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Another shot from Ovingham Goose Fair. The title comes from a very silly old song, which some of you may be ancient enough to remember...
Apologies to Mikbee, Tony_Baloni and everyone else of the Scottish persuasion, but here in wild and wooly Northumberland, this is what we call bagpipes.
What you see are Northumbrian Smallpipes, a cousin of the musette, as played at the French Royal Court in the 18th Century.
It's a highly sophisticated instrument, sweet, discreet, melodious.
You don't blow into these - under the lady's right arm you will see bellows, which require a vigorous elbow action.
To add to the educational element and shock the Scots even more, this is also what we call tartan - the Northumberland Tartan, worn by the Duke's Pipers since 1760, but its history goes back a lot further. We have an awful lot of black & white sheep in Northumberland, and this was a logical way of using the wool.
The lady had just finished playing and was suddenly relaxed - which is when I find people most interesting.
Thanks for looking,
Moira
| Title: | Over my shoulder goes one care... |
| Username: | 
mrswoolybill |
| Uploaded: | 21 Jun 2007 - 8:06 AM |
| Camera: | Olympus |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Tags: | Bagpipes, Humour / fun, Northumberland tartan, Northumbrian smallpipes, Ovingham goose fair, Photo journalism, Portraits / people, Tartan, Traditional costume |
| Votes: | 31 |
Comments
Matt - you're obviously far too young!
John, Robin (and anyone else who doesn't know the smallpipes) - check out Katherine Tickell's CDs, she's quite adventurous, mixing traditional material with jazz.
Moira
A wonderful facial expression you've captured there.
A great image.
Hilary
This week has just been full of shocks for me.Bagpipes played under your arms.Black and white tartan.Your photo of Mrs Doubtfire.I dont know how much more I can take.As usual Moira you have caught the expression.I like the pipes.Could do a lot with them.(photographically speaking of course)Nice one.
Mick.
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