{"id":17959,"date":"2022-11-18T12:10:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/guide-to-the-shepherd-pipes-and-medieval-bagpipes\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T20:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:20:59","slug":"guide-to-the-shepherd-pipes-and-medieval-bagpipes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/a-little-guide-for-buying-bagpipes\/guide-to-the-shepherd-pipes-and-medieval-bagpipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to the shepherd pipes and medieval bagpipes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We offer shepherd’s pipes<\/strong> and French bagpipes<\/strong> in cooperation with a master craftsman from southern Germany.<\/p>\n\n

These bagpipes, which have been known in many parts of Europe for centuries, are nowadays mostly played in the G\/C tuning. Other pitches (A, C, D) are also available.<\/p>\n\n

Sch\u00e4fer pipes are overblowable due to their conically bored chanter and have an almost chromatically playable range of 1 1\/2 octaves with their traditional, semi-closed fingering(fingering chart<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

Due to the large range and playable semitones, you can play excellent melodies from a wide variety of musical eras and regions on them. <\/p>\n\n

Due to their powerful but not excessive volume and pleasant sound, they are perfectly suited for playing together with guitar, violin, accordion, hurdy-gurdy, (transverse) flute and many other instruments(sound example<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

Those who start playing the shepherd’s pipe can enjoy a wide range of textbooks<\/a>, sheet music collections<\/a> and course offerings.<\/p>\n

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Fig: Illustration of a shepherd’s pipe by Michael Praetorius(Syntagma Musicum, 1619)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

Middle Ages bagpipes<\/h2>\n\n

These non-historic bagpipes were developed from the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes and have been played for many years by numerous groups, especially at medieval fairs.<\/p>\n\n

In order to learn to play this very loud bagpipe that blows with plenty of power, it is recommended to use a \n practice whistle<\/strong>\n<\/a> and a \n textbook<\/strong>\n<\/a> to start with.<\/p>\n\n

Very interesting is also the WeePipe<\/strong>, which can be combined with the medieval practice whistle and is also suitable for children.<\/p>\n\n

Since we do not manufacture the large medieval bagpipes ourselves, we will be happy to recommend manufacturers from whom you can have such an instrument made upon request. Please have a look at the pages of the Bagpipe Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We offer shepherd’s pipes and French bagpipes in cooperation with a master craftsman from southern Germany. These bagpipes, which have been known in many parts of Europe for centuries, are nowadays mostly played in the G\/C tuning. Other pitches (A, C, D) are also available. Sch\u00e4fer pipes are overblowable due to their conically bored chanter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2340,"featured_media":0,"parent":18502,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17977,"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17959\/revisions\/17977"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagpipe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}