Bagpipe Player Help File

Piobaireachd & Rarely Used Embellishments


This is the Help File for the Piobaireachd codes and embellishments that are rarely used.

Piobaireachd Movements and Scoring


The Naming Conventions
Cadences
Abbreviations
Throws
Grips
Echo Beat Grace notes
Miscellaneous Movements
Leumluaths
Taorluaths
Triplings
Crunluaths
Singling and Doubling Timelines
The Bis Timeline
Fine and Da Capo al Fine
Coda, Da Capo al Coda, and Coda Section

Rarely Used Embellishments


G Grace note, Thumb and Half Strikes
G Grace note, Thumb and Half Grips
Regular, Thumb Grace note and Half Peles
Regular Double Strikes
G Grace note, Thumb and Half Double Strikes
Regular Triple Strikes
G Grace note, Thumb and Half Triple Strikes
Double Grace notes
What if I can't find the symbol I need?

Piobaireachd Movements and Scoring


The Naming Conventions

This Help file details the additional codes needed for writing piobaireachd in Bagpipe Player. The symbols used are based upon the Piobaireachd Society and Kilberry collections. At the end of these movements and codes are addtional embellishment that are rarely used in light music.
Cadences
Cadences are coded by the lowercase letters cad followed by the letters for the grace notes in the cadence. e.g. cadged is a cadence with High G, E and D grace notes. Cadences with fermatas begin with fcad.
cadences
Abbreviations
Many piobaireachd movements also appear as abbreviations (gives more space on the staff & easier to learn the tune's patterns). The codes for the abbreviations are the same as the movement but begin with the letter p Unless indicated otherwise, the code for an abbreviation must be placed before the code for a melody note. The abbreviation will then be centered over that melody note.
Throws
Throws are coded, as closely as possible, to their canntaireachd vocables
E,F, and High G Throws
throws2
Endarig and Gendari
These were addenda after this version was released.

High A and D Throws
tra8 (ptra8) with longer Low Gs would be used with D echobeats.
highthrows
G Grace Note, Thumb, and Half Throws

Grips
Like throws, Grips are coded, as closely as possible, to their canntaireachd vocables.
Regular Grips
grips2
Half Grips
halfgrips
G Grace Notes and Thumb Grips

Echo Beat Grace notes
Echo beat grace notes are the second grace note strikes used in echo beat sequences. They are played longer than the first strike and as such they are written as 1/16th grace notes rather than 1/32nd grace notes. Echo beat grace notes are coded with the lowercase letters echo followed the note that is being struck. e.g. echola is an echo beat grace note that strikes Low A. Here is an F echo beat sequence:

gg Fr_16 stre Fl_8 'e echoe E_4

echos
Darodos
The darodo movement is like the bubly movement in light music. The darodo16 and pdarodo16 movements have longer first and last Low Gs.
darodos
Miscellaneous Movements
The following movements are also used in piobaireachd. Of note is din which is typically used in the ending phrase of a line. It is different from a strlg because it is a 1/16th grace note and is played. However, the din is less in duration than echolg.
misc
Leumluaths
During playing, Bagpipe Player processes the leumluath abbreviations as follows:
Regular Leumluath
leumluaths
Leumluath "Breabach"
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a Leumluath Breabach. However, the term is used here to denote a leumluath with no special E grace note played at the end of the movement. This permits a longer E melody note (usually with a fermata over it) to be played. The music example below illustrates the use of the "leumluath breabach". breabach
Taorluaths
During playing, Bagpipe Player processes the taorluath abbreviations as follows:
taorluaths2
Closed Taorluaths

Taorluaths a Machs
tamach
Triplings
G Grace Note Triplings
gtriplings
Thumb Grace Note Triplings
Half Triplings
halftriplings
Crunluaths
During playing, Bagpipe Player processes the crunluath abbreviations as follows:
Regular Crunluaths
crunluaths
Closed Crunluaths
clcrunluaths
Crunluath a Machs
crunlamach
Crunluath Fosgailte a Machs
crunlfosgamach
Singling and Doubling Timelines
dalsegno
The Bis Timeline
bis
Fine and Da Capo al Fine

Coda, Da Capo al Coda, and Coda Section
The standard music theory symbol coda does not normally appear in standard bagpipe music. However, some bagpipe music arrangements that are set for playing with other instruments, use the coda symbol. Thus, it is included here for completeness. The following music example illustrates how coda can be used.
codasection


Rarely Used Embellishments


G Grace note, Thumb and Half Strikes
gstla gstb gstc gstd lgstd gste gstf
tstla tstb tstc tstd ltstd tste tstf tsthg
2hstrike
hstla hstb hstc hstd lhstd hste hstf hsthg
G Grace note, Thumb and Half Grips
ggrpla ggrpb ggrpc ggrpd ggrpdb ggrpe ggrpf
tgrpla tgrpb tgrpc tgrpd tgrpdb tgrpe tgrpf tgrphg
hgrpla hgrpb hgrpc hgrpd hgrpdb hgrpe hgrpf hgrphg hgrpha
Regular, Thumb Grace note, and Half Peles
peles
Regular Double Strikes
dstrikes
G Grace note, Thumb and Half Double Strikes
g-thumb-half-double-strikes
Regular Triple Strikes
triple
G Grace note, Thumb and Half Triple Strikes
g-thumb-half-triple-strikes
Double Grace notes
dgrace
What if I can't find the symbol I need?
Bagpipe Player symbols are contained in seven Windows TrueType font files (BMW1.TTF to BMW7.TTF). An eighth TrueType font file (BMW8.TTF) has been created to hold User Requested Symbols.

If you cannot locate a particular bagpipe music embellishment among the available symbols, contact us to request the symbol. We will either inform you of an existing symbol combination that will meet your needs or we will create the symbol for you, assign it a code, place it in BMW8.TTF and post it to our homepage. It will be available for you and other Bagpipe Player users to download. Check our homepage for the most recent version of BMW8.TTF. It may already contain the symbol you desire.


End of Piobaireachd help for Bagpipe Player