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Piping Hot Mess
Canada
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2023
Watch me level up on the bagpipes.
Welcome to the Piping Hot Mess TH-cam channel where I'm documenting my journey of learning to play the bagpipes! Yes, you heard that right - I decided to torture myself by taking on one of the most notoriously difficult instruments out there.
On this channel, you'll find a variety of videos showcasing my progress, including some hilarious videos of me fumbling through tunes and possibly scaring away any nearby wildlife.
As I continue to develop my skills, I'll be sharing my experiences, tips, and tricks that I've learned along the way. But don't worry, I won't be giving up my day job anytime soon!
So, if you want to join me on this awesome journey, hit that subscribe button, and let's make some beautiful noise together!
Welcome to the Piping Hot Mess TH-cam channel where I'm documenting my journey of learning to play the bagpipes! Yes, you heard that right - I decided to torture myself by taking on one of the most notoriously difficult instruments out there.
On this channel, you'll find a variety of videos showcasing my progress, including some hilarious videos of me fumbling through tunes and possibly scaring away any nearby wildlife.
As I continue to develop my skills, I'll be sharing my experiences, tips, and tricks that I've learned along the way. But don't worry, I won't be giving up my day job anytime soon!
So, if you want to join me on this awesome journey, hit that subscribe button, and let's make some beautiful noise together!
The Road to the Isles. Beginner to 2 years and 4 months. Great Highland Bagpipes.
🎶 "The Road to the Isles" on the Great Highland Bagpipes - AKA My Nemesis 🎶
Here we go-The Road to the Isles on the full pipes! This tune has everything: timing traps, embellishment landmines, and just enough complexity to make me question every life choice that’s led me here.
The start of the 2nd part? Let’s just say it’s been living rent-free in my nightmares. The timing? Wobbly at best. The embellishments? Let’s not even talk about my birls-those things are like untrained puppies right now. Honestly, this tune is right at the edge of my skill level... maybe even peeking over it and laughing.
But hey, that’s what Piping Hot Mess is all about-work in progress, endless practice, and the occasional "What was THAT?" moment. If you enjoy bagpipes with a side of chaos, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and laugh along with me in the comments. Together, we’ll keep marching down this road… hopefully on the beat! 🎵
#bagpipes #bagpipemusic #bagpipetunes #greathighlandbagpipes #pipemusic #Progression #Progress #beginner #learning #learn #Piper #pipes #practicechanter
Here we go-The Road to the Isles on the full pipes! This tune has everything: timing traps, embellishment landmines, and just enough complexity to make me question every life choice that’s led me here.
The start of the 2nd part? Let’s just say it’s been living rent-free in my nightmares. The timing? Wobbly at best. The embellishments? Let’s not even talk about my birls-those things are like untrained puppies right now. Honestly, this tune is right at the edge of my skill level... maybe even peeking over it and laughing.
But hey, that’s what Piping Hot Mess is all about-work in progress, endless practice, and the occasional "What was THAT?" moment. If you enjoy bagpipes with a side of chaos, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and laugh along with me in the comments. Together, we’ll keep marching down this road… hopefully on the beat! 🎵
#bagpipes #bagpipemusic #bagpipetunes #greathighlandbagpipes #pipemusic #Progression #Progress #beginner #learning #learn #Piper #pipes #practicechanter
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The Road to the Isles. Beginner to 2 years and 4 months. Practice chanter.
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🎶 Playing "The Road to the Isles" on the Practice Chanter 🎶 This one’s for my wonderful Canadian parents-thanks for all your support (and for not disowning me every time I butcher a note)! Today, I’m taking on The Road to the Isles on the practice chanter, and let me tell you, there’s a LOT going on in this tune. The start of the 2nd part is giving me a serious run for my money-trying to nail i...
The Battle of Waterloo on the Great highland War Pipes. Beginner to 2 years and 4 months.
มุมมอง 401หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Marching Through "The Battle of Waterloo" on the War Pipes 🎶 Alright, everyone! Today, I’m taking on The Battle of Waterloo on the full war pipes. This tune is packed to the brim with twists, turns, and more embellishments than I can count-it’s like a whole battlefield of notes coming at me! Between keeping the drones steady, hitting the timing just right, and trying not to get lost in the mu...
the Battle of Waterloo on the Practice Chanter. Beginner to 2 years and 3 months.
มุมมอง 192หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Taking On "The Battle of Waterloo" on the Practice Chanter 🎶 Today, I’m tackling The Battle of Waterloo on the practice chanter! Let me tell you, there’s a LOT going on in this tune-it’s almost as if every gracenote and embellishment decided to show up for battle. 😅 Between keeping the rhythm steady and not tripping over the notes, it’s definitely been a challenge! And, uh... if you’re watchi...
Hills of Argyle. The Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 Years and 3 months.
มุมมอง 602หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Blasting Out "The Hills of Argyle" on the War Pipes 🎶 Alright folks, it’s time for The Hills of Argyle on the full war pipes! This tune has been a real joy to work on... and maybe just a little bit of a battle too. 😅 I’m trying to keep those embellishments sharp and the timing smooth, but sometimes it feels like the hills have minds of their own. Let’s just say, a few gracenotes might have go...
Hills of Argyle. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 2 years and 3 months.
มุมมอง 161หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Taking on "The Hills of Argyle" on the Practice Chanter 🎶 Hey everyone! Today, I’m playing The Hills of Argyle on the trusty practice chanter. This tune has been a lot of fun to learn, even though it’s definitely made me sweat a few gracenotes along the way! 😅 As always, I’m working on keeping those embellishments clean and the timing steady, but let's just say the hills have a few bumps! If ...
The Intercontinental Gathering March. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 years and 3 months.
มุมมอง 5082 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Tackling the Intercontinental Gathering March on the Bagpipes 🎶 Alright folks, today’s adventure in piping is The Intercontinental Gathering March on the full bagpipes! I’ve been working on this one for a while, and let me tell you-getting those doublings to land on the beat is proving to be a real brain teaser. 😅 The second part especially has been keeping me on my toes (and maybe even a lit...
The Buffs. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 years and 2 months
มุมมอง 4332 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Playing "The Buffs" on the Bagpipes - a Work in Progress 🎶 Alright folks, here's my latest attempt at The Buffs on the full bagpipes! I’m really enjoying this tune, but let’s just say... the timing in the last part could use a little tightening up (OK, a lot of tightening up). 😅 The embellishments are also having their way with me, and let's be honest, some of those birls have minds of their ...
The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band - Competition set at Almonte Highland Games - 2024
มุมมอง 1353 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Sons of Scotland Pipe Band at the 2024 Almonte Highland Games 🎶 What a day at the Almonte Highland Games this summer! The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band proudly took to the field to compete, and let me tell you-it was an absolute blast (pun intended). We played a solid set that included The Bonnie House of Arlie, The Intercontinental Gathering March, and The Hills of Argyle. With each tune, the b...
The Buffs - Practice Chanter. Beginner to 2 years and 2 months.
มุมมอง 1943 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 "The Buffs" on the Practice Chanter - Shaking Off the Cobwebs 🎶 Hey, everyone! Today, I'm easing back into the swing of things with The Buffs on the practice chanter after a bit of a piping hiatus. I took some time off after competing with the pipe band at Maxville and Almonte, and let’s just say, my fingers are feeling a little…rusty. 😅 It's been about a month since I last practiced regularl...
Intercontinental Gathering March - Practice Chanter. Beginner to 2 years and 1 month.
มุมมอง 903 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Wrestling with the Intercontinental Gathering March on the Practice Chanter 🎶 Hey there, fellow piping enthusiasts! Today, I'm working on the "Intercontinental Gathering March" on my practice chanter. In this tune, my main focus is on trying to push those pesky doublings in the 2nd Part onto the beat. I've been coming in ahead of the beat, and trying to get them right on time is like trying t...
The Dark Island. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 years and 1 month.
มุมมอง 5735 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Visiting "The Dark Island" on the Bagpipes 🎶 Hey there, fellow piping enthusiasts! Today, I'm tackling "The Dark Island" on the bagpipes. This tune has been a real joy to learn, but let's just say my doublings have a mind of their own. I'm working hard to make sure they're not early and that they're as clean as possible, but sometimes it feels a bit like trying to thread a needle with boxing ...
The Dark Island. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 2 years and 1 month.
มุมมอง 1865 หลายเดือนก่อน
🎶 Visiting "The Dark Island" on the Practice Chanter 🎶 Hey there, fellow pipe music lovers! Today, I'm diving into the hauntingly beautiful tune "The Dark Island" on my practice chanter. This tune has been a real pleasure to work on. I'm currently focusing on making sure my doublings aren't early and that they're as clean as possible. I also think my timing might be not quite on the money as yo...
Scotland the Brave. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 years.
มุมมอง 2.1K6 หลายเดือนก่อน
Hey there, fellow piping enthusiasts! Today is a special day as I revisit "Scotland the Brave" on the bagpipes, marking my 2-year milestone on this epic musical journey. This time I managed to get outside of the house and into a forest! Forests are nice, bagpipes are nice. What's not to like? So, join me as I take on this iconic tune once more. Expect a mix of progress, nostalgia, and a few cla...
Highland Cathedral - Revisited. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 years.
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Highland Cathedral - Revisited. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 2 years.
The Rowan Tree - Revisited. Great Highland Bagpipes Beginner to 2 Years.
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The Rowan Tree - Revisited. Great Highland Bagpipes Beginner to 2 Years.
Auld Lang Syne. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 23 Months.
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Auld Lang Syne. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 23 Months.
Going Home. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 23 months.
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Going Home. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 23 months.
Auld Lang Syne. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 23 Months.
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Auld Lang Syne. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 23 Months.
Going Home. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 23 Months.
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Going Home. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 23 Months.
Balmoral. Beginner to 21 Months. Great Highland Bagpipes.
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Balmoral. Beginner to 21 Months. Great Highland Bagpipes.
Balmoral - Beginner to 21 Months. Practice Chanter.
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Balmoral - Beginner to 21 Months. Practice Chanter.
Banks of the Allan Water. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 20 Months.
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Banks of the Allan Water. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 20 Months.
Banks of the Allan Water. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 20 Months.
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Banks of the Allan Water. Practice Chanter. Beginner to 20 Months.
Maple Leaf Forever - Sons of Scotland Pipe Band. Beechwood Cemetary.
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Maple Leaf Forever - Sons of Scotland Pipe Band. Beechwood Cemetary.
Steam Boat. Beginner to 20 Months. Great Highland Bagpipes.
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Steam Boat. Beginner to 20 Months. Great Highland Bagpipes.
When Irish Eyes are Smiling. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 19 Months.
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When Irish Eyes are Smiling. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 19 Months.
Bonnie Dundee. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 19 months.
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Bonnie Dundee. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 19 months.
Glendaruel Highlanders. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 19 Months.
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Glendaruel Highlanders. Great Highland Bagpipes. Beginner to 19 Months.
Banks of the fluffy Cat. - Practice session shenanigans.
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Banks of the fluffy Cat. - Practice session shenanigans.
definately better! Top hand is flat, try to sink the reed a bit. Pretty controlled fingerwork! great job.
1 tip, take a look at Dojo university from Andrew Douglas. Specifically the courses, bagpipe maintainance and tuning. Your playing is not bad but your set is not tuned properly. If you can do that, you will sound WAY better. Trust me
You’re right that my set isn’t sounding it’s best today. Probably because I just rehemped my chanter and reed. That being said it’s is what it is on the day and it’s an honest snapshot of the learning experience.
You might not like to read this or you will see it as feedback. I hope the second since it is ment like that. Your drones and chanter both could be tuned up way better. Its not a matter of only hemping and adjusting some reed bridles. If you learn to tune your drones to a low a and keep pressure you will improve your sound allmost magically. Trust me on the dojo university. Give it a try! You wont regret it
It’s all good brother. Believe it or not, I went through that course a while ago. I”m in the middle of a regular maintenance session on the pipes right now. Yesterday I rehemped the chanters which also meant messing with the reed. Today’s job will be the rehemping the drones and checking the bag for leaks. It’s been my experience that the pipes need to settle after doing this and fine tuning can take some time to lock in. But this is also an ongoing process and I will definitely keep working on improving my overall sound. I really do appreciate any feedback that will help me get better!
Beautiful playing, my friend! You're an inspiration to me!
Thanks!
Buenso
Gracias!
I love this. Been watching you channel - beginner here.
Welcome aboard! Thanks for your support. I’ll let Floki the cat know!!
Good for you. I'm only 9 months in and struggling with keeping the pipes going, let alone trying to play a tune! So I salute you for going online! How often do you practice and for how long?
Welcome to a fantastic hobby. It’s not the easiest of instruments to learn for sure but it’s very rewarding. I generally aim for at least 30 minutes on the practice chanter and at least 30 minutes on the pipes each day. Often it’s more like an hour on the PC. Saturdays / Sundays are generally a write off.
Great...👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
Great! Keep at it.
Thanks, will do!
Well done!
Thanks!
piękne
Thanks!
Great
Thanks!
@@PipingHotMess you are wellcome,i play smallpipe too,a twist trap smallpipe 👍
Always good to meet another piper! What a great hobby we have.
getting pretty clean there mate!
I’m getting better, slowly but surely.
Fuck yeah mate!!!
Sweet, mate!!!
Thanks!
👏👏 with the exception of a few e doublings (which is good that you played and understood they are meant to be there) it was properly good sounding playing
Thanks Neil! The journey continues…
pretty clean there!
Thanks. Almost at 2 years now. Here’s to the third!
nice tuning there!
Thanks!
Lone piper my cousin tatoo black watch keep going brilliant
Thanks for your support!
Brilliant
Sounds fine to me!
You should do a video playing a simple tune again such as rowan tree to really see the inprovement in your play
Yes I agree. In fact, I was planning on revisiting some tunes in June for the 2 year mark.
Very nicely played, my friend!
Thanks for listening!
@@PipingHotMess My pleasure! You're an inspiration to me!
Yup, that was me at 19 months too. Thx for the share.
Thanks for watching!
getting steadier ;)
Not bad at all. Keep going.
Thanks man! Will do.
Try playing far far away. Or even further away 😂
hahaha I could try playing over the hills and far away. But I think you might still be able to hear me.
Terrific performance, my friend! You're an inspiration to me!
It’s a work in progress for sure! Thank you for the support :)
@@PipingHotMess My pleasure! Would you like to correspond?
cheers mate, keep it up!
Always!
Thanks for sharing this. I am a beginner Piper and I really love this song. Working my way toward playing it.
Welcome to the club! I hope you have many happy years of piping ahead of you.
What tune will you attempt next?
I have a few I’m working on at the moment. I think the Steam Boat is due to be recorded shortly. Is there anything in particular you’d like to see?
@PipingHotMess You could maybe try all the blue bonnets are over the border may be later though depending on how tricky you find it I suppose
@@NeilSw10 I'll certainly take a look at it!
Walsh pipes…nice! I have the same set and love them! You’re doing great!!!
Thanks Fred! They're a nice sounding set of pipes... at least when they're played by someone who can play well ;)
Thanks my friend! You're an inspiration to me!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! It really does help keep me motivated to keep moving forward! Happy Easter.
@@PipingHotMess It's my pleasure, my friend! If you'd care to correspond I would really enjoy it! Happy Easter to you, too!
you are improving mate!
sounds like cats fightin'
Unsure if you think all bagpipes sound like cats fighting or just mine? I can't help you with the former lol, but I'm working on the latter ;)
Pub ready my friend!
He sees himself in the camera and stops to investigate! He's great, but a wee headbumping distraction!
What reed are you using?
Hi there! I have a Fraser Warnock reed in the PC.
getting faster mate! great job!!
Thanks! I do feel like I could have played this little slower and cleaner.
your truly focussing on nice embellishents, great job!
Thanks Bruce!
Very good. I'm 4 weeks into the journey...first lesson next week. I hope to be doing this by 14 months!
Welcome to the party! It's a wonderful instrument to learn with so many awesome tunes. Glad to hear you're getting lessons. My teacher has really helped keep me on track. I hope you have many years of happy piping ahead of you!
Well done!
Thanks! This one had me tying myself in pretzels. It’s not where I’d like it to be but it an honest attempt.
it indeed is a special journey of discipline, patience and skill.
You got it Bruce.
very nice embellishments! clearly played nice open gracenoting. how much are you practicing a day?
Thanks man! Right now I’m an hour on the PC and 2 x 30 min sessions on the pipes.
I've really enjoyed watching your videos and I have seen the wonderful progress you've made during your piping journey. It's very impressive and I truly admire your dedication and determination. You've become a motivating source of inspiration to me and I'm sure many others. Is your practice chanter blackwood? It looks like a McCallum but only guessing here. Anyway, please keep up the great work!
Thank you @eanderson723! It’s been a wild ride over the past year and a half and I appreciate your support. You have a good eye. It is indeed a McCallum Blackwood chanter and was a wonderful birthday present from my wife. Happy Piping!
throws are really spot on!! birls are fantastic. Onco you get the speed you will become great!! ik ignore that it doesnt sound so crisp.yet. it will Come with time. stick to this technique mate!! it will become your playstyle
Thanks! Things are slowly moving in the right direction. Hope you have a happy new year full of excellent piping.
your starting to get the hang of it!
great
Thanks!
Oh aye! That were grrreat!
Thanks I appreciate the love!
Enjoyed this man , thanks !
My pleasure. Thanks for listening!