Acknowledgements

Sourcing recordings for the data collection involved in this project has been assisted by several individuals. With this in mind, I acknowledge the assistance of the following people for their direct assistance over the years:

• Ross Campbell, former piping tutor, Scotch College (Melbourne) and multiple Australian Piping Champion.
• Tim Bodey, leading drummer, University of Ballarat Pipe Band.
• The late Alex McCormick, pipe band drumming legend and RSPBA Life Member.
• Andrew Wormersley, drumming tutor of Scotch College and Presbyterian Ladies' College (Melbourne).
• Jock McCallum, piper, University of Ballarat Pipe Band.
• Ronan Maguire, St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, Eire.
• Ben Hood, drummer, University of Ballarat Pipe Band.
• Brenton Earl, drummer, University of Ballarat Pipe Band.

In this day and age, digital recording is making the accurate recording and reproduction of pipe band performances far more common than in the past through digital video and audio equipment. I also acknowledge those many individuals who have made their recordings available through pipe band-related forums using sites like youtube (where text searches are available). Sites that have been of particular use for source recordings are:

• Australian Pipe Band Communities (forums)
• Bob Dunsire (forums)
• Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association (forums)
• PipeBlog