What They Don't Say About the Bagpipes

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The Bagpipes are quintessentially Scottish. Invented in Scotland, exclusively Scottish, in fact Highland Scottish. Scottish right? Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey, looks at the history of the Bagpipes
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@ScotlandHistoryTours Жыл бұрын

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@stuartpenman6387 Жыл бұрын

Are you still trying to blame UK PM for the failures of the SNP?

@realitytube6290 Жыл бұрын

@@stuartpenman6387 This is a history channel not a political KZfaq channel.

@murrayscott9546 Жыл бұрын

The human voice is our Creators original instrument. Banging onnms hollow log came next. Then camy pianos, violins, etc .

@murrayscott9546 Жыл бұрын

Simon Fraser University. Won some titles for their piping . In the guid place, nonetheless. ! The Celt""s, so some say originated in Anatolia and gradually migrated thru Switzerland, France, etc. until finally arrivingy, looking towards the Wezt . What happened after that iis awhowhole nottha story !

@stuartpenman6387 Жыл бұрын

@@realitytube6290 wow so he didn't tell the PM to pay the nurses then?LOL i am guessing you are but a child but when you make a statement ,you have to stand by it

@bhgardeners Жыл бұрын

9 years a soldier , having marched to the tune of a piper i can tell you that there is no better sound that lifts the spirits and has the men marching with pride.

@gadgetman_nz4092 Жыл бұрын

Father served in WWII. The guys were always marching out of step/time. One day they brought on a pipe band. Father was still laughing in the late 90's as no matter how hard they tried they couldn't mess it up.

@bodyrumuae2914 Жыл бұрын

@@gadgetman_nz4092 Before they brought in the pipers, were they not singing cadences, since the point of a cadence is to establish rhythm?

@gadgetman_nz4092 Жыл бұрын

@@bodyrumuae2914 I have no idea, would have been about 20 years before I drew breath. Would assume they used some of the usual brass band marches.

@lynjones3259 Жыл бұрын

Love the bagpipes !

@johngeen5633 Жыл бұрын

As a Dutchman I totally agree, I have marched to to the tune of pipers and will love the sound till my dying day.

@lordbelou7279 Жыл бұрын

I cannot conceive that someone could hate the bagpipe. It's among the best music instruments, with the church organ.

@franklinwerren7684 4 ай бұрын

Highland Cathedral is my favorite tune to play with the organ and if you have an orchestra, that’s even better!!!!

@claudiamielke1568 Жыл бұрын

I love the bagpipes! My sweet sister died at only 40 from breast cancer. While she was being lowered into the ground… the bagpipes playing… soothed our broken hearts 💔 as the sun broke through the light rain. Gratitude is what I feel about bagpipes.

@monicamayfield1948 8 ай бұрын

I first heard the bagpipes played live when I attended my first highland games in Mesa, Arizona, USA back in 1996. I was literally brought to tears by the awesome power, the incredible sound and the pagentry of seeing hundreds of pipers en masse. It was as if I had discovered a long lost friend. It was then at the age of 46, that I decided to embark on the journey of learning the instrument. I have never regretted that choice. After a few years practice, I had the honor of traveling with The Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band to compete in open competition at the Bridge of Allen, North Bereck, and finishing off with a shot in the World Pipeband Championships in Glasgow. For a new grade 4-B band we had only just recently formed up only two years prior, we were a strong contender and placed in all three contests, making it to the final four at Glasgow. What an absolute thrilling experience. I guess that proves the attage that one is never too old to take up a new challenge. Slainte' math!

@Renazuki Жыл бұрын

I love the sound of bag pipes. They make me long for a place I've never been but want to go. Depending on the song being played, there is either great happiness or great sadness.

@w.reidripley1968 Жыл бұрын

Or great ferocity: _The Black Bear_ played at speed may be the perfect tune for fixing bayonets, going over the top, and smiting the foe hip and thigh. The only survivors are those who can run faster scared than you can mad.

@oldsol2012 Жыл бұрын

I was treated to a Black Watch performance in San Jose, California circa mid '80s. It was thrilling. Afterwards you just have that feeling in your body that's all revved up. It's an amazing instrument. The pipers were fantastic and perfectly in order. The costumes were beautiful as well. I love my Scottish heritage!

@markanderson3870 Жыл бұрын

Where I grew up in Ontario I woke up every Saturday morning to a pipe and drum band practicing in the neighbourhood and I loved it. When I finally visited Scotland after I got off the plane in Glasgow I went downtown and there was pipe and drum band playing in one of the squares, and I got so choked up I had to leave. I didn't expect that, getting all teary.

@greglovekamp Жыл бұрын

I have no Scottish in my background, but I attended a college where bagpipes were played at important occasions. Such things make impressions. Years later, I joined a bagpipe band and learned to play. Bagpipes were played at my wedding. They have been played at funerals of friends I’ve known. I guess the short of it is that while bagpipes should have no place in my life, they will always be integral to my existence, and I will always be moved by that sound.

@adamwiggins9865 Жыл бұрын

Simon Fraiser in BC??

@williamkurzenberger4607 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps The College of Wooster, in Ohio?

@greglovekamp Жыл бұрын

@@williamkurzenberger4607 no, actually MacMurray College, a really small, liberal arts college in the Midwest that couldn’t survive COVID. My alma mater is now defunct.

@williamkurzenberger4607 Жыл бұрын

@@greglovekamp Yes, I'm familiar with it. I know of a very good violinist from there.

@simontheblind8417 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if I'd call myself a bagpipe lover, but there is something very emotionally compelling about their sound.

@fearthekilt Жыл бұрын

I had pipers play at my wedding... It's in my will to have them play me out too. I've always been moved by their haunting sound. Great video Bruce and good morning from America!

@boblouden6663 Жыл бұрын

Then you'd be wanting the "black bear" to see you out when your time comes.

@w.reidripley1968 Жыл бұрын

Suggest _Flowers Of The Forest,_ then. A great lament among the small musics.

@amandagraham4254 Жыл бұрын

My dad's cousin stood on a hill in the cemetery playing Amazing Grace on the bagpipe as they lowered my dad in the ground. I was 10 years old and I still can't handle that song.

@m_d1905 Жыл бұрын

I'd stand in the rain to hear that music. I absolutely love bagpipes. Edit: I've already told my kids I want a live piper playing Amazing Grace at my funeral.

@urnaighean_shamhach Жыл бұрын

Aske for Flowers of the Forest as well... very moving

@douglassterrett2956 Жыл бұрын

I've been playing the Great Highland Bagpipes for over 60 years. My father was the Pipe Major of a band and taught me to play when I was in my early teens. I had a set of Lawries then. When he passed away I inherited his bagpipes. He had bought them from an old Scot around 1930 in Vancouver, BC. and they must be well over a hundred years old now. The are ebony and ivory mounted. They have had there knocks over the years but are still in excellent shape and play beautifully. Bruce, thank you for your highly entertaining and informative videos. Cheers!

@dixiecyrus8136 Жыл бұрын

What a treasure!❤️❤️

@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 Жыл бұрын

Classic pipes that can be closely dated. Ebony has a different timbre than blackwood and I've handled a set with WW1 military history, very distinctive drones ! 👍 I own a set of Hutcheon's from the 1890's - both the ivory and the ebony are Indian in origin. I don't know where yours were sourced but it was part of the empire.

@douglassterrett2956 Жыл бұрын

@@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 Thank you! I found your reply very interesting. I suspect my pipes are of the same origin and era as yours and they could very well be Hutcheson's also. That part of the pipes history has regrettably been lost.

@iaindcosta 4 ай бұрын

How are they tuned? Do they have "neutral" 3rds, 7ths and/or 6ths (C, G and F)?

@MattEdwards1 Жыл бұрын

Love the bagpipes... Haunting and wonderful, straight to the heart

@fieryblaze75 Жыл бұрын

I fell in love with the sound of bagpipes when I was 16 and working at a Renaissance Faire in California. There was an older gentleman who played "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes at dawn every morning. That was 32 years ago and I'm still in love with that sound.

@jleer6178 4 ай бұрын

I've been listening to the pipes since I was a toddler and I'll be committed to the earth with them. How can anyone not love the sounds of life? Joy, love, grief, pride, lamentation, inspiration... all there in every note.

@andrewgrant8683 Жыл бұрын

MacCrimmon’s Lament is played as part of the order of service at cenotaphs across Canada every 11th day of November. This powerfully sad tune is probably the first experience of bagpipes for children in a widely diverse multicultural nation. Those who are lucky enough to hear the pipes played in joy learn to cherish the sound. Every year, though, I cannot help but feel my heart breaking when I hear the lament.

@eamonnclabby7067 Жыл бұрын

Nice one,sir....there is a monument here on Liverpool Pier head dedicated to the Royal Canadian navy for their pivotal role in the Battle of the Atlantic in WW2....lest we forget....peace and love from the wirral peninsula....E...

@LiqdPT Жыл бұрын

I can't say I've ever been to a cenotaph on Nov 11. I was always in school or working (it's not a holiday in BC)

@delstrain8590 Жыл бұрын

March of Camerons we played at my brothers funeral and Sgt Mackenzie Cauld cauld grun.

@catm5889 Жыл бұрын

I have the same reaction from police 😢 officers who associate the bagpipes with comrades killed in the line of duty. Breaks my heart when they say it to me.

@jjjackson5183 Жыл бұрын

Oh, Canada, how you are being tried! I could cry for sorrow seeing such kindly people being oppressed.

@laurenreagan5529 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the pipes! They can move your soul❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@stacymacpherson2048 Жыл бұрын

I have never heard, Amazing Grace on the bagpipes without being moved to tears. I love the bagpipes. They stir me up inside❤

@auldreekie7768 Жыл бұрын

The sound of the pipes makes my heart swell and gives me a lump in my throat. They stir my soul. ❤

@troyjustet8315 Жыл бұрын

I'm not from Scottish heritage but I love the bagpipes. They are the sound of Scotland and I think of Scotland when I hear them. They produce a haunting and beautiful sound that can't be matched by any other instrument. Great post as always Bruce.

@douglasmachawk7436 Жыл бұрын

I’ve loved the sound of the ( well played) great highland bagpipes, since I was a pre-teen. However, they often bring tears to my eyes.

@professorronin9648 Жыл бұрын

Been a piper with a firefighter band for going on 8 years. Everybody likes some bag pipe music, but not everyone loves a LOT of bagpipes. I was drawn to learn through equal parts a good wife, a good pipe master, and Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre. The pipe band joining in with the song full of longing and reminiscing was a natural addition.

@Peckerwood-502 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest, most powerful sounding instruments ever made. This channel kicks ass. You make everything you talk about interesting. Thank you.

@w.reidripley1968 Жыл бұрын

Pipe music would sound very well wrung through an electric guitar.

@vallovesnature8449 Жыл бұрын

My long ago roots are in Scotland & some ancestors moved south to England. I absolutely love hearing bagpipes. Their beautiful sound often brings me to tears❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@iaintownsley8287 Жыл бұрын

The earliest surviving Scottish record of Pipers accompanying troops into battle occurs in the archives of the Chiefs of Menzies. Mention is made there of the hereditary Pipers of the clan M’Intyres, some of whom accompanied the Clan Menzies to the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. This reference appears in C A Malcolm’s 1927 book The Piper in Peace and War. It seems to me that just like front line soldiers Pipers were always there. Little mention is made, for it was just taken for granted that Pipers were there. Love your presentations Bruce.

@RobCone 8 ай бұрын

Englishman & I love the sound of the bagpipes. Served in the forces and having a band when marching is just great.

@SugarandSarcasm 7 ай бұрын

Marching to a beat is a lot easier to tolerate than without one.

@JonahIronstone Жыл бұрын

I've always loved the bagpipes. Mumblesomething years ago, The Black Watch pipers came to my area, and I was lucky enough to be invited to see them (a friend and his family had tickets). They were breathtaking!

@neonachas Жыл бұрын

Love the pipes. I used to play. My grandfather, Tom Imrie, had been a pipe major for the Black Watch prior to, during, and after WWII. He was captured at Dunkirk, was a POW for a while, escaped, recaptured, escaped again and made it through the Netherlands. When stopped by Germans asking for papers, he and his mate would talk to each other and the Germans in Scots. Confused the Germans waved the "stupid Dutch" on. He eventually made it back to Scotland and rejoined the regiment. He took part in D-Day. Following the war he was one of the Queen's Pipers for Elizabeth. Later he was invited to NZ to teach a new pipe band (Eltham), and to teach judges how to judge. One of the judges he taught judged me at a piping competition. One of the pipers he taught played at a wedding I was the Celebrant for.

@eamonnclabby7067 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@boblouden6663 Жыл бұрын

My dad's best friend was Rob Beatie he played the pipes in the Black awatch. I have his cap feathers and officers badge. Passed to me from dad.

@mariondeed6064 8 ай бұрын

My son is a piper and served 23 years in the army where he learned to play the bag pipes and still plays to this day.

@jerimyspencer1541 Жыл бұрын

Love the pipes enough to study them. Probably the most disciplined thing I’ve ever done musically.

@Leaving_Orbit Жыл бұрын

The bag pipes stir the soul. The drone is ancient earth, it goes really deep. The melodies are such a contrast but perfection, like torch light in a forest.

@ParkerUAS Жыл бұрын

While not my first experience with bagpipes, my most memorable experience came in San Antonio, Texas. I was with friends and visiting San Antonio over a summer weekend. After an afternoon touring the Alamo, San Fernando Cathedral , and the Spanish Governor's mansion, we had taken to the bars and eateries along the Riverwalk. By 2 AM the bars were closing, the buskers were gone, and the streets around were getting quiet. The three of us were staying in an old hotel near the Alamo and we were walking back talking about the history of the area. Then, in the distance, we here the unmistakable sounds of the pipes. We changed our course and followed the music until we came to Travis Park where a lone Piper was playing as he walked from the pub he had performed at back to his apartment. He saw us and switched to playing Scotland the Brave. I walked up and asked him what I ask just about every performer/busker, "Play your favorite song." He smiled and began playing the most melancholy tune I have ever heard. Afterwards, I asked what the tune was called and he filled us in on the history of MacCrimmon's Lament. Now, it has become my favorite song on the pipes as well, but I don't know if it well ever be as moving as it was on the lonely streets of San Antonio at 3AM.

@melgm002 3 ай бұрын

I've recently started a new job in a Scotch College. My office swirls with the sounds of the Caledonian students practicing and it fills my heart and soul.

@Full_Otto_Bismarck Жыл бұрын

Love em, they stir the soul in ways that no other instrument can.

@mishapurser4439 Жыл бұрын

I'm a lover of the bagpipes! Here in northern England we have our own bagpipes, the Northumbrian smallpipes.

@ScotlandHistoryTours Жыл бұрын

I mention them in the video

@iaindcosta 4 ай бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryToursNorthubrian smallpipes are unusual in that the chanter can "play" silence.. The end is stopped and the player lifts a finger to sound the notes, "fully closed" fingering..

@skalmelid Жыл бұрын

Absolutely a LOVER! I have had Lord Lovat's Lament as my ringtone for years. I have left instructions that there should be bagpipes at my funeral too.

@w.reidripley1968 Жыл бұрын

The 1934 Gunga Din movie had Lord Lovat's for when they tossed Gunga Din's body on the pyre at the end.

@tonybezanson9625 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in NovaScotia in Canada, it's hard to not be exposed to the pipes, fiddles and jigs of Scotland. My brother's played the pipes and drums since he was 10 and so, highland games and competitions were a big part of me growing up. It opened up the other side of Scottish culture and traditions. I still love the skreel of the pipes.

@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 Жыл бұрын

Great traditions in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Couldn't keep my foot still. Great fiddle and a great piping tradition !

@RR-pe5or 11 ай бұрын

Nova Scotia = Plastic (Fake) Scotland.

@ScotlandHistoryTours 7 ай бұрын

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@Yabadabaduba 7 ай бұрын

As an American with Scottish and Irish heritage, no matter where I hear the pipes the sound stirs my soul❤

@featherbonnet1122 Жыл бұрын

I find when I hear a piper in the street my step changes. When I hear a regimental pipe band it brings tears to my eyes. My Great Uncle was a piper in the 1st Cameron Highlanders and was killed in WW1

@Notonmywatch.. Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was also in the Cameron Highlanders. Joined in 1914 He was killed on September 11th 1918......nearly made it.

@featherbonnet1122 Жыл бұрын

@@Notonmywatch.. so sad. My G Uncle was killed on 5 November 1914. He was a regular. Shot by a sniper. He’s buried at Tyne Cot.

@normiron736 Жыл бұрын

Love the pipes! They brought me to tears at Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Nothing stirs emotions like the pipes

@cyankirkpatrick5194 Жыл бұрын

Yes it did

@-BUILT_LIKE_A_BAG_OF_MILK Жыл бұрын

Nothing wind's you faster than trying to play the pipes either, if you're not careful you'll turn purple & see stars.

@tesmith47 Жыл бұрын

Thats.......interesting

@garymoore2535 Жыл бұрын

Violins convey so much more emotion than Bagpipes.....just that they are not as loud. This is explains why Violins are used in so many film scores and........bagpipes aren't !

@johnnygringo2239 3 ай бұрын

Did you know her well?

@johntaylor1286 Жыл бұрын

Love the sound of the pipes ,they awake the spirit inside the soul,and stir the blood.

@marcuslunsford9929 Жыл бұрын

The pipes are absolutely brilliant..when I hear the pipes it brings out an emotion in me that no other instrument can.

@skaboodlydoodle Жыл бұрын

I've gone through periods of indifference towards my Scottish heritage at different times of my life (Being a first generation American) it's hard to tell how much stock I should put in the significance of my dad and family being from Scotland or whether I should Identify as "Scottish, just American, or Scottish-American" but one thing that has never changed no matter my mood or stance is that I just get this instinctive THRILL from hearing the pipes. There's just this primordial majesty about them that stirs me up every time.

@andym9571 Жыл бұрын

You could identify as British/ American 😉 👍

@Denise23451 Жыл бұрын

I’m of Mexican heritage, but 100% a patriot!! But when I hear that mariachi play it brings out true pride. America is a true melting pot! Being American is being proud of where your ancestors come from. In America bagpipes are associated with police officers. They are now also American.

@roddixon368 Жыл бұрын

Always enjoyed the bagpipes. As a RAF brat our troop ship was piped off when we left Aden in 1960 (HLI piper played 'The Barren rocks of Aden').

@emildimofte6538 Жыл бұрын

BRAVOooooo my dear SCOTISH people!!!!!!GREETINGS from ROMANIA!!!!!!!LONG LIVE, SCOTLAND the GREAT!!!!!✌️💯♥️HURRAY for THE BRAVE HIGHLANDERS!!!!!!👏✌️🔝🧚💯✌️🧚💯✌️🧚💯💪🌿💪🌿💪🌿💪NEVER MESSwith a SCOTISH PIPER MAN!✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏⭐📢⭐📢⭐📢⭐📢💫👍🙏🙏🙏🎩🔥🎩🔥🎩🔥🎩🔥🎩🔥🎩💯🌿💪💪💪♥️

@MARCELO-1e23 Жыл бұрын

The bagpipe is an amazing instrument when I first heard it, I was completely blown away.

@frankgellenthin3733 Жыл бұрын

Would love a video of you learning the pipes, Bruce. One of the reasons I love bagpipes is an appreciation of the learning curve. I've heard it said that it takes many years to master the pipes. One of the strange experiences I've had relating to bagpipes was when I was a young Marine in Okinawa, Japan. One foggy night I was walking back to the barracks when I heard pipes in the distance. I took a walk to see who it was but they stopped before I could find the piper. Later, I was told that one of the other Battalions did indeed have a piper who played in an unofficial capacity for his Battalion. My guess is that he was practicing down at the Ocean's edge.

@davidfindlay878 Жыл бұрын

I love the bagpipes - whether they are Scots, English, Irish, Spanish, Italian or Eastern European!

@monicalucero3875 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the bagpipes. They remind me of my Dad’s passion and appreciation for the bagpipes. ❤

@oldbutnotdead1 Жыл бұрын

Old American here. I remember digging out one of my parents albums, back in the early 60's, with this man in a skirt and a bag tucked under his arm. So I scurried off to the console and plopped it on. I heard the most wonderful sound, monaural of course, and fell head over heels in love. Used to have several albums of both Scottish and Irish bagpipes back in the day and now I frequently hit up KZfaq for my fix.

@Noneofurbeeswax Жыл бұрын

The bagpipes are deeply stirring to those of us in the profession of arms. Inspired by the pipes soldiers have overcome the odds time and again. Thanks for the video.

@PhoenixTalon04 Жыл бұрын

I grew up playing the Uilleann Pipes and still do, and I found this video really cool to watch and informative, glad to learn some new things about the Scottish pipes! 😊Oh! and I love the Highland Pipes just as much as my set of the Uilleann Pipes, beautiful instruments, the both of them.

@FairnessFobe Жыл бұрын

Bagpipes lover here. So privileged here in my part of Brisbane. Queensland, every Sunday someone practices the bagpipes 5 doors up. It's like heaven for me ; I can sing along!

@mg-df4cq 9 ай бұрын

My mother loved bagpipes. She teach me love bagpipes when i was 7 years old, so i get one from scotland and now i played them. I am from peru, i leave here, and have 54 yeras old.

@lelleithmurray235 Жыл бұрын

Love to hear the bagpipes! There's a lady on KZfaq that played bagpipe jazz. Totally exotic sound. And as for soul rendering,who couldn't forget the piper who played at her Majesty's funeral last year ( here come the hairs on my arms stand on end!) Nice one Bruce!

@deborahberger5816 Жыл бұрын

Also on KZfaq, you can see a guy playing "Thunderstruck" on the bagpipes. It's breathtaking. (Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.)

@patrickcannady2066 Жыл бұрын

Gunhild Carling is her name. She was playing a North German or Flemish (Dutch) bagpipe with a different tuning and fingering technique from the Scottish GHB. The Germans call it a Dudelsack, the Dutch a Moezelsack, the French a Cornemuse Flamande.

@BrianRLange Жыл бұрын

Bagpipes are one of my favorite musical instruments.

@mikhailabunidal9146 Жыл бұрын

They (bagpipes) make me emotional Especially the rhythm of Outlaw Tunes on Outlaw Pipes like in Braveheart

@dabsafe Жыл бұрын

Born and raised in Canada. Dad was a snare drummer and instructor in several pipe bands and as kids we were traipsed across the province during the summer from Highland games to parades to practices. As a younger man, I served in a local highland army reserve regiment and marched behind our pipe band. There is no instrument that can stir the human soul like the bagpipes. 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@kenijonesESQ Жыл бұрын

Nova Scotian eh? Cheers from P.E.I

@eamonnclabby7067 Жыл бұрын

Excellent....

@dabsafe Жыл бұрын

@@kenijonesESQ Sorry, Southern Ontario but cheers anyway. You have a beautiful province.

@chalkiememe4183 Жыл бұрын

I was engaged to a Canadian years ago and we went to the Tattoo in Halifax in 2007. I loved it but found it strange seeing so many men in kilts outside of my native Scotland however it was a fantastic evening. Unfortunately the relationship didn’t pan out but my love for Canada and the friends I made there remains stronger than ever.

@kenijonesESQ Жыл бұрын

@@dabsafe sure do and thank,,,raised here but born in Toronto

@meganwatson4479 Жыл бұрын

Love love love bagpipes. Every time I hear them I cry I get so proud and I swell up and I cry every time.

@janetgrahamtheberge4772 6 ай бұрын

I LOVE bagpipes. There’s something about that sound that stirs the soul.

@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337 Жыл бұрын

I love the sound of bagpipes! Loved the joke about circular breathing and the politicians skill at it!

@cherylK228 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I have always loved the bagpipes. Brings an emotional response that can’t be explained. I arranged for a piper at my grandfather’s funeral a few years back. I like to think my grandfather smiled down at this😊

@CliftonHicksbanjo 4 ай бұрын

There are 16th-century paintings by Pieter Bruegel of bagpipes being played in Holland.

@davidphillips7321 Жыл бұрын

Love the Bagpipe's They Played @ My Dad's Funeral Years Ago...I'm Part Scottish...

@elendil7 Жыл бұрын

Words cannot even convey my love for the pipes. When I visited Scotland, I wept when I saw and heard a piper on my very first day there. Something about being in the homeland, while the sound of the pipes filled the air, brought up this deep and dormant emotion. Thank you for another great video and history lesson. I would really enjoy a video of you learning the pipes👍. Your "circular breathing" analogy had me in stitches 😂. As far as the 'either you love or hate the bagpipes' , a friend from Germany and a friend from England can't stand them. Go figure. 🤷🏽‍♀️

@williamsnyder3238 Жыл бұрын

I stopped by Stirling Bagpipes one day right as he was closing - bought one of the vintage practice chanters. Came back to the states where a friend of mine showed me how to play it and then the pipes. Been doin it several years now. All thanks to Stirling bagpipes 🙏

@rorythomson8763 5 ай бұрын

I love hearing the pipes especially playing "Flower of Scotland"...

@WhiskyForBeginners Жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVE the sound of the pipes. I cain't feature how anyone can dislike them - but I've known several who do.

@charlesmorgan8440 Жыл бұрын

Love them. Chills down the spine when I hear them. I remember once on a visit to Glasgow coming across a group dressed in plaid in muted colours rather than the bright colours of modern made tartans, and hearing a much different pipe sound, the band being Clanadonia. i bought a cd and it was played all the time I was in the HIghlands. A wonderful video, thank you Bruce!

@geowidman Жыл бұрын

So glad you gave such prominence to Canadian-born William "Piper Bill" Millin and his plucky performance on Sword Beach. My father passed his love of the pipes on to me - so glad he did! As always a wonderful production, and a sincere thank you to you and Matt.👏

@bryanmcleod9346 9 ай бұрын

A Bagpipe reaches into the soul of every Scott's Irish for sure. It may be the emotions it touches in certain tunes. I used to Love the way AC/DC integrated a bag of pipes into Rock n Roll!!

@danathompson5135 Жыл бұрын

I love the sound of bagpipes being played. Love this video as well. Thank you.

@gaylekenyon4693 Жыл бұрын

Love the bagpipes. I enjoy hearing anything played on them, but I confess that Amazing Grace always moves me to tears.

@julianolan2860 Жыл бұрын

In the small town I lived in we had, instead of the Market Cross, the Cenotaph with the names of the fallen in the Great War and from then on. At very first light before the old soldiers shuffled up the street at sunrise, the sound in the bare light and gentle fog of the Highland Pipes surrounded the monument. At last light of our ANZAC day the pipes lamented the fallen alone, just the sound by our town piper. Late 20th Century, Bellingen NSW pop. 2,500.

@pierremrbazin Жыл бұрын

I've been a piper for 25 years. I have yet to meet a person with a lukewarm opinion on the bagpipes.

@theprofessorkeen1911 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE the Bagpipes. I can't get enough of them.

@curtismmichaels Жыл бұрын

I think it's a simple enough concept. Either you love the Bagpipes or you don't realize you love the Bagpipes.

@Calum_S Жыл бұрын

I love bagpipes. I grew up listening to them thanks to my bagpiping father. Who was from London.

@jaykay1053 Жыл бұрын

I was in a Brass and Pipe band at university. Though I was a sax player, I grew to adore the pipes because they were the best section-so mysterious. I love the haunting laments as much as the goofy pipers who also surprised us by playing “Spiderman” and “The Flintstones” at practice!

@w.reidripley1968 Жыл бұрын

Any of them try _The Lumberjack Song_ ?

@douglasstrother6584 Жыл бұрын

@@w.reidripley1968 XD I'm OK!

@ChristinaMacDonald777 7 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE the bagpipes!💪💓🏞✨️🌠 To the Highlands we go!

@bmcdermid100 Жыл бұрын

Love the pipes . If you ever can you should take a trip to Canada as we have 5 million people who claim Scottish descent. love your channel my family came from scotland around 250 yrs ago

@Arthurian. Жыл бұрын

Same in USA. Well i shouldn't say the same, but USA has a massive Scottish influence. From food, to festivals everywhere and more, especially along the East Coast. I'm of Highlander heritage, of Clan Graham.

@ScotlandHistoryTours 7 ай бұрын

@vorthora Жыл бұрын

I love them. We also have them in northern Spain. I've also seen the Jornanian military. I really love them! A friend lent me hers. Wow! I didn't expect it to sound so loud and powerful (she were indoors), and she taught me a tune. I adored it! We have the Galician and the Asturian. The fingering is diferent, and the styles of music are diferentes. But I had so much fun!

@vorthora Жыл бұрын

EDIT: TYPO ALERT🤪: I meant to type Jordanian! Sorry!

@weaselhatgaming1010 Жыл бұрын

Bagpipe gang 💪👝👍

@patrickcannady2066 Жыл бұрын

Galician and Asturian pipe tunes are beautiful ❤ nothing but respect for Gaiteros. Uilleann piper here and I enjoy playing your tunes when I can.

@Tcrim354 10 ай бұрын

As an American Christain the prettiest hymn ever is Amazing Grace while being played by a piper. Also Rod Stewart’s Every Beat of my Heart gives me chills when the piper plays

@pinoypiper 5 ай бұрын

Good one! The only Filipino piper in the world saying hello! carrying on Scottish traditions in this Pacific Island nation. My great granda was Scottish, but he didn't play the pipes, he played that other Scottish four letter word... Golf. He was good at it too, he was even Philippine open champion.

@JS-1337 Жыл бұрын

Scots-Irish American and I LOVE the Bagpipes. They have always stirred my soul as no instrument can.

@RR-pe5or 11 ай бұрын

No such thing as Scotch-Irish, that is an entirely made up Americanism, you're American.

@randysandford4033 Жыл бұрын

The ABSOLUTE BEST imparting of Scottish history on the net BAR NONE! Taken together, all his videos could earn someone at least a Masters's Degree even including his humor. So much stuff in each video I have to view at least two or three times. The guy's a real scholar and keeps us all on the "edge of our seats". No one is as good as this guy. Sheer BRAW!

@kathleensiegrist2647 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the pipes- first time I heard them live I cried- I still get misty- they just touch my soul

@mindyskidder Жыл бұрын

Love, love, LOVE the Bagpipes - such a rich history and haunting sound.

@Kuijk_ENQ Жыл бұрын

Love the bagpipes. Love Gunhild Carling's Bagpipe Blues.

@simondva1 Жыл бұрын

I am Venezuelan living in Glasgow and I am 💯 a lover. They're such a symbol to Scottish identity and pride, that it's simply beautiful to listen to. Whoever doesn't like bagpipes, I recommend going to a proper show in a concert hall where the bagpipers play war songs. There's no way you won't be strongly moved by the underlying sentiment behind the instruments playing. It's not just music, most of the times the songs represent the cry out of an oppressed country and its people, and that's something impossible not to have empathy for. Btw, thanks Bruce for all the excellent content. Looking forward to catch one of your upcoming shows!

@jackwhitehead5233 Жыл бұрын

Wth are you talking about. Educate yourself before commenting, we are not "an oppressed people". Get a grip.

@rebeccaholmes4050 Жыл бұрын

I’m a lover of the bagpipes in all their forms, a player and band member. Long may they lift our spirits and touch our souls.🎶❤️

@johnmcdonald5998 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the pipes! Reminds me of my Dad and of all celebrations and funerals.

@ConnieM777 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the bagpipes as well as your channel. Thanks for sharing the history.

@beth12svist Жыл бұрын

Just today I found out there's going to (hopefully) be a company of Scotish pipers at a folklore festival I intend to go to in August, here in Czechia. Timely video. :D P.S. The Scots certainly aren't the only ones to use bagpipes. There's an international bagpipe festival in Strakonice in Southern Bohemia, where a bagpiper from a 19th century Czech play was from! We call them "dudy". (Not the festival I intend to go to.)

@georgefinn683 10 ай бұрын

love love love the bagpipes makes me emotionally happy to hear them

@johnbroadway4196 Жыл бұрын

LOVE ! LOVE ! FRECKIN LOVE THE PIPES ! THEY HIT ME RIGHT IN MY HEART !

@therabbithole-sn5yb Жыл бұрын

The Pipes are Gods music!!! My favorite pipe tune used to be "the Black Bear" but now I've gotta say "Flower of Scotland" is my favorite but there are many others that I love as well.

@patrickmarks5640 Жыл бұрын

I started learning the pipes about a year ago. I play a half dozen other instruments, but without a doubt - the pipes are the most challenging. I've become somewhat obsessed with my Scottish heritage - not just he DNA and genealogy but in purchasing a full kilt outfit and now a set of highland pipes. I've now played them in public for the first time - and here in the U.S. the pipes command a certain awe. People pay attention when you play them.

@gregoryalee2457 Жыл бұрын

I am in the same camp except I had my kilt tailored just outside of Edinburgh. Also I have a set of world class pipes.

@emildimofte6538 Жыл бұрын

Long,live,SCOTLAND!!!💪💯🌿🙏♥️LONG LIVE SCOTTISH PIPERS,SCOTTISH DRUMS and the BRAVE,SCOTTISH young PRINCESES of DANCE!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯🌿💯🌿💯🌿💯🌿👍💫👍💫👍💫👍💫⛑️🔝🧚🔝🧚🔝🧚🔝🧚🔝🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️♥️💯🌿♥️🙏♥️💪