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List of bagpipe books

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This is a list of published books about the different kinds of bagpipes.

Uilleann pipes

  • An Introduction to Uilleann Piping – A Tutorial for Learning to Play the Uilleann pipes ISBN 978-0957539204 Search this book on .
  • 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 Search this book on ., 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 Search this book on .
  • 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 Search this book on .
  • Drone Reeds with Brass Body & Cane Tongues, David Bailey, Northumbrian Piper's Society
  • The Northumbrian Smallpipes Tutor, John Liestman

Highland bagpipes

  • Crowley's Collection of Music for the Highland or Irish Bagpipes, Book 1, Compiled and Arranged by Tadhg O'Crowley.
  • The Complete Pipers Handbook, Brett Tidswell, 2008 ISBN 978-0-646-50047-8 Search this book on ., School of Piping
  • The Reed Book, Brett Tidswell, 2010, School of Piping
  • The Bagpipe Instruction Manual, Brett Tidswell, 2011, School of Piping
  • 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 Search this book on ., 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 Search this book on ., John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh
  • The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750–1950 William Donaldson, 2000, ISBN 978-1-86232-075-8 Search this book on . 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. Gardner, Paisley and London, reprint 1977, ISBN 0-7158-1213-0 Search this book on ., 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 Search this book on ., 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 Search this book on ., 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 Search this book on .. (available in translation)
  • Säckpipan i Sverige, Mats Rehnberg. Nordiska museets handlingar 18, Stockholm 1943.

Breton music

Brien Boru warpipes

  • The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes, Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date

General Books


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