On Teaching Bagpipes - Paperback

by Lindsay S. Davidson (Author)

Reflections and ideas about teaching Scottish bagpipes by a highly experienced piper and teacher. Short (40 pages), easy to read and detailed with some provocative thoughts on the future of piping and what it can include.

Author Biography

Lindsay Davidson studied at the Reid School of Music in the University of Edinburgh - the first person in the world to finish any music academy majoring as a 'piper. He continued his post-graduate studies with the double specialisation in composition and computer sound synthesis in 1996 and shortly afterwards started his pedagogical and performing activities, founding several pipe bands and a music school for which he developed a new system of teaching piping, adopted across the world. Lindsay is a qualified teacher, Deputy Head of an international school, and also holds a PhD in music. Lindsay has given concerts, recitals, workshops and papers all over the world; on five continents and approximately forty countries. He is Clan Piper to Clan Davidson, was Town Piper to his home town of Linlithgow from 1987 to 2001 (until emigrating) and also holds the unusual position of Court Composer to the Baron of Ardgowan. Lindsay has written a very comprehensive, free teach yourself bagpipes website which has proven to be very successful and also a teach yourself species counterpoint site.