Big Blog 2: Scottish Music Aspects and History:

 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 amazing instrument. 

Earlier music in Scotland was heavily Christian based. Robert Carver was one of the popular composers he was present from 1485-1570. He was best known for his polyphonic choral music. He also has his own choir book of his key pieces of music in the National Scotland Library. Looking to more recent years in nineteen ninety one Carver was the subject of the BBC radio play Carver by John Purser. It won one of the Giles Cooper Awards for that year.” O bon Jesu”is one of Carver's pieces he composed that was used a lot in his time. It is below for y’all to take a listen too. 

Robert Carver : O bone Jesu

Around the sixteenth century in Scotland, music was some what limited by the Scottish reformation. This halted music growth for a short time, but there were still some masterpieces that came out in the sixteen hundreds, despite the reformation. One in particular was The Lord of Mache Paven by James Lauder. Which is a more classical type of music. It is not what I usually listen to, but I enjoyed listening to the melody of this piece of music. Below, is an address to the cover of the music piece I described, the image wouldn't upload onto my project, so the link is there for ya'll to take a look at.

- https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273aaf4f1f179f9d83d0f629d92

Moving on to the 1900s, which was a turning point in Scottish music. We see Celtic music which is also known as folk music become rather popular. Celtic or folk music can be played or sung by many ages and can be passed down from generation to generation. Scottish music has influenced many different types of music around the world. I can see a very vivid picture of the rich culture in the Celtic or folk music from Scotland, telling me what makes their music unique and the intricate details. Below is a beautiful and peaceful video of Scottish Celtic or folk music.

In recent years we see a transition from contemporary too classical and Celtic to country in Glasgow, Scotland. We also see some Celtic rock come on to the scene , I actually looked at recent events in Glasgow, Scotland and we see that there are recent concerts with these types of music( In coming months or weeks.) Glasgow can also be described as a vibrant music city which is really amazing. On another note tribal bands which play more traditional music can be common in different city's in Scotland. There is a picture below of a tribal band in Scotland for ya'll to take a look at the different instruments featured in this band.

Expanding more on classical music Scotland which is a very unique music selection. Classical music in Scotland has dated back from 1800s up until the present when it really became more popular and present in concerts and events we see. Celtic Thunder's Hallelujah was one of the first classical pieces to appear when I was doing my research and it shows a lot about Scottish classical culture. It is below for ya'll to take a listen too. 

One type of Scottish music is Celtic worship, in particular I like the Celtic worship song" Come thou fount".  Celtic Worship is my favorite I found. "Come thous Fount" is  from their album Morning side, this came out in twenty twenty one and is a beautiful piece of music with a beautiful melody. Wrapping up this blog we learned the root of Scottish music and how vibrant and creative this country is. Celtic Worships song "Come thou fount" is below for ya'll to take a listen too.

I really enjoyed creating this blog and I learned a lot of valuable information. I am going on a mission trip to Scotland in January and this will be good things to have knowledge of for my time there. I am leaving my favorite picture of the Scottish mountains below for ya'll to get a visual of the beautiful land that is behind the beautiful music in my blog.

Resource List: 

- Aggregating the world’s Open Access Research Papers. CORE. (n.d.). https://core.ac.uk/

- Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 15). Music of Scotland. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Scotland#:~:text=The%20development%20of%20a%20distinct.

- Glasgow UNESCO City of Music. Glasgow Life. (n.d.). https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/arts-music-and-culture/glasgow-unesco-city-of-music#:~:text=Glasgow%20is%20a%20vibrant%20music,its%20iconic%20venues%20every%20year.

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- Early Music from Scotland. Early Music from Scotland | Musica Antiqua. (n.d.). https://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/pro_scot

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Other Wikipedia websites I referenced- 

- were%20introduced%20to%20the%20country

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carver_(composer)