What They Don't Say About the Bagpipes

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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[@stuartpenman6387]

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

[@realitytube6290]

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

[@murrayscott9546]

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

[@murrayscott9546]

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]

@@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]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

Love the bagpipes !

[@johngeen5633]

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]

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

[@franklinwerren7684]

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

[@lewissmith3896]

@@franklinwerren7684 Amazing Grace always gets me going.

[@ryank1273]

@@lewissmith3896 Hits very hard sometimes. Before I lost my grandmother to a stroke, all I was trying to do was hum that song through the crying, giving her one last baby boy hug.

[@franklinwerren7684]

@@lewissmith3896 I have played Amazing Grace in my 50+ years of piping that I can play it in my sleep!!! DE N2JYG

[@amandagraham4254]

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.

[@lewissmith3896]

I find it difficult not to shed a tear too Graham.

[@monicamayfield1948]

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!

[@lewissmith3896]

Bless you Monica.

[@claudiamielke1568]

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.

[@lewissmith3896]

I feel for you.

[@Renazuki]

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]

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.

[@lewissmith3896]

@@w.reidripley1968 Yep.

[@greglovekamp]

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]

Simon Fraiser in BC??

[@williamkurzenberger4607]

Perhaps The College of Wooster, in Ohio?

[@greglovekamp]

@@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]

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

[@lewissmith3896]

@@greglovekamp Sorry about that.

[@jleer6178]

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.

[@oldsol2012]

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!

[@douglassterrett2956]

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]

What a treasure!❤️❤️

[@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850]

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]

@@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]

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

[@simontheblind8417]

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

[@andrewgrant8683]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@catm5889]

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]

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

[@pierremrbazin]

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

[@fearthekilt]

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]

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

[@w.reidripley1968]

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

[@m_d1905]

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]

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

[@lewissmith3896]

@@urnaighean_shamhach Both of them together? May your floodgates burst wide open.

[@urnaighean_shamhach]

@@lewissmith3896 I have played them both at services... these pipes tunes are excellent for these somber occasions. I favor Flowers over AG honestly

[@neonachas]

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]

Excellent

[@boblouden6663]

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.

[@lewissmith3896]

Neo, that is absolutely incredible stuff.

[@MattEdwards1]

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

[@Dadzgrl5529]

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

[@mariondeed6064]

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.

[@lewissmith3896]

Give him my regards.

[@markanderson3870]

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.

[@troyjustet8315]

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.

[@mishapurser4439]

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

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I mention them in the video

[@iaindcosta]

​@@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..

[@fieryblaze75]

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.

[@stacymacpherson2048]

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

[@lewissmith3896]

Same Stacy.

[@vallovesnature8449]

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❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@douglasmachawk7436]

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.

[@normiron736]

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

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Yes it did

[@Semtex_1992]

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

[@tesmith47]

Thats.......interesting

[@garymoore2535]

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 !

[@professorronin9648]

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.

[@auldreekie7768]

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

[@featherbonnet1122]

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..]

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

[@featherbonnet1122]

@@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.

[@ParkerUAS]

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.

[@lewissmith3896]

Beautiful story Parker.

[@Leaving_Orbit]

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.

[@Peckerwood-502]

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]

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

[@RobCone]

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

[@SugarandSarcasm]

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

[@lewissmith3896]

Bless you Rob.

[@skaboodlydoodle]

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]

You could identify as British/ American 😉 👍

[@Denise23451]

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.

[@skalmelid]

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]

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

[@iaintownsley8287]

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.

[@melgm002]

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.

[@JonahIronstone]

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!

[@JS-1337]

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

[@RR-pe5or]

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

[@lelleithmurray235]

Love to hear the bagpipes! There's a lady on KZbin 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]

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

[@patrickcannady2066]

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.

[@roddixon368]

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').

[@jerimyspencer1541]

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

[@dabsafe]

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]

Nova Scotian eh? Cheers from P.E.I

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Excellent....

[@dabsafe]

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

[@chalkiememe4183]

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]

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

[@tonybezanson9625]

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]

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

[@RR-pe5or]

Nova Scotia = Plastic (Fake) Scotland.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

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[@frankgellenthin3733]

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.

[@simondva1]

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]

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

[@Noneofurbeeswax]

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.

[@johntaylor1286]

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

[@rorythomson8763]

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

[@davidfindlay878]

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

[@BrianRLange]

Bagpipes are one of my favorite musical instruments.

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

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

[@elendil7]

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. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Full_Otto_Bismarck]

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

[@Yabadabaduba]

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

[@williamsnyder3238]

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 🙏

[@PhoenixTalon04]

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.

[@vorthora]

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]

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

[@weaselhatgaming1010]

Bagpipe gang 💪👝👍

[@patrickcannady2066]

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

[@oldbutnotdead1]

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 KZbin for my fix.

[@janetgrahamtheberge4772]

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

[@cherylK228]

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😊

[@charlesmorgan8440]

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]

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.👏

[@theprofessorkeen1911]

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

[@rileyblake8126]

Bagpipes are one of my favorite instruments, I love playing them.

[@bmcdermid100]

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

[@TingTingalingy]

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]

Live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

[@curtismmichaels]

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

[@randysandford4033]

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!

[@marcuslunsford9929]

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

[@FairnessFobe]

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!

[@gaylekenyon4693]

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

[@Calum_S]

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

[@ConnieM777]

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

[@monicalucero3875]

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

[@johnmcdonald5998]

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

[@Kuijk_ENQ]

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

[@julianolan2860]

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.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

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

[@emildimofte6538]

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

[@meganwatson4479]

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

[@MARCELO-1e23]

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

[@patrickmarks5640]

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]

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.

[@carlmackeen6305]

I love the bagpipes. Introduced to them by my granddad near 50 years ago . The emotions it stirs in me are incredible. Love your videos have probably seen each one at least 5 times . Found a greater love for my heritage , thanks to you mr Bruce . Thank you .

[@danathompson5135]

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

[@davidphillips7321]

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

[@beth12svist]

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.)

[@alansmithee8831]

A'reyt Bruce. Another fascinating tale. I was used to watching Edinburgh Tattoo as kid in England and just saw bagpipes as any other instrument, but as I commented before my girlfriend was not impressed with them after we were woken each morning by the drone of bagpipes, when I brought her to Scotland on holiday, despite her being half Irish, where they also have them.

[@ericconnell6714]

I love the bagpipes. Grew up in Cumbria. Always loved the sound of them. Stirs the soul. Have scottish and Irish ancestors. I now live in Canada and play the GHBP 👍

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Live shows in Canada in 2024. Shows in Halifax, Annapolis, New Glasgow, Moncton, Montreal, Perth , Ottawa, Toronto, Fergus, Seaforth, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Most of the details are here. www.brucefummey.co.uk/shows.aspx

[@judycassidy3786]

I'm a lover of the bagpipes! Bring tears to my eyes more often than not.

[@georgefinn683]

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

[@justanotheragamuffin]

As to the pipes, aye, they've always stirred my spirit even as a wee laddie before I knew my Scottish heritage. Excellent video as always Bruce. Many thanks! Also. A video of you learning the pipes would be grand

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Let's see what I can do

[@Shortfuse39]

Aye, I'd like to see you give it a go Bruce. From my experience with a chanter, I'd like to see how long you can give a drone note with just the chanter, for me... not very long.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours We can always start a spoon playing orchestra...

[@kathleensiegrist2647]

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

[@ladyliberty417]

Lovely video Bruce❣️ I did not know James played the bag pipe, cool! Thanks for all the education- I’m one of those who love them and listen regularly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

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

[@peterrandall9523]

I love the pipes, in all their forms. French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish - all charming in their own way

[@Halkin85]

We always had the pipes for big events in Hong Kong. Still have them at the rugby sevens. Wonderful video as always!

[@mindyskidder]

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

[@johncameron8134]

I loved the pipes from chieldhood .The march of the Cameron clan was played by my uncle and fidle , there were so many learning to play instuments , but nothing inspires me like the pipes . Truly enjoy your videos . Many thanks

[@mg-df4cq]

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.