The Oban Times, 24 June, 1916 Pipe Music of the Clan MacKinnon 27 Comely Bank Street, Edinburgh, 19 June, 1916 Sir,–I have much pleasure in replying to your correspondent “Broadford’s” query on the above. Highland collections of bagpipe music, ancient or modern, contain no piobaireachd belonging to this ancient and valiant Clan; and, moreover, of […]
Letters to the Press
Letters to the Press
OT: 30 October 1915 – A. MacPherson “Piobaireachd: Its Origin and Construction”
The Oban Times, 30 October, 1915 Piobaireachd: Its Origin and Construction Inveran Hotel Sutherlandshire, 21 October, 1915 Sir,–In advocating the rights of the “Piob Ghaelach,” it will, I am sure, he readily and unanimously admitted that to your courtesy and the columns of your estimable paper must be attributed, in a very great sense, the […]
OT: 5 April 1913 – The Early History of the MacCrimmons
The Oban Times, 5 April, 1913 The Early History of The MacCrimmons Related by Themselves to Captain MacLeod of Gesto By Dr. K. N. MacDonald It appears that in 1826 the late Capt. Neil MacLeod of Gesto wrote a history of the McCrimmons or McCrummens, embracing a great many tunes in the MacCrimmon system of […]
OT: 19 June 1915 Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness
The Oban Times, 19 June, 1915 Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Volume XXVII. 1908-1911 It is almost certain that everyone interested in Celtic matters will hail with warm welcome another of these long familiar green-covered, red-edged volumes. It must be a matter of gratification to the Society, to know that this latest volume […]
OT: 25 December 1915 – Calum MacPharlain “The Bagpipe Scale”
The Oban Times, 25 December, 1915 The Bagpipe Scale Elderslie, 18 December, 1915 Sir,–I stated in a former letter on this subject that I declined to discuss it in terms of the staff notation; and of course must decline to use the unscientific terminology with which J. P. M. meets my efforts to reveal the […]
OT: 18 December 1915 – J.P.M. “The Chanter Scale”
The Oban Times, 18 December, 1915 The Chanter Scale. Tain, 10 December, 1915 Sir,–The slow progress of this discussion seems to be due to my intrusion with the “five note” theory, and if, instead of shedding light upon a dark subject, the advent of such an “unknown” quantity has only deepened the gloom, I fear […]
OT: 18 December 1915 – John Grant [“The Bagpipe Scale”]
The Oban Times, 18 December, 1915 [The Bagpipe Scale] 27 Comely Bank Street, Edinburgh, 6 December, 1915 Sir,–Your correspondent has left the subject entirely in your last week’s issue. “Ca’ the yowes tae the Knowes” and “When the kye comes hame” are not pipe tunes. Doubtless the great MacCrimmons had “sheep” and “kye,” but if […]
OT: 18 December 1915 – James Cameron [“The Bagpipe Chanter Scale”]
The Oban Times, 18 December, 1915 [The Bagpipe Chanter Scale] Edinburgh, 4 December, 1915 Sir,–In reply to Mr. Grant I may say that no difficulties arise from “signaturing” pipe music. At this time of day pipe learners and outsiders want to know (1) the notes they are planning; (2) what can be played on these; […]
OT: 18 December 1915 – J.P.M. [“The Bagpipe Scale”]
The Oban Times, 18 December, 1915 [The Bagpipe Scale] Tain, 13 December, 1915 Sir,– The test proposed by “Feadan” in your last issue is hardly a fair one. It is true that by blowing hard enough the pitch of G can be heightened to G sharp, but “Feadan” forgets that the pitch of all the […]
OT: 18 December 1915 – G. Fingland “The Bagpipe Scale”
The Oban Times, 18 December, 1915 The Bagpipe Scale Braehead Villa, Catheart, 13 December, 1915 Sir,–The scale of the bagpipe is clearly taken from the earliest form of the musical scale set down by Pythagoras about the end of the sixth century B.C. The scale is as follows:– (s) l t d¹ r¹ m¹ f¹ […]
