Posted on 04/19/2008 7:19:17 AM PDT by blam
When going into battle they'd carefully lay it aside and charge in NEKKID!!!
Any more questions about why Mel Gibson might well have been persuaded to twist historical truth a tad when it came to proper dress in his movie?
Wouldn't that be a screech-howl-squawk list?
On the contrary - the Northumbrian pipes have a very mellow tone - not unlike the Uilleann pipes.
Also incorrect was the scene where the piper is seen silhouetted on the hill playing the Great Highland pipes - actually the sound was being made by the Uilleann pipes, played by Eric Rigler - a virtuoso of both instruments.
Aside from the misleading title, this thread is a welcome opportunity to post a photo of Susana Seivane, gaitera de Galicia. You can glimpse a small measure of the absolute joy that infuses Galician traditional music on this YouTube video, Susana Seivane.
Dang. She blows a pretty good horn/pipe too.
Not so sure about the article itself. The GHB has "evolved" over time, and I vaguely recall it was about that time that the 3-drone pipe appeared...
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This is mindless myth-busting. The form of the instrument may have changed, but the droning bellows is truly an ancient instrument, common to many different European and Middle eastern cultures.
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