Pibroch

Piobaireachd (pronounced "pi - broch " with rolled R, [pi ː ˌ brɔx ], gaelic [ p ʰ i ː bərɒχk ]; english also written Pibroch ) comes from the Gaelic and means " Pipen ", in German " bagpipe playing " (literally: " the whistle " ). The man who does this, called Piobaire (pronounced " Pie Boer " = Piper, Piper ). Today, the word describes the classical music of the Great Highland Bagpipe (big Scottish Highland bagpipes ). Synonymous with it is Ceol Mor, the "great music ".

Was invented in the music probably in the 16th century by the resident in Boreraig MacCrimmons, Pfeifer of the clan MacLeod, on the Scottish island of Skye. Much of the melodies is still preserved. Due to the " Highland Clearances " end of the 18th century, many pieces were lost or remained only get partial but have been reconstructed, so that we have more than 200 tunes ( pieces ) that are partly older than 500 years, today: The notes to most items can be found in the published by the Piobaireachd Society " Piobaireachd Society Collection". This collection includes 15 volumes and a preface.

The music itself consists of a subject (Gaelic " Urlar " = engl. "Ground "), which is varied in different sections. Such a piece may take 8-25 minutes. The music is composed pentatonic usually. The composers press different emotional states from their tunes. Thus, both marches and "Battle Tunes" were composed and Lamentations and " Salutes ". Since the bagpipe allowed only limited dynamics, these emotions are expressed by phrasing.

The variations include, for example Taorluath, Crunluath and Doublings and trip blank of the theme and variations.

There are now finding place in the world competitions, in which the interpretation and technique are evaluated.

Traditionally, this form of music is a singing voice, the Canntaireachd (pronounced " kan- troch " ) conveys. Here are several syllables for different notes and ornaments. Notations for Piobaireachd were not developed until the 18th century. Due to the complexity of the melody and the changing rhythms but no form of notation allows such an accurate representation of the structure as the sung Canntaireachd.

Piobaireachd has several basic parallels with other ancient folk music of the world, however, is unique in its way, even when compared to other Gaelic music traditions.

In addition to the " Ceol Mor " music for the Great Highland Bag Pipes in the " Ceol beag " are classified (small or light music ) and the " Ceol Meadhonach " (middle music).