List of bagpipe books
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This is a list of published books about the different kinds of bagpipes.
Contents
Uilleann pipes
- An Introduction to Uilleann Piping - A Tutorial for Learning to Play the Uilleann pipes ISBN 978-0957539204
- My Method, Timothy Britton, illustrated guide to reed making for uilleann pipes
- A Manual for the Irish Uilleann Pipes, Patrick Sky, LOC 79-67073, ISBN 0-934302-00-6, Silver Spear Pub, 1980
- Reedmaking Made Easy, Dave Hegarty, Na Píobairí Uilleann, Futuresprint, Dublin, 1983
- The Pipers Despair, David Quinn
- The Insane Art of Reed Making, Patrick Sky
- Learn to Play the Uilleann pipes with the Armagh Pipers Club, Erthne & J.B. Vallely, illustrated, Ronan Press Ltd, reprinted 4th edition 1981
- The New Approach to Uilleann Piping, H. J. Clarke, St Martin's Publications, 1988, Galway
- The Davy Spillane Uilleann Pipe Tutor, Book I Basic, Davy Spillane and Tommy Walsh, Waltons Manufacturing Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0-7866-3400-6
- Leo Rowsome's Tutor for the Uilleann pipes, Rowsome, Leo, Walton's Musical Instrument Galleries
- The Union Pipes - A Workbook, Brooks, Denis
- How to Play the Irish Uilleann pipes, Crowley, Tadhg
- The Master's Touch a Tutor for the Uilleann pipes, Ennis, Seamus
- Irish Bagpipes: Their Construction and Maintenance, Garvin, Wilbert
- A Collection of Pipe-Friendly Tunes, Walsh, John
- The Dance Music of Willie Clancy, Mitchell, Pat
- Ceol an Phiobaire, Moylan, Terry
- The Piper's Dream, McNulty, Pat
- The Dance Music of Seamus Ennis, Mitchell, Pat
Northumbrian smallpipes
- Reed Making, George Wallace, Northumbrian Piper's Society
- Reed Maintenance, Colin Ross, Northumbrian Piper's Society
- Basic Tutor for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, Richard Butler, printed by Crescent Printing company, Ashington, Northumberland
- Handbook for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, Richard Butler, printed by Butler Publishing, Cliffside, Northumberland, 1987, ISBN 0-946928-07-X
- Drone Reeds with Brass Body & Cane Tongues, David Bailey, Northumbrian Piper's Society
- The Northumbrian Smallpipes Tutor, John Liestman
Highland bagpipes
- Scots Guards: Standard Settings of Pipe Music Volume 1
- Scots Guards: Standard Settings of Pipe Music Volume 2
- Scots Guards: Standard Settings of Pipe Music Volume 3, Compiled by Brigadier Harry Nickerson, Novello Publishing, Ltd, London
- The College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor 1, Seumas MacNeill & Thomas Pearston, 1955, Revised and Edited by Robert Wallace, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9549380-2-4, The College of Piping, Glasgow
- The Highland Bagpipe, Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
- The Piper's Handbook, PM John A. MacLellan, MBE, Paterson's Publications, London
- The Highland Bagpipe and its Music, Roderick D. Cannon FSA(Scot),2002, ISBN 0-85976-549-0, John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh
- The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950 William Donaldson, 2000, ISBN 978-1-86232-075-8 Tuckwell Press, Edinburgh
- Piobaireachd, Classical Music of the Highland Bagpipe, by Seamus MacNeill, 1969, 1976, SBN 563 07487 6, published by BBC
- The Notation & Tuning of the Highland Bagpipe, Captain John A. Maclellan, MBE
- The Highland Bagpipe, W.L. Manson, 1901,A.Gadrner, Paisley and London, reprint 1977, ISBN 0-7158-1213-0, EP Publishing, Wakefield
- Bagpipe Music for Dancing, John MacLellan, Paterson's Publications
- The Art of Piobaireachd, by Dr. Ian L. McKay, revised 1996, published bt Comunn na Piobaireachd (NA) Inc
- Piping and Drumming, An Integrated Approach, Volume I, S.H.Bailie, Published by the Northern Ireland Piping and Drumming School of the N.I. branch, The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, Belfast 1988.
- Structured Learning, The RSPBA Complete Guide to Piping & Drumming Certificiation, Books I-III, Published by The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.
- Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, 2001, ISBN 1-899780-02-5, Magnus Orr Publishing
- Bagpipe Reeds: The Full Story, Bruce D. Liberati, Pipe Band Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986
- Piping Times, vol. 51, no. 5, February 1999, Making Bagpipes, illustrated
- Walton's Tutor and selection of Irish Aires for the Bagpipes, Orpen-Palmer, no date
- Angus MacDonald's Collection (two books) - Lismor
- A Compleat Theory of the Scots' Highland Bagpipe, Joseph MacDonald,1760.
- From Icon to Identity: Scottish Piping & Drumming in Scandinavia, Mats d Hermansson, PhD, 2003, diss. University of Gothenburg, ISBN 91-85974-71-4, ISSN 1650-9285
Border pipes
- The Master Piper (the Dixon MS)
- The Border Bagpipe Book, Matt Seattle, Dragonfly (out of print?)
- Journal NA Association of Lowland & Border Pipes, Number 5, March 1993, edited by Brian McCandless
- A Tutor for the Cauld Wind Bagpipes, Gordon Mooney, (Applicable to the Lowland Pipes, Border Pipes, Northumbrian Half-long Pipes and Scottish Small Pipes), Published by Lowland & Border Pipers Society, 1995
Spanish gaita
- None known as yet
Swedish bagpipes
- Säckpipan i Norden, Per-Ulf Allmo and John E. Berg. 1990, AllWin (Stockholm). ISBN 9179708463. (available in translation)
Breton music
- Tonioú Breiz Izel - two volumes
- Methode Bretonne De Cornemuse, Gilles Goyat, Centre Breton d'Art Populaire, 1981
- Nouvelle Methode de Cornemuse Ecossaise, Jean-Luc Le Moign, 23 November 1995, ISBN 2-910981-09-6
- Ecole de Bomborde, Jean L'Helgouach
- Methode de Bombarde, Padrig Sicard, ISBN 2-9508677-2-3
Brien Boru warpipes
- The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes, Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date
General Books
- Bagpipes, Anthony Baines, ISBN 0-902793-10-1, Pitt Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford, 3rd edition, 1995 147 pages with plates
- "Bagpipes and Tunings", Theodor Podnos, ISBN 0911772529, Detroit, Mich. : Information Coordinators, 1974 125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- Woodwind Instruments & Their History, Anthony Baines, ISBN 0-486-26885-3, Nov. 1991, Dover Pub., with Bagpipe plates
- Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-899780-02-5