Julia's Musical Journey

             For my last big blog I decided to learn about the music and culture of Scotland! Scotland is mostly known for their tradition in music and of course the bagpipes. Speaking of bagpipes, they are the national instrument of Scotland and originated there. However, some believe that the bagpipes were brought over from Egypt when they were invading Roman legions. Egypt does seem to have an instrument very similar to the bagpipes in 400 BC, the 'pipers of Thebes', which was known to have pipes made of bone and dog skin. Others believe it was brought to America from the Scottish tribes of Ireland. So bagpipes have been associated with different people in many different forms. No one really knows for sure where bagpipes came from. In fact, bagpipes are considered a very important instrument in Scotland because it is classified as a war instrument during the Highland times of the 1700's. Bagpipes were played in many wars, because of t...

      For this music and family field study blog, I chose to interviewed my awesome mother, Rachel.  me: What is your favorite genre or artist of music and why? mom: Christian because it makes me feel at peace and makes me feel the love of Christ and the love of Christ for other people. me: Did you play in the band or orchestra? How long? mom: yes, I played the tenor saxophone. I was in the band in 6th grade and didn't march until at Dorman High School I marched in the 9th and 10th grade. me: Did you play any other instruments? mom: I played the guitar a little bit when I was young and then I tried to play the flute but my mouth wasn't shaped right and then I played the piano. me: Did you take any lessons? mom: yes, I took lessons for the saxophone and piano. me: Was there any music that was off limits growing up?  mom: My parents didn't care for heavy metal music and some of the rock music, but most of the rock was okay. me: How do you feel about m...