List of bagpipe books
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
* My Method, Timothy Britton, illustrated guide to reed making for uilleann pipes
* A Manual for the Irish Uilleann Pipes, Patrick Sky, LOC 79-67073, , 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,
*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,
*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 , 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, , 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, , John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh
* The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950 William Donaldson, 2000, 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, , 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, , 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, , 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). . (available in translation)
*Säckpipan i Sverige, Mats Rehnberg. Nordiska museets handlingar 18, Stockholm 1943.
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,
* Ecole de Bomborde, Jean L'Helgouach
* Methode de Bombarde, Padrig Sicard,
Brien Boru warpipes
* The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes, Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date
General Books
* Bagpipes, Anthony Baines, , Pitt Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford, 3rd edition, 1995 147 pages with plates
* "Bagpipes and Tunings", Theodor Podnos, , Detroit, Mich. : Information Coordinators, 1974 125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
* Woodwind Instruments & Their History, Anthony Baines, , Nov. 1991, Dover Pub., with Bagpipe plates
* Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001,
* Die Stimme des Windes: Sprachliches zur Geschichte der Sackpfeife/The Voice of the Wind: A Linguistic History of the Bagpipe, Michael Peter Verano. 2015. Hamburg: Baar-Verlag.
Uilleann pipes
* An Introduction to Uilleann Piping - A Tutorial for Learning to Play the Uilleann pipes
* My Method, Timothy Britton, illustrated guide to reed making for uilleann pipes
* A Manual for the Irish Uilleann Pipes, Patrick Sky, LOC 79-67073, , 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,
*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,
*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 , 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, , 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, , John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh
* The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950 William Donaldson, 2000, 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, , 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, , 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, , 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). . (available in translation)
*Säckpipan i Sverige, Mats Rehnberg. Nordiska museets handlingar 18, Stockholm 1943.
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,
* Ecole de Bomborde, Jean L'Helgouach
* Methode de Bombarde, Padrig Sicard,
Brien Boru warpipes
* The Complete Tutor for the Brien Boru Warpipes, Roleston, Newcastle, County Down, no date
General Books
* Bagpipes, Anthony Baines, , Pitt Rivers Museum, Univ. of Oxford, 3rd edition, 1995 147 pages with plates
* "Bagpipes and Tunings", Theodor Podnos, , Detroit, Mich. : Information Coordinators, 1974 125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
* Woodwind Instruments & Their History, Anthony Baines, , Nov. 1991, Dover Pub., with Bagpipe plates
* Highland Bagpipe Makers, Jeannie Campbell, Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001,
* Die Stimme des Windes: Sprachliches zur Geschichte der Sackpfeife/The Voice of the Wind: A Linguistic History of the Bagpipe, Michael Peter Verano. 2015. Hamburg: Baar-Verlag.
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