I bought my Northumbrian Small Pipes in 1987 after failing to make my
own set, since then I have been experimenting making 9 note
bellows-blown pipes (Border, Northumbrian, Scottish Small Pipes) on a
part time basis, but thanks to the Internet has now achieved a level I
can use in the public domain !
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.
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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1. Proudlock’s hornpipe
2. Purcell’s March
3. Salmon Tails
4. Tombigbee Waltz
5. A Mile to Ride
6. Miller’s Daughter
7. Neil Gow
8. Neil Gow’s wife
9. Old Drove Road
10. Paddy Whack
11. Corn Rigs
12. Derwentwater’s Farewell
13. Farewell
14. Haight-Ashbury Waltz
15. Jackey Layton
16. Joe hutton's March
17. Johnny Armstrong
18. Lea Rigg
19. Lithuanian Melody
20. Long Long Ago
21. Meeting of the Waters
22. I’m O’er Young to Marry Yet
23. Winters Gallop / Radio Cumbria Interview (4.6.07) Melody: Nunwick Mill
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
This CD called "Frisky" combines the music of the Northumbrian Smallpipes (NSP) and the Border Pipes (BP). It was produced for the 'Firasac'
Music Festival in Catalonia, Spain, in 2012. Since I was playing both
instruments I produced a set of new recordings which give a flavour of
the Border/Northumbrian traditional repertoire. This is a good CD if you
are new to the music from the Scottish Borders & Northumbria, also
new to the bellows blown bagpipes.
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1. Mallorca (NSP)
2. Chevy Chase / Dorrrington Lads (BP)
3. Butter'd Peas (NSP)
4. Now Westerlin Winds / The Gallowa Hills (BP)
5. Noble Squire Dacre / Winster Gallop (NSP)
6. I'm Over Young to Marry Yet / German Spa (NSP)
7. Fare Well (BP)
8. The Crooked Bawbee / Hexham Races (NSP)
9. Persian Dance (NSP)
10. The Bonny Pit Laddie / Frisky (BP)
11. Rothbury Hills (NSP)
12. Blackett of Wylam (BP)
13. Whinshields Hornpipe (NSP)
14. Niel Gow (BP)
15. L' Abat Dels Boigs / Tombigbee Waltz (NSP)
16. Bonny Lad (BP)
17. Derwentwater's Farewell / Johnny Armstrong
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