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Big Blog 2: Scottish Music Aspects and History:

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  Hey y’all, it's AC Garbade here again! I was thinking of different ways to go about this blog and I thought of different types of music, but I settled on Scottish music. I have been to Scotland three times and there is a lot of rich history and culture. Their staple instrument that they play in Scotland are the bagpipes. The bagpipes make beautiful music and can play various kinds of music as well. The bagpipes are woodwind instruments that use enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The bagpipes are also in the Aerophone instrument family. I have seen the bag pipes played by one person as well as a symphony of people and it is absolutely breathe taking. Some fun facts about bagpipes are that they come in different shapes and sizes, there are many Scottish bands today who use bagpipes, and the great highland bagpipe is known as the 'piob mho' in gaelic. Here’s a picture of the bagpipes below, so ya'll can get a visual of this amazin...

Music and Family!

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Hey ya'll! AC Garbade here again! So I decided to interview my mom for this music and family blog and l learned a lot of new things  about her style of music and how it has developed over the years, so let's dive into that now. I asked my mom what she listened to as a child and she told me that she listened to "New kids on the block". I researched them and two of the members of the band were Mark Wahlberg and Donnie Wahlberg which is super surprising and funny. I also asked my mom what she listened to in her late high school and into early college and she loved the old, classic country, specifically Patsy Cline and I absolutely love some of her songs. We both especially love the song "Crazy" by Patsy Cline. It is such a good piece of music, it is here below so that y'all can listen to this great piece of music. Patsy Cline's music career was sadly cut short when she died in a plane crash in 1963 in Tennessee. So she could have had many more years and...