Scottish Pipe Band at Melbourne Festival, Australia
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Kirsty McLaren / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
FC36R6File size:
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3000 x 4500 px | 25.4 x 38.1 cm | 10 x 15 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 March 2006Location:
Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria AustraliaMore information:
Casey Pipe Band. Originally it was the city of Springvale Pipe Band in the early 1970’s - To foster, encourage and develop the knowledge, and love of highland pipe band music by example and by teaching; To provide musical entertainment and training for citizens of the City of Casey, as well as the surrounding suburban & rural areas; To participate in activities of a national, civic, cultural and/or charitable nature; and when possible have individual members and/or a mini-or full band compete in local, national or international piping, drumming and/or band competitions at highland gatherings. A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term used by military pipe bands, pipes and drums, is also common. The most common form of pipe band, the Scottish/Irish pipe band, consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland Bagpipe (In Ireland known as the Great Irish Warpipes), a section of snare drummers (often referred to as 'side drummers'), several tenor drummers and usually one, though occasionally two, bass drummers. The entire drum section is known collectively as the drum corps. The tenor drummers and bass drummer are referred to collectively as the 'bass section' (or in North America as the 'midsection'). The band follows the direction of the pipe major; when on parade the band may be led by a drum major, who directs the band with a mace. Standard instrumentation for a pipe band involves 6 to 25 pipers, 3 to 10 side drummers, 1 to 6 tenor drummers and 1 bass drummer.