I sit with my earphones on and drift away somewhere into the highlands. I imagine the life of my ancestors and peace floods my heart with a longing to be there
yes Donald McPherson use to listen to him broadcasting over the radio 1970s very good player in both piobaireachd and light music and always a good bagpipe leslie
I feature this recording in my book "Scottish Music Yearbook". The book takes the reader on a year long journey through the music of Scottish composers.
Wish I knew how to play this,,,woulda played this at the Culloden Battlefield when I was there,,I cried at all 3 Mackintosh Headstones........"LOCH MOIGH!!!!!"
Now listen to Dvorak New World. The tune was taken to America by the Scots, adopted by he slaves as a spiritual, and collected by Dvorak for his symphony.
Is mise ’bhean mhuladach, ’Giulan na curraice. O’n chualas aig gach duine, Gur ann ’na mhullach bha am fabhar. Och! nan och! leagadh thu, Och! nan och! thogadh thu, Och! nan och! leagadh thu, A’m bealach a’ gharaidh! Leag an t-each cionnan thu, Cha do thog an t-each cionnan thu, Leag an t-each cionnan thu, A’n ionadh a’ gharaidh! ’S truagh! nach robh mis’ a’n sin, ’S truagh! nach robh mis’ a’n sin, ’S truagh! nach robh mis’ a’n sin, ’S bheirinn air laimh ort! ’S i maideann ro-dhabhach, Nach fhainichear tuillead mi, O’n taca so ’n-uiridh, O’n la chuireadh am fainn orm. ’S mise’ tha gu tuirseach, ’S tric snidh air mo shuilean, ’S mi ’g ionndrain an fhiurain Marcaich ur ’nan steud aluinn. Am fion bha gu ’d bhainnis, ’S ann chaidh e gu d’ fhalair, Gur mise bha galach, ’N am ’nan gallan a thraghadh! Cha teid mi gun bainnis, Gu feill no gu faidhir, Gur ann toiseach an earraich, Fhuair mi an t-saighead a chraidh mi! Gur mise tha tuirseach, O’n chuir iad ’san uir thu; Thoir mo shoraidh le durachd, Gu tur nan clach arda! Mo cheist air mo leannain, Fiuran a’ chuil chlannaich, Gur cubhraidh o’n canail, Leam anail do bhraghaid. Dhannseadh tu comhnard, ’Nan seinneadh iad ceol dhuit, ’S cha lubadh tu am feornan, Fo shroin do bhroig arda! Mo cheist air do phiuthair, Bean og a’ chuil bhuidhe, Gur maith a thig dhuit rughadh ’Tighinn o shiubhal do bhráighe! Sealgair an fheidh thu, ’S a bhric’ air an leumadh, ’S choillich dhuibh air bharr geige, ’S gu’n reubteach ’n t-eun ban leat! Marcaiche an eich leumnaich dhuibh! Leumnaich dhiubh! leumnaich dhuibh! Marcaiche an eich leumnaich dhuibh! Eodhain Oig! leaghadh thu! Eodhain Oig! leaghadh thu! Eodhain Oig! leaghadh thu! An eabar a’ gharaidh! Eodhain Oig! thogadh thu! Eodhain Oig! thogadh thu! Eodhain Oig! thogadh thu! Och! gu’n fhios domh ’s mi laimh riut! Och! nan och! leagadh thu, Och! nan och! thogadh thu, Och! nan och! leagadh thu, A’m bealach a’ gharaidh!
You would probably find there was nothing wrong with his tuning - it is more likely to be the effect of the recording equipment used at the time. This playing is pure magic :)
Definitely nothing wrong with his tuning, he had a magical and perfect pipe. Any issues heard here are from the recording, and the use of a record player.
@@MrNikodemus2 and right, the recording equipment affected the D but nothing else... Google "Kenan eyeroll" and you will see the look I'm making right now.. That tuning for the D was ubiquitous back then. Why pretend anything different.
the D is sharp a bit, not flat, and this (and maybe slightly flat C, sharp Hi G, maybe a few others) seemed to be the norm before 1970s or 80s... when we gradually started to tune more closely to just intonation.
Donald MacPherson was the Greatest piper in the world, and you think his chanter is “WHAT’ so many experts nowadays. Why don't you Put a video of yourself on here playing so we can compare. This Master piper in his time has probably forgotten more about piping that you will ever know. Have Some Respect. Put up, or shut up.
CamperMan2017 Can it man. Put of video of you playing if your going be so cocky. Spettro9 is right. This was the standard tuning in his time, which isn't perfectly in tune with the drones. Thus is why we started to tune the chanter to be perfect with drone, which is what helped bands standards raise. So shut your mouth unless you know what your talking about. And spettro9 was chirping his playing, he was merely commenting on the old style of tuning.
I think we should all be polite and respectful of one another's opinions and playing. Donald MacPherson was potentially one of the best pipers of all time and is remembered fondly by most. In his time, this was the standard tuning. Generally, piping has moved more towards being in tune with the drones and being in tune with the other notes along the scale. Keep in mind in that time, people also used to tune their pipes differently for piobaireachd than light music. I think that this is a work of art that, while not up to our tuning standard, listen to his finger work. Nothing is crushed, everything has it's full value, is in time with the music, and is overall better than 99% of pipers nowadays. So don't pay attention to the peculiar tuning and just appreciate the skilled player that Wee Donald was.
@@PIPERJIM2024 spettro9 gave an observation not criticism. Time does change and so do techniques and that is a fact. If you didn't know that you aren't much of a player either. You are the one who has no respect from what I am seeing.
Credit to you at least for putting the question marks. No, this particular bagpipe music is not kitsch. Try looking up 'piobaireachd' or 'ceòl mòr' to find out something about this amazing Celtic art form that somehow survived outside the main stream of Western music.
I sit with my earphones on and drift away somewhere into the highlands. I imagine the life of my ancestors and peace floods my heart with a longing to be there
Hauntingly comforting lament played beautifully. Thank you for the music 🎶
A beautiful tune!! The first time I heard this was on the movie, "Highlander".
yes Donald McPherson use to listen to him broadcasting over the radio 1970s very good player in both piobaireachd and light music and always a good bagpipe leslie
This is my family song xxx Played at me papas funeral, love him so much, amazing tune xx
Just had a McIntosh burial...thank you for uploading this..
Just beautiful. So beautiful. One of my favorite piobaireachd, and my favorite piper playing it.
He is nailing a lot of those Crunluaths
Thank you for sharing your great love of this music.
Just discovered this lament , thank you for posting 🎶👏
great music!
I feature this recording in my book "Scottish Music Yearbook". The book takes the reader on a year long journey through the music of Scottish composers.
Tears to my eyes
Pretty and properly mournful. Thanks for posting this.
Great tune, well played. Thanks for sharing.
Wish I knew how to play this,,,woulda played this at the Culloden Battlefield when I was there,,I cried at all 3 Mackintosh Headstones........"LOCH MOIGH!!!!!"
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@@0ldb1ll correct thank you.
Wonderschoon. Baie dankie.
Now listen to Dvorak New World. The tune was taken to America by the Scots, adopted by he slaves as a spiritual, and collected by Dvorak for his symphony.
Do you have real evidence of this?
Because that would be interesting.
(But we've all seen too much conjecture on this sort of thing.)
Is mise ’bhean mhuladach,
’Giulan na curraice.
O’n chualas aig gach duine,
Gur ann ’na mhullach bha am fabhar.
Och! nan och! leagadh thu,
Och! nan och! thogadh thu,
Och! nan och! leagadh thu,
A’m bealach a’ gharaidh!
Leag an t-each cionnan thu,
Cha do thog an t-each cionnan thu,
Leag an t-each cionnan thu,
A’n ionadh a’ gharaidh!
’S truagh! nach robh mis’ a’n sin,
’S truagh! nach robh mis’ a’n sin,
’S truagh! nach robh mis’ a’n sin,
’S bheirinn air laimh ort!
’S i maideann ro-dhabhach,
Nach fhainichear tuillead mi,
O’n taca so ’n-uiridh,
O’n la chuireadh am fainn orm.
’S mise’ tha gu tuirseach,
’S tric snidh air mo shuilean,
’S mi ’g ionndrain an fhiurain
Marcaich ur ’nan steud aluinn.
Am fion bha gu ’d bhainnis,
’S ann chaidh e gu d’ fhalair,
Gur mise bha galach,
’N am ’nan gallan a thraghadh!
Cha teid mi gun bainnis,
Gu feill no gu faidhir,
Gur ann toiseach an earraich,
Fhuair mi an t-saighead a chraidh mi!
Gur mise tha tuirseach,
O’n chuir iad ’san uir thu;
Thoir mo shoraidh le durachd,
Gu tur nan clach arda!
Mo cheist air mo leannain,
Fiuran a’ chuil chlannaich,
Gur cubhraidh o’n canail,
Leam anail do bhraghaid.
Dhannseadh tu comhnard,
’Nan seinneadh iad ceol dhuit,
’S cha lubadh tu am feornan,
Fo shroin do bhroig arda!
Mo cheist air do phiuthair,
Bean og a’ chuil bhuidhe,
Gur maith a thig dhuit rughadh
’Tighinn o shiubhal do bhráighe!
Sealgair an fheidh thu,
’S a bhric’ air an leumadh,
’S choillich dhuibh air bharr geige,
’S gu’n reubteach ’n t-eun ban leat!
Marcaiche an eich leumnaich dhuibh!
Leumnaich dhiubh! leumnaich dhuibh!
Marcaiche an eich leumnaich dhuibh!
Eodhain Oig! leaghadh thu!
Eodhain Oig! leaghadh thu!
Eodhain Oig! leaghadh thu!
An eabar a’ gharaidh!
Eodhain Oig! thogadh thu!
Eodhain Oig! thogadh thu!
Eodhain Oig! thogadh thu!
Och! gu’n fhios domh ’s mi laimh riut!
Och! nan och! leagadh thu,
Och! nan och! thogadh thu,
Och! nan och! leagadh thu,
A’m bealach a’ gharaidh!
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You would probably find there was nothing wrong with his tuning - it is more likely to be the effect of the recording equipment used at the time. This playing is pure magic :)
Definitely nothing wrong with his tuning, he had a magical and perfect pipe. Any issues heard here are from the recording, and the use of a record player.
@@MrNikodemus2 and right, the recording equipment affected the D but nothing else...
Google "Kenan eyeroll" and you will see the look I'm making right now..
That tuning for the D was ubiquitous back then. Why pretend anything different.
@@spettro9 the slightly sharp D was a fashion of his time, you will hear it on many of the greats.
he's playing his 1962 hardie chanter here, as he always did. legend of pipes. you are right the D is a bit sharp - it was the thing then.
@@MrNikodemus2 Yeah, that's really my point.
It's certainly still great playing, and a great instrument too.
Tapadh leibh!!
I remember... The McLeod first death...
Theme song fo Cupertino Apple Computer Company
the D is sharp a bit, not flat,
and this (and maybe slightly flat C, sharp Hi G, maybe a few others) seemed to be the norm before 1970s or 80s...
when we gradually started to tune more closely to just intonation.
Donald MacPherson was the Greatest piper in the world, and you think his chanter is “WHAT’ so many experts nowadays. Why don't you Put a video of yourself on here playing so we can compare. This Master piper in his time has probably forgotten more about piping that you will ever know. Have Some Respect. Put up, or shut up.
CamperMan2017 Can it man. Put of video of you playing if your going be so cocky. Spettro9 is right. This was the standard tuning in his time, which isn't perfectly in tune with the drones. Thus is why we started to tune the chanter to be perfect with drone, which is what helped bands standards raise. So shut your mouth unless you know what your talking about. And spettro9 was chirping his playing, he was merely commenting on the old style of tuning.
I think we should all be polite and respectful of one another's opinions and playing. Donald MacPherson was potentially one of the best pipers of all time and is remembered fondly by most. In his time, this was the standard tuning. Generally, piping has moved more towards being in tune with the drones and being in tune with the other notes along the scale. Keep in mind in that time, people also used to tune their pipes differently for piobaireachd than light music. I think that this is a work of art that, while not up to our tuning standard, listen to his finger work. Nothing is crushed, everything has it's full value, is in time with the music, and is overall better than 99% of pipers nowadays. So don't pay attention to the peculiar tuning and just appreciate the skilled player that Wee Donald was.
That the sharp D has a peculiar emotional effect. It was obviously intentional, especially obviously so as all the other notes are dead on.
@@PIPERJIM2024 spettro9 gave an observation not criticism. Time does change and so do techniques and that is a fact. If you didn't know that you aren't much of a player either. You are the one who has no respect from what I am seeing.
I like the flat d
jimbob mcslug it's sharp, not flat
Korn??
Credit to you at least for putting the question marks. No, this particular bagpipe music is not kitsch. Try looking up 'piobaireachd' or 'ceòl mòr' to find out something about this amazing Celtic art form that somehow survived outside the main stream of Western music.
Numpty thumbs down lol.