My Northumbrian Small pipes were made by Ron Harrison, from Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumbria. It has a 7 keyed chanter in the traditional pitch of F/F#. There are 4 drones with tuning beads so additional drone configurations can be played, depending on the type of melody. Generally there are 2 major (F and C) and 2 minor (D and G) keys. The melodies are traditional Northumbrian or from the English and Scottish borders.
"Long Long Ago" CD
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This is my
first CD on the Northumbrian Small Pipes using a quicker and energetic
tempo, more akin to a concert atmosphere. The repertoire is traditional
Northumbrian that you can find most Northumbrian pipers playing in any
session. All tracks are solo piping. At the end of the CD there is a
recorded interview for Radio Cumbria where I explain about the
Northumbrian piping tradition.
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"The Piper's Maggot" CD
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This is a
more relaxing CD to "Long Long Ago" offering a mixture of older
melodies from the Bewick and Peacock Manuscripts, as well as ballads and
song
melodies from the Border region; it also includes duets performed on the
Northumbrian Small Pipes multi-tracked by me, in short a more varied
CD. At the end of the CD there is a recording from a Radio Cumbria
interview where I explain about the tradition.
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1. Highland Whiskey/New Bridge Hornpipe
2. Piper’s Maggot/Bonny Lad 3. Lord Cathcart’s Welcome to Scotland/Fairy Dance 4. Mrs. Jameson’s Favourite (pipe duet) 5. Sir John Fenwick 6. Peacock Followed the Hen 7. Sweet Hesleyside (pipe duet) 8. Fairly Shot on Her 9. Bonnie Laddie O´/Wae´s Mae for Prince Charlie 10. The General Toast/German Spa 11. Cradle Song (pipe duet) 12. Persian Dance 13. Frisky/Peacock’s Reel 14. The Rowan Tree (pipe duet) 15. Blow the Wind Sotherly/Goodbye to the Greeks 16. Mallorca 17. Swindon (pipe duet) 18. Chevy Chase/Newcastle 19. Radio Cumbria Interview and Melodies (4.6.07) The next Cd is a mixture of Norhumbrian Smallpipes and Border Pipe playing
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