Bagpipes and Uilleann Pipes Duet - Brilliant!

[@JDurkin2811]

See the Irish weren't stupid, We don't play with our mouth so we can still swallow the pints

[@MultiYogibear]

or sing

[@peterbrennan4242]

Bottoms up,shirley…?@@kevinstachovak8842

[@TJSchutte]

Pour me a pint, please!

[@DonFabuloso]

Joseph Durkin and keep talking.

[@vreed27]

Nice!

[@dukadarodear2176]

In Ireland the "Bagpipes" were "Píobaí Choghaidh" - "War Pipes". The sitdown and play - "elbow pipes/píobaí/Uileann" were for peacetime. Both are great if you can play them well. The Pipes unite the Scottish and the Irish Gaeil.

[@MsSharon28]

the highland pipe was made to be heard over mountains and glens,the uillean on the whole is just a softer sound both brilliant

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

The Irish bagpipes were identical to the Scottish bagpipes, they were outlawed by the British so they fell out of use. The uilleann pipes were invented in the 18th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uilleann_pipes#History

[@dimaflorida9889]

Agreed...they both compliment each other. Resembles how the oboe, English Horn, and the Bassoon compliment each other in an orchestra.

[@dunruden9720]

@@dimaflorida9889 complement

[@dimaflorida9889]

dunruden yeah spell check wasn’t activated...what’tah’ catch.

[@ianbermingham9047]

@@dunruden9720 🙄🙄

[@itcfan]

Wonderful fusion of Irish and Scottish instruments. I always felt that the Uillean(elbow)pipes were the quintessential sound of Ireland. Almost as if the sound emanates from the very soil of the land itself.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

Bagpipes aren't scottish lol

[@finneire2081]

The IRISH PIPERS WERE OUTLAWED AND HUNG WHEN CAPTURED THE ORIGINAL WAR OIOES HAD ONLY TWO DRONES LIKE THE ONES FOUND AT CULLODEN THEY DEVELOPED SOFTER PIPES FOR INDOOR PLAYING

[@barryormsby4502]

Northumberland

[@blakehollingshead813]

John McCassidy yeah they are, a version of them were brought up by the Roman’s after being taken from the middle eastern countries that made the first set... but bagpipes as we know them are in fact Scottish

[@frederickemail9985]

@@ALBA-js3um no they are Scottish not the oldest bagpipes in the world are Irish and they were found in county wicklow sites.google.com/site/bagpipersforhireireland/oldest-bagpipes-in-the-world-are-irish the Irish warpipes were outlawed by the English because too many of the Irish rebellions were led by bagpipers and when the wild geese were put to flight after the treaty of limerick many of them joined up with the French army and Irish brigades were formed and these warpipers also joined and they played the warpipes well into the the 18th century and this can be seen at the battle of fontenoy when after fierce fighting between the wild geese and the Scottish highlanders the wild geese finally beat their British oppressor's across the ocean and to spite the scots whilst they were licking they're wounds the Irish warpipers struck up they're pipes and played St Patrick's day and the white cockade which is an old Jacobite song meant by the Irish pipers to remind the scots of who they are. and the uilleann pipes are the way the Irish got around the British ban which was a ban on all bagpipes which were played standing up so the Irish adopted the warpipes initially to the pastoral pipes and then to the uilleann pipes. and the scots got the warpipes from the Irish conscript's who were forced to fight the Scottish rebellion's led by Wallace and Robert the Bruce and the scots noticed the frenzy that the Irish were put into by the warpipers and one way or a another got a set of the pipes and a player and learned how to play them and used them to the same effect. and after the Jacobite's were crushed by the British they were only allowed to keep they're pipes if they bowed to the British and succumbed to their rule and the scots for the most part complied and were allowed to keep their bagpipes and their stolen title of their claim to the bagpipes being their own, and eventually the bagpipes were changed from the two drone Irish version to the three drone Scottish variant. so in summary the modern bagpipes are indeed Irish in origin not roman or Babylonian and not Scottish or English the scots were only allowed to keep them because the succumbed to the British rule and the modern form is only Scottish because they added a drone and absolutely nothing else but the title and the only reason it is considered Scottish is because it is parroted by ignoramuses and scots.

[@ceej8582]

With an Irish mother and a Scottish father this just resonates with me I think the phrase is "it runs through my veins" 😁

[@christianchan1144]

That's so cool! Celtic blood in your veins.

[@doublejace]

Moms side of the family is Irish father's side of the family is Scottish- German. Keep well, kind, and courage kept

[@barefoofDr]

I had an Irish Father and a Scottish Mother. It works out to the same.

[@Arcusinoz]

Of course its only the Irish that would invent a set of pipes, that you can still play while sitting down, so that you can have a chat and a drink, and be social.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@leslie falconer Northumbria pipes they're called.

[@felixsmith659]

@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 I think he meant to put to a comma.

[@pintman9102]

@@felixsmith659 love the name😂😂😂

[@TheGamingProX]

This comment contributes to the presentation im making for uni about Ireland music and dance xD

[@charlessmyth1078]

The bagpipes were made to hear from a distance an they also were made for war pipes I’m Irish an scots American I love both !

[@688landerson]

and to think - the Uillian piper did all of that on one breath!

[@saoirseclarnimhuiris7910]

😁👍🇮🇪💚

[@RaveSault]

OOOOOOH MY GOOOOOD!! SO MUCH EARGASM!!!

[@ezekielsmukler2903]

Have never heard a bagpipes and uilleann pipes duet before, but I liked it.

[@DaveJMcGarry]

You lot can argue about what sounds come from where and who made them but the fact remains, this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mickthornley7210]

Dave McGarry totally agree with you 👍

[@jasonwaznak5825]

@@mickthornley7210 DAMN RIGHT!! This is absolutely awesome!!

[@Odie8793]

A match made in Heaven. Well done lads. A pure joy to behold & pure ear candy!!!

[@psalmanthamonroe7298]

I wish this had a bodhran

[@bcpipes]

The Highland Pipe chanter is in A, thus the scale being G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A (Highland pipe Notation) The A-440 scale is actually G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, A or A Mixolydian. The Uilleann Piper is playing in D Ionian with drones in D. The Highland Piper is using the D note as the root tone, which puts the chanter in D Ionian, same as the Uilleann Piper. Any other modes for either piper would be quite difficult to pair the 2 without some difficult fingerings. Or, some strange harmonies.

[@cheefussmith9380]

Such an interesting and thoughtful comment! When I was an undergrad I took music theory and honestly it was every bit as difficult as any maths or science course I took. The music building was so old. We used to joke about the linoleum mode.

[@therealJohnDawes]

Brilliant - thank you

[@Twittler1]

All bagpipes, including these, can come with a variety of tunings. Only the chanter is fixed in one key. Drones, regulators etc, are usually tuneable. The uilleann pipes are the most tuneable, and chanters in different keys can be changed.

[@christiner4193]

Thanks a lot!

[@scottshields4477]

From the US. Love pipe music. Mostly played for funerals over here. Just like any other musical instrument, must have been hell to live next door to whoever was learning to play the first set of bagpipes.

[@mikeboggan9190]

That was fantastic, the two instruments combined for a fabulous sound.

[@JohnSmith-pc6ng]

This has to be one of the best things to have ever gone in my ear holes.

[@Arcusinoz]

Love the combination of the 2 types of pipes.

[@IamDaReAlSeaN]

there should be no competition between the uileanns and GHBs, considering how fucking brilliant they sound together. This is the peanut butter and jam of Celtic music.

[@UISTMAN59]

there should be no competition between the uileanns and GHBs, considering how they sound together. This is the peanut butter and jam of Celtic music.

[@dukadarodear2176]

Is fíor duit. You're right.

[@Mike-In-Florida]

Being of Scots-Irish decent, this comment make me actually cry real tears with happiness.

[@gorgioarmanioso151]

You know that both the uileann pioe and the regular bag pipe have both existed in Ireland..... and are also Irish ..... and the first pipes are not even Irish .... I love this music but history is history ,.... first pipes are from the middle east ...

[@Heroesflorian]

@@gorgioarmanioso151 were they actually brought from the middle east to Ireland, though, or were they just separately invented multiple times throughout the globe, as has been the case with a bunch of other things?

[@morethanjustforkicks]

Richard and Trevor...that's brilliant stuff. I could listen to the two of ye in the pub all night long. Great Stuff.

[@34kbro]

My feet won't stay still. Is this normal?

[@deckjacobson4230]

Kirk Brown If they didn't, your concern would be valid.

[@saadhigh]

+Kirk Brown hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh me too

[@rexlibris99]

It's abnormal if they stay still.

[@UISTMAN59]

I'm a Calvinist and my feet tap away good style. That's a very sweeping judgement of people , and a theological tradition you appear to know the bare minimum about!

[@UISTMAN59]

Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read. :)

[@BhfuilIAm1312]

14 people are now officially deaf...that is the only real reason why someone would dislike this music.

[@Cigar_Mantra]

Can’t get any more Celtic then this. Love it

[@gordiehanna3848]

Add some Welsh or Breton dancers and it would be! ❤

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

@Cigar_Mantra #1 🏆 comment. IKR? Getting more Celtic than this would look like racist satire!😂

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

​@gordiehanna3848 LoL yes!! Then they all drink, fight, then make up & play more tunes. ✌️ ☮️ 🕊

[@Snipingpiper]

first time Iv'e heard GHBs and uilleann pipes play along with each other...sounds great, excellent playing from both guys.....very good

[@JustinBarylski]

Every time I hear this it it puts a smile on my face!

[@seanmorgan53]

this is one of the best videos i've seen in a long time; absolutely brilliant

[@connieweiss376]

Super fantastic, I love the sound of thoes to kinds of pipes together 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💜

[@joewells1492]

The music was brilliant... Their shirts were tragic.

[@liamosuilleabhain9965]

No better way to look Irish.

[@hakametal]

Liam Ó Súilleabháin Hahahaha! So true.

[@monkeymirror]

A frickin' greed.

[@flower2364]

Didn't notice the shirts was to far gone on the music.

[@ConsairtinFergus]

Then better don't watch videos from the 70s - 80s ...

[@craiggorman9392]

This music is absolutely fantastic and it's a big pleasure to listen to it,thanks for this top quality upload.

[@Argyll9846]

Wow - this had me smiling ear to ear. Terrific!

[@kamikazeyamamoto4545]

Being half Irish meself, I've been wondering when someone was going to do this. It's about fuken time! Aye, now that's musical talent. Thank you. Sainte

[@SirMrShanks]

@TJ McGregor agreed 😂😂😂

[@WOMBATLARD]

What brilliant pipe playing. Thank you

[@francoisewhite2541]

This evokes such longing, my heart

[@dtrix10kc]

What a pleasure to hear and see this.

[@jackfletcher1000]

Never thought I,d sday this , but in this guys hands the Scottish pipes sound wonderful.

[@mcdermike]

Absolutely superb,

[@maryanderson9472]

Brilliant couldn't stop my feet moving.................Robert

[@dhastings1954]

As a GHB piper who also loves Uileann piping, this was wonderful!

[@fionaphillips3458]

Love this, great musicianship !

[@rockandrollsax]

Excellent musicians. The Highland bagpipe low A is normally tuned to around 480 Hz, which is sharper than the standard Bb at 466.16 Hz. There is a "Shepherd Orchestral Chanter" made for the Highland pipes that is made in pitch to play with regular instruments.

[@ConsairtinFergus]

The Scottish Smallpipes are more suitable for this, less loud and in A 440.

[@susanlittlejohn8054]

DONT HAVE ACLUE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST LOVE THE MUSICXXX

[@felixsmith659]

@@ConsairtinFergus he just explained that the shepherd chanter in concert A or in other words A 440

[@blakehollingshead813]

Feargal Mac Fitheach A 440 is standard GHB tuning and is what bands and solo players use, Richard Parkes pipes are tuned to just sharper than Bb to match the Uillean pipes. A 440 is not a great tuning for stuff like this unless the piper is alone. Bb is though because it’s easier to play with other musicians and sounds nicer. And though Smallpipes sound nice, they would be bad for this setting.

[@felixsmith659]

@@blakehollingshead813 richard parkes chanter is tuned in A and not just sharper than Bb. i know this because i tested with a digital chanter

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Two different types of Bagpipes

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

Totally and utterly stunning. Thank you so much.

[@wingnut834]

i go to the piping live street cafe every year at the national piping center on worlds week just to drink beer and listen to real music like this ......

[@elayneyoung1837]

love this...don't know whether to do highland fling or irish set dance..maybe both...superb

[@WOMBATLARD]

Keep listening to these guys. Absolutely Brilliant even in 2020. Cheered me up no end. Thank you for the upload, Great pipers

[@MrChrisrmenter]

Very true and how most people don't recognize that uilleann pipes are indeed a form of bagpipe! Thank you!

[@dutchomatic]

Aye that's braw playing. I haven't been this impressed in a while.

[@eladiocouto6270]

This is the best Uilleann piping I have ever heard

[@hollymarg]

Lovely. Thanks for sharing.

[@folkyrie6010]

Nice. Both amazing instruments!

[@Toranaboy634]

Having read bcpipes's account of the mixed scales in this match-up I am even more impressed. A delight. Thanks for uploading.

[@scottmingos5310]

It’s almost like the Scottish and Irish are getting along for once lol

[@spidergem1]

Nice concert well done :)

[@margaretmaher8146]

Gaelic Dueling Banjos! Awesome!

[@nickigreenwood]

Brilliant. Makes me wish I could dance!

[@picopanpipe9]

Still one of the best vids on KZbin :)

[@Tacan86]

I keep hearing bokbokbok chicken sounds

[@Dayepipes]

Highland pipe "a" is b-natural today or above, 480+. In the 1990's I rebuilt my Highland chanter to play A-440 for folk band and orchestra before the first professional makers began making alternate pitch Highland pipes. This is an excellent presentation of uilleann and Highlands tuned together. I have an 1850's uilleann pipe bass drone with main bore proportions same as 1910's Highland Henderson GHB drones. Some clever people, maybe the same people, may have got inside both bagpipes long ago.

[@steammaker24]

now that's some toe tapping music!! makes me wanna get up and dance a jig!! :)

[@no.one.to.be.]

It's soooo beautiful!

[@johnhutchison2268]

God this so sums out our shared cultures. Brilliant

[@greggets1249]

Absolute harmony these two.

[@dennis13spartan]

The fast tune after the hornpipe is called The Jig of Slurs, and the last one is called Paddy Carry. Hope this helps you.

[@mynameisfin]

this is the best video on KZbin full stop!

[@technocrash09]

Amen, me Scottish / Irish brother!!! May you have warm words on a cold evening, A full moon on a dark night, And the road downhill all the way to your door.

[@christianchan1144]

And sev'ral barrels of mead to fill ye a-plenty!

[@felixsmith659]

@@christianchan1144 whisky **** Don't be drinking English honey wine.

[@Vicky_C87]

Until I heard them played together I could never hear the difference.

[@SeanFolsom]

Beautiful Music ! My tuning meter says a "D" @ A=440 hz. from the Irish Drones at the start. The Scots Drones are corked off (silent) and it's the Irish Pipe Drones that are playing into the Sound System. That's a GHB Chanter in A=440 which sounds so good unlike the modern Bb plus 48 cents. I 1st heard Mr.Stewart on "The Irish Country 4" LP (Topic Records ?) in 1974. The Piper that taught him was Frank McFadden of Belfast, who I met just a month before he passed away in the Fall of 1975.

[@keesdingjan1922]

IMPRESSIVE ! I play neither of those, but when I'm well informed it takes two or more years to learn to play the Highland bagpipes, and even LONGER to get along with Uilleann pipes...

[@blakehollingshead813]

It takes about 7 years on a full set to master the GHB and about 21 years to master the Uillean pipes

[@04celtictiger1]

Fantastic!!!

[@metamaggot]

the good side about the uilleann pipes is you're free to smoke a ciggie at the same time lol

[@goober650NX]

+metamaggot .........and sing!

[@goober650NX]

+metamaggot .........and sing!

[@emoryking5278]

A very happy St. Patricks day to one and all on this 17th. day of March, 2015

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Help!! My foot won't stop tapping!!

[@Pylliwigins]

Jade Tiger, you're a opened-mind person. You know, the thing that really counts in music is sharing, between people, musicians and different traditions and cultures. For the people who like bagpipes duets, you should listen to Ross Ainslie (Border Pipes) and Jarlath Henderson (uilleann pipes). Their album is called "Partners in crime" and it's also wonderful. Have a good day...

[@m.r.b.806]

Those of you don’t play Highland bagpipes, it’s really mind blowing that this Highland Piper is just stopping and starting that many times so cleanly

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

thats what is called a true artisan of the instrument. its a skill to be able to play either. it takes a true artist to play it like it was nothing harder than breathing or blinking

[@bochiecrappa4670]

Thank You for this video

[@legin3753]

Outlawed Tunes On Outlawed Pipes

[@cheshirebowman4465]

Bagpipes play a tune,uilleann pipes play with ya soul.mm

[@skinfaxi2562]

The man on the highlands is a BEAST

[@sonerbihan]

Well done, an unusual duet, for sure !

[@PiperMV]

Fantastic!

[@the_almighty_moth]

hot damn this was a great idea

[@mikekean8344]

Brilliant!

[@XX-vr5ep]

I like how the irish elbow pipe is kinda muted yet high pitched, nice contrast to the windy loudness of the scott pipes

[@Mcloviny08]

that was just crack on ....well done

[@LibertangoVieenrose]

wonderful and outstanding performance

[@markkelly940]

Just brilliant complementary sounds ..............

[@okaybrandon8021]

Great duet!

[@charlie1pipes]

Totally Amazing!!

[@GoldenEagle_Matariki_Kaleolani]

Mesmerizing duet, the scottish pipes playing along with the Irish ones.

[@lady.shawn1111]

... simply spectacular 🌹🪄❣

[@yoshisuketanaka8944]

I love it! This is the very core of the soul of the Japanese tribes...

[@senmidesenmide109]

Yoshisuke Tanaka what

[@davidmarshallthegoat2737]

Away and don’t talk a lot of shite

[@MartinJordan22]

lol - I forgot they did that. Thanks for the history. ;-)

[@jmccann666]

wow great musicians at work

[@simon39825]

really enjoyed this video!

[@Pack_leader1989]

Best of both worlds Celtic pride greetings from a American with irish ,scottish, and welsh roots 🇺🇸🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BagpiperGermany]

Fantastic Melody! :-)

[@steakslapn9724]

Im Gaelic decent on both sides, never been to Ireland or Scotland yet, but all my life, I've not been able to listen to Irish or Scottish pipes with dry eyes. Any one else experience This? It's like the very sound of them run through my veins.

[@SirMrShanks]

American are you?

[@steakslapn9724]

@@SirMrShanks Canadian born.

[@dogtag1253]

Magnificent fusion!!!

[@widowwarmer]

I love these instruments😀😀😁😁😂😂😃😃😄😄😅😅😇

[@larrymcjones]

“And that my boy is how Ireland became one nation by public vote”

[@thecelticpiper]

HIGHLAND CHANTER IN KEY OF A 440 HZ...OLD OLD SCHOOL ! BRILLIANT !

[@Galleitch]

Only 1996? What a jersey!