (flute, oboe, clarinet)

Musical Limericks no.2 (bassoon)

Musical Limericks no.3 (trumpet, horn)

Musical Limericks no.4 (Piper, by James Beaton)

Musical Limericks no.5 (tuba, trombone)

Musical Limericks no.6 (saxophone)

Musical Limericks no.7 (violin, viola)

Musical Limericks no.8 (cello, double bass, timpani)

Musical Limericks No. 3: the Brass Section

The Trumpeter

Thanks to http://www.eardrum.com.au

A jazz-buff who majored on trumpet,
Declined damson jam on his crumpet.
A jazz-player's 'jam' isnae damson, said Tam;
And I'd rather not mess up the drumkit.

The Haughty Hornblower

A Teuchter who played the French horn
Regarded the pipers with scorn,
'Til they kidnapped his mute,
Called his embouchure 'cute',
And defied him to skirl on the lawn.

Musical Limericks no.1 (flute, oboe, clarinet)

Musical Limericks no.2 (bassoon)

Musical Limericks no.3 (trumpet, horn)

Musical Limericks no.4 (Piper, by James Beaton)

Musical Limericks no.5 (tuba, trombone)

Musical Limericks no.6 (saxophone)

Musical Limericks no.7 (violin, viola)

Musical Limericks no.8 (cello, double bass, timpani)

Historic bagpipe recordings: Piper's heaven

At the request of course leader Josh Dickson, eight new piping CDs were obtained from The Bagpipe Library at The Bagpipe Place.  These allow students to listen to historic early recordings.  (See the list here ...)

Have you encountered The Bagpipe Place yet?  If you're curious, why not visit the website?

http://www.thebagpipeplace.com/

   Which leads you to:

The Bagpipe Store,
The Bagpipe Museum,
The Bagpipe School, and
The Bagpipe Library.

To a piper, this must surely be somewhere near heaven!