Glossary of bagpipe terms — This article defines a number of terms that are exclusive, or whose meaning is exclusive, to piping and pipers. compactTOC8 seealso=yes refs=yes extlinks=yesA; Arm Str Argyllshire Gathering: An annual highland games, held at Oban, Scotland every… … Wikipedia
Great Highland Bagpipe — The Great Highland Bagpipe (Gaelic : A Phìob Mhòr ) is probably the best known variety of bagpipe. Abbreviated GHB, and commonly referred to simply as the pipes , they have historically taken numerous forms in Scotland.A modern set has a bag, a… … Wikipedia
Stephen Cohn — is an Emmy Award winning composer of concert and film music living in Los Angeles, California. His compositional style embraces an expanded tonality with a twenty first century perspective. Early life Cohn was born and raised in Los Angeles,… … Wikipedia
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Pull-off — A pull off is a stringed instrument technique performed by plucking a string by pulling the string off the fingerboard with one of the fingers being used to fret the note. DescriptionA pull off is often Fact|date=November 2007 performed on a… … Wikipedia
Pipe band — A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term used by military pipe bands, Pipes and Drums, is also common. The most common form of pipe band, the Scottish pipe band, consists of a section of pipers, a section of… … Wikipedia
Fellside Records — was a record label formed and is still run by Paul Adams and Linda Adams, in 1976 in Workington, Cumbria. Paul had toured semi professionally with the Barry Skinner Folk Group in his teens. Paul and Linda married in 1974. Starting as a… … Wikipedia
Jerome Hines — The American bass Jerome A. Hines (November 8, 1921 ndash; February 4, 2003) was a well known basso opera singer who was associated with the Metropolitan Opera for many years. His height (6ft 6 inches, or 2m), stage presence and stentorian voice… … Wikipedia
D.C. A cappella Festival — The D.C. A Cappella Festival (DCAF) is an annual a cappella concert at Georgetown University begun in 1991 which takes place every November on two separate nights, usually Friday or Saturday. The two local host groups, the Georgetown Phantoms and … Wikipedia
Canntaireachd — (Scottish Gaelic: literally, chanting ) is the ancient Scottish Highland method of noting classical pipe music or Ceòl Mòr by a combination of definite syllables, by which means the various tunes could be more easily recollected by the learner,… … Wikipedia
