IRISH WARPIPES?
Tadhg71
currently torn between purchasing the Great Highland Bagpipe or the Irish
Warpipe. I was told that they sound similiar which is great because I
love the sound of the GHB, but would like to learn to play something
Irish. It's not that I have anything against the GHB or the Scottish for
that matter, it's just that I would like to play an instrument for my own
historical reasons.
Also, is the sheet music the same as the GHB? Any information would be
greatly appreciated! Either post a message or Email Tad...@aol.com.
Slán
--Tim
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The late Kyle Wohlmut
>I would like to gain some information on the Irish Warpipes. I am
>currently torn between purchasing the Great Highland Bagpipe or the Irish
>Warpipe. I was told that they sound similiar which is great because I
>love the sound of the GHB, but would like to learn to play something
>Irish. It's not that I have anything against the GHB or the Scottish for
>that matter, it's just that I would like to play an instrument for my own
>historical reasons.
What the hell are the Irish Warpipes? Seriously, I've played the
Uilleann pipes for several years but have never come across a
reference to anything called the Irish Warpipes. Anyway, you might
have better luck with this question on rec.music.makers.bagpipe
(although someone might ask you what your own 'historical' reasons are
:-).
>Also, is the sheet music the same as the GHB? Any information would be
>greatly appreciated! Either post a message or Email Tad...@aol.com.
Of course, the -sheet music- is the same, as it is for most
instruments... it's the playing the instrument that's not the same!
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Colin Campbell
In article <3ssrn2$l...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Tadhg71 (tad...@aol.com) writes:
>I would like to gain some information on the Irish Warpipes. I am
>currently torn between purchasing the Great Highland Bagpipe or the Irish
>Warpipe.
from souces up until the 17th century. In essence they were the
same instrument, Scottish sources also show a variety of numbers of
drones before settling down to the present arrangement. The
instrument died out in Ireland. In the 19th century it was revived
simultaneously by nationalists and the British Army. The idea of
having one less drone was settled on as a way to make it
distinctively Irish (although I don't know if this was adhered to
consistently). The logical choice for purchase is the Scottish
version, by removing one drone and plugging its stock you get the
sound of the Irish warpipe,
Colin
Greg Dinse
> I would like to gain some information on the Irish Warpipes. I am
> currently torn between purchasing the Great Highland Bagpipe or the Irish
> Warpipe. I was told that they sound similiar which is great because I
> love the sound of the GHB, but would like to learn to play something
> Irish. It's not that I have anything against the GHB or the Scottish for
> that matter, it's just that I would like to play an instrument for my own
> historical reasons.
>
> Also, is the sheet music the same as the GHB? Any information would be
> greatly appreciated! Either post a message or Email Tad...@aol.com.
>
> Slán
> --Tim
> bagpipes
Dear Tim
In addition to Colin Campbell's info on Irish warpipes you might be
interested in the "Brian Boru" pipes introduced around 1910. For a while
these were considered the "new" warpipes, a replacement for the adopted
and adapted Highland pipes. This unique Irish bagpipe (actually created
in London) had three drones; a tenor and bass (both tuned to a) and a
baritone drone tuned to e. The chanter was basically a highland chanter
extended with four keys, adding two notes to top and the bottom of the
range.
As for Irish pipe music,there are some good sources. Scottish piper
extrordinaire Rob Mathieson has brought some good new and old Irish tunes
to light in his recordings. Check out his albums and his collection of
tunes called MARKING TIME (Published by Isa Music, 1990.) Also, if you
can find it, Dave Rickard published TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC FOR THE
BAGPIPE (Mercier Press Ltd, 1987). This is a collection of traditional
tunes arranged specifically for the bagpipe. Another hard to find
collection of traditional Irish pipe tunes is WALTON'S TUTOR FOR THE
BAGPIPES by G. Orpen-Palmer. This dated but interesting collection was
published by Walton's Piano and Musical Instrument Galleries, Dublin in
1967
I hope you found this useful. If you have anymore questions or need some
info on possible places to find these collections drop me an e-mail. Good
luck! Greg
Jeff Arker
I've never heard of Irish Warpipes.
Does anyboby have a .bmp or other file of warpipes that they could
e-mail to me. Growing up in NZ I'm used to seeing Scottish marching
bands, especially from Dundin and Christchurch, and occaisionally Irish
groups but I wasn't aware they were using different instruments.
I'll continue to read this newsgroup should someone choose to post the
graphic here.
There's a relay race in Portland, Oregon, USA (where I currently live)
called the Hood To Coast that starts at 6,000' on Mt Hood and finishes
193 miles later at the town of Seaside on the Oregon Coast. Each team
has 12 members and while the Nike, Adidas, Reebok teams finish in
wickedly fast times my team put together from the local rugby club
usually manages to arrive within 24 hours of starting.
All very interesting I hear you say but what do we care? Well, we
named ourselves the Downed Pipers (after the movie "So I Married an Axe
Murderer") and we were wondering how to decorate our team T'shirts.
How about running shoes draped over pipes? Whoever feels like posting
the graphic we use gets a team T-Shirt. Ok, Ok so now you know my
ulterior motive. Just remember to let me know what size you want.
Thanks in advance, Jeff.
F. J. TAYLOR
for over 35 yrs. I have heard of the Warpipes. This is, I believe
the common rendering of the name of the piob mhor (lit. big
pipe), as both Highland & Irish marching pipes are known in
Gaelic. Warpipe is not a bad term, though, as the pipes were used
by Gaels in both countries for creachs (cattle raids) and war
musters, forays, etc. Surprised you haven't heard of it!