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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most medieval music is within the range of a 9th,
and quite a lot in a 6th, but not always in the natural mode for
the highland/smallpipes (which is mixolydian?). One thing to try: see if
you can get your drone up a tone from the normal. This means you can play a lot
of music in dorian mode (starting from your 2nd - a lot of the music
doesn't get to the octave) which will triple the amount of music you could play.
Also try taking out one of the sections to see if it will sound at the 4th -
this will open up the possibilities of playing in plagal modes. If all else
fails you can stop the drone altogether.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You would also have more luck looking at 13th
and 14th century music than the later sources, eg 16th century, where
the music gets bogged down in harmony at the expense of melody and
rhythm.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Elmes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gaita Medieval Music<BR><A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=minstrel@pbm.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 28, 2008 1:55
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> minstrel: period music for
bagpipes</DIV>
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<DIV>i've played the small pipes on & off-and might start playing again
for our local group. i've found some period tunes that work, but am
hoping to find a source of tunes collected for the bagpipe range. i will
probably need to get another bagpipe on which i can get a more chromatic range
so i can play alot more of the music. right now i've got a set of
scottish small pipes with the flatted 7th & i haven't had any luck
with getting any extra notes out of the scale. any ideas where to find a
book of period music written specifically for the bagpipes? also, anyone
had much luck finding enough music to fit the highland scale? </DIV>
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