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Interpretation

 

Notation is all very well, but it is mostly silent as far as performance is concerned. The articles here are intended to offer suggestions about how to interpret early sources and to develop an understanding of the Lowland and Border idiom

Repertoire Articles

  • Discussions & Sources
  • New Compositions
  • History and theory
  • Dance
  • Interpretation

Repertoire Resources

  • Tune Index
  • Manuscripts and early publications
  • Core repertoire
  • Interpretation
  • Miscellaneous Collections
  • Extended Essays

  • A question of Tempo

     Common Stock December 2013

  • A Short Preface to Dixon

     

  • Border Bagpipe Music - The Basics

     

  • Border Bagpipe Music - The Basics 2

     

  • Border Bagpipe Music - The Basics 3

     

  • Digging the Dird

    The article on the history and character of the Lowland Scots Reel by Pete Stewart [originally published in Common Stock, December 2011]

  • Exploring the music of the Lowland Piper

     

  • That’s Not How it Goes!

     

  • Two Ancient Scottish Tunes - or is it three - or are they all the same one?

     
 
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