A sophomore with an off-killer major.Nick Hudson, 19, knows how to please a crowd with church hymns and AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. covers. But the nation's only bagpipe bagpipe, musical instrument whose ancient origin was probably in Mesopotamia from which it was carried east and west by Celtic migrations. It was used in ancient Greece and Rome and has been long known in India. major, a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). in Pittsburgh, especially loves playing traditional Scottish music. Upfront talked to Hudson, who grew up in Cleveland and started bagpiping at 13, about what draws him to it. Why the bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes ? Originally, it was the sound. It's distinctive, something completely different. Now I like playing the music--the Scottish jigs, reels, and marches, stuff like that. I also like the competitions. It's kind of like a sport, playing against other people. What's the most challenging part? Everyone struggles with different things. It can be physically demanding for some. Others struggle with finger dexterity. I think for me, the biggest challenge is being able to play something musically, not just playing notes. Expression and all that. Is being a bagpipe major all fun and games "Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration ? No, it's pretty serious. The major's no different than piano or anything else. Why are the bagpipes becoming more popular? It's been given more exposure in movies. And big-name bands are playing around with it. I also think roots music, in general, is having a revival. |
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