Scotland’s National Instrument in Danger of Extinction

The Economic Voice ^ | 31 December 2014 | Economic Voice Staff

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[TalBlack]

Scotland’s National Instrument in Danger of Extinction.

Not likely. Too many respect the warrior tradition it is melded with in many minds. Hell they’ve picked it up in Japan of all places.

[goodwithagun]

“Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Brings me to tears every time. I hope that this talent is continued!

[coloradan]

Obviously, what the world needs is a good set of electric bagpipes. With a knob that goes to 11.

[AnAmericanMother]

I'm not a big fan of "Amazing Grace" on the pipes.

It's not a traditional pipe tune, and there are so many wonderful, stirring authentic tunes.

The classic funeral pipe tune is "The Flowers o' the Forest" (commemorating the Scottish defeat at Flodden Field in 1513 - between 12,000 and 15,000 casualties, including King James IV).

There's a song that's connected with the tune - the refrain is "The flowers o' the forest/ are a' weid [withered] awa'."

[Slings and Arrows]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_bagpipes

[kvanbrunt2]

when i was young we went to the orangmens parade in Horsham (i think) where the Orangmens Home was. There must have been 20-30 bands that paraded in those days. my dad has very bad out of focus video no sound unfortunately

[Veto!]

Oh piffle. Not going extinct. My ex’s office manager was Scottish, recorded bagpipe music, and residents of their Florida town had it installed as the sound their automobile horns played. Handy when the tourist season started and idiot tourists drove around drunk or just stupid.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

I found out a few years ago I have a Scottish relative who moved from Virginia to Ohio just prior to the Civil War.

For whatever reason I’ve always admired Scottish Nationalism and culture—now I know why!

My mother is from Spain. The Northwestern corner of Spain called Galicia (Gaelic) is heavily Celtic in ethnicity. While I don’t have any relatives from there, I do know that the culture is very “Ibero-Celtic”.

There are many modern artists who use bag-pipes in their music from Galicia. Cristina Pato is one of them and her music is awesome.

[ConorMacNessa]

I usually post this on Sundays at the FR Canteen - but since you mentioned it:

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Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
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’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
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Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
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The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
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Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
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The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
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When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

[AnAmericanMother]

There's about as much chance that global warming will wipe out the polar bears.

They buried the lede - piping is flourishing in "rural communities and private schools", where it always has -- the authors (and/or their purported source, who may be looking for government grant money) are actually concerned that pipes are too "elitist" and not "diverse" enough, and that the hordes of Muslims and other non-Caledonians are not going to take up the pipes in sufficient numbers to calm their poor nerves.

We are covered up with piping students both here and in the U.K. (the local piping camp in the summer in N.C. has a waiting list). They just are the wrong color (or religion).

[SWAMPSNIPER]

BUAIDH NO BAS!!

[AnAmericanMother]

My daughter spent a summer in Galicia with a host family . . . she enjoyed it very much, and who knows, the Celtic connection may have helped!

[Billthedrill]

“A gentleman is a man who knows how to play the pipes...and does not.”

[SeeSharp]

Obviously, what the world needs is a good set of electric bagpipes...

I'm not sure if you know or if you were just being sarcastic, but there really is such a thing.

Electronic Bagpipes

[DesertRhino]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDCs7ijNUVM

AC/DC has the only single bagpipe song that doesn’t make the ears bleed.

[Windflier]

“Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Brings me to tears every time.

Get to a Scottish festival sometime and hear the variety of songs that pipe bands play. I can't even begin to describe the emotional effect that some of them can bring.

[eartrumpet]

A friend in college was a good piper. I showed him how to play guitar and he showed me how to run those things. It was way too much work, blowing really hard then squeezing my arm down really hard. I gave up immediately. His fingers got sore on the guitar strings and he gave up immediately, too.

[EvilCapitalist]

I liked when Rod Stewart was played on the pipes in “So I married an axe murderer”.