What song stirs your highland blood?

[gilmore]

There are so many. "Green Hills of Tyrol," perhaps. And "Bonnie Dundee," "Westering Home," "Bluebells of Scotland," "The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie." I have a CD on which the Simon Frasier University Pipe Band plays Pachelbel's "Canon" that almost works.

[Kent Frazier]

I've recently become a huge fan of "The Dark Island" by The Black Watch on a cd with the same title.

[highlander_Daz]

dark Island, or the sleeping tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK9LXdl-6eo

[highlander_Daz]

heres an interesting candid vid of Stuart Cassells form the RHCP playing "the sleeping tune" Stuart was one of Gordon Duncans Students .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n43QhT2-rY

dont you just love the snazzy bags the RHCP have !

[highlander_Daz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4H5Cfg1RQ

this make me want to pick up my pipes however when I do it rapidly dawns on me how futile it is to try and match Gordons astonishing playing

[Warhoover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4H5Cfg1RQ

this make me want to pick up my pipes however when I do it rapidly dawns on me how futile it is to try and match Gordon's astonishing playing

Daz, Thanks for the link above!
It is amazing to see how effortless he made it look! I am wondering if anyone ever did some slow motion of his hands, especially his birl! It has to be an optical illusion? I just see his pinky move across once!
Do you know if he used a tap-drag??? I started out using the double tap and at the insistence of my instructor moved to the "number 7" technique. Which I find awkward. I would love to see it in slow motion just to figure it out!! Absolutely amazing!

Thanks again!

[PiperGeorge]

Playing the pipes has given me such an appreciation for the poetry of the Piobaireachd. Also the power of the Crunluath A Mach is timeless. My favorites to play are Too Long in this Condition, Desperate Battle of the Birds and Black Donald's March. For light music, I really enjoy the Galician Set as played by Hamish Moore, The Magic Flute played by Martyn Bennet, Ewe with the Crookit' Horn played by Gordon Duncan, Old Copper Plate played by Finn Moore. I also have to say that I have expanded my horizons from the Great Highland pipes to small pipes, reel pipes/border pipes, Northumbrian pipes, Uillean pipes and Gaitas. I have a set of Border pipes coming from Hamish Moore any time now.

I do have to say that Amazing Grace and Scotland the Brave are down the list for me. They have powerful emotional connections, but they are overplayed and are.....well, not my favorites. (But I do understand why others do like them)

[pipesndrumsnun]

Definitely Scots Wa Hae!

[Redshank]

What ? nobody has chosen "MacDonald where's your trousers"

I would expect P1M's to be Campbeltown Loch

Had the piper at our wedding pipe my bride into the blacksmith's shop whilst playing the Skye Boat Song, so it's a particular favourite

Chris

[Jerry]

For me, it has to be Scotland the Brave, and I love hearing Charlie Zahm sing it, as well as hearing it played by massed pipe bands.