After defining the mechanical framework of the bag control of bagpipe, this paper presents a study of the bag pressure control in a musical context through the comparison of six players and two bagpipes: one Galician (gaita) and one Majorcan (xeremies), the latter mainly differentiated organologically by a much larger bag size. General observations first lead to the identification and interpretation of the range of control parameters observed. A more detailed analysis of the control parameters during the production of steady notes highlights the coordination between insufflations and the arm displacement necessary to produce a stable and continuous sound. Finally, the bag pressure variation is observed in a musical context and correlated with the musical task, thus, associating different control strategies to the different bagpipes played by the musicians.
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September 19 2017
Music in a bag? Controlling the bag of Majorcan and Galician bagpipes
Augustin Ernoult;
Augustin Ernoult
a)
Lutherie-Acoustique-Musique, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert
, Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 7190, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités
, Paris, F-7500, France
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Benoît Fabre;
Benoît Fabre
Lutherie-Acoustique-Musique, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert
, Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 7190, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités
, Paris, F-7500, France
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Cassandre Balosso-Bardin;
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
Chaire GeAcMus, Sorbonne Universités, University of Lincoln
, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Ilya Franciosi;
Ilya Franciosi
Chaire GeAcMus, Sorbonne Universités
, Paris, France
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Patricio de la Cuadra
Patricio de la Cuadra
Chaire GeAcMus, Sorbonne Universités
, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 142, 1454–1465 (2017)
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Received:
May 24 2017
Accepted:
August 28 2017
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Augustin Ernoult, Benoît Fabre, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin, Ilya Franciosi, Patricio de la Cuadra; Music in a bag? Controlling the bag of Majorcan and Galician bagpipes. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 September 2017; 142 (3): 1454–1465. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5002692
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