The Bagpipe Society

Seasonal Bagpipe Tunes

The Bagpipers Carol

I transcribed The Bagpipers Carol/Quanno nascette Ninno from a recording that can be found at: https://bit.ly/Chanter158

The high line was played on a Piffero, the lower two lines on a Zampogna. The higher lines can be played on G pipes, one will need to have a sharpened leading note below, alternatively this line can be played on D pipes.

The lower line doesn't have to be played to make the piece work.

...

Member only article

Members have exclusive access to the most recent two years of articles, and can download PDFs of Chanter editions. To read the whole of this article, please join the Bagpipe Society or sign in.