@@williamronneywilliams2639 The difference in Kilts is because they are all different Pipe Bands! That is why you have different Pipe Majors at the front with their Maces!
It must be in the DNA .. I always felt the emotions when hearing pipes and drums. Never knew I was of Scottish descent, until recently...well long ago I'm old 50. Never gets old. Makes me want to kill English men!
I get goosebumps when I hear the pipes . I'm an American with Scottish and Irish heritage . My mother's maiden name is Gowan , her mother's maiden name is Splawn . Splawn is an American Irish name derived from the Irish name Spillane . There's an American writer named Mickey Spillane that wrote crime and detective novels in the middle 20th Century .
This is a massed pipe band. Each band has its own independent pipe major, who are following the head honcho at the front. He is the pipe major of the the most senior pipe band that is performing. A regimental band or a police pipe band will usually dress more ceremonially or militaristically. The guy in the middle of the 2nd row of pipe majors is probably the leader of non-forces band. I gather that the pipe mjors act as conductors at band rehearsals. Each band will also have a drum major that trains and rehearses the drummers, A few men may wear the kilt all the time but on formal occasions, eg weddings, formal dances etc some (not all) men will wear the kilt - usually hiring them as they don't necessarily own one. I wore a kilt at my first university for formal balls but I bought my own kilt when I was 30 for special occasions.
Normally the guys in charge of the music are the pipe major and the drum sergeant, which are the leaders of the pipes and drums section . The drum major normally is in charge of running the band, arranging the gigs, keeping everyone informed and generally speaking managing the band The drum major is the guy walking ahead of the band and using the mace to give signals (in the clip you see : forward, turn right/left, halt, mark time, stop) The pipe major plays the pipes and marches with the pipers; the drum sergeant plays the drums and is in the middle of the drum section (not vsible in this clip 'cause it's behind all the pipers)
I am french i really appreciated Scotland and the Pipe Bands... personal question : when wearing your kilt, are you having a (your ?) sghian dubh in your right hose ? 😉
@@christianibarbia9380 Yes, I do. I am not certain about military kilted traditions but I assume that they do, too. It is more of a symbolic weapon. Mine is not sharpened but I think it could still pierce if I tried to stab someone.
My 15yr old son plays pipes for Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in West Lothian, Scotland and has been playing for 5yrs now. Everytime i hear him and the band play, it still gives me goosebumps and makes me emmensly proud of them 🏴
My family on both sides left Scotland in the late 1800's, the pipes still connect straight to my soul.🥲We play them at funerals still and everybody loses it.Such great acoustics in a church.
Firstly, this Parade was made up of the Massed Pipe Bands of the Dufftown Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴. Secondly, the guys leading the Massed Band Parade are the Pipe Majors of each individual Pipe Band, in this case 10 individual Pipe Bands. The ‘stick’ they are carrying is called a Mace. It is used to give Direction to the Pipes & Drums following behind. The Mace is highly decorated, and usually features the Regimental Crest, Moto, and Battle Honours. The ‘hats’ they are wearing are called Bearskins, previously made from the hide of a Black Bear 🐻. Now they are made from synthetic material to protect the Bears. Incidentally, “The Black Bear” is a very famous Military March 💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️ played by the Scottish Regimental Pipe Bands when going into Battle down the Ages. Thirdly, the Massed Pipe Band Parade is led by the Senior Pipe Band of the day, in this case 5Scots “The Highlanders”, Royal Regiment of Scotland 🏴. As a result, the Parade is led by the Pipe Major of the “Highlanders”, followed by the other 9 Pipe Majors. The “Highlanders” are to the far left of the Parade (far right if viewing on the telly). The “Highlanders” will set the pace and direction (ie: Quick March, Left Wheel, Right Wheel, Mark Time, Halt). The other Pipe Bands will March off their lead. The Lead Piper of the Senior Pipe Band is usually a Colour Sergeant, with the Pipe Major being a Warrant Officer. Fourthly, in a point of interest, Highland Dancing should never be carried by women, NCO’s, or “Other Ranks”. It should only be carried out exclusively by the Officers of the Regiment. Each dance depicts a Heroic Deed or Major Battle Honour by the Regiment, and previously by the Clan Chief’s and their Clansmen.
No, the individuals leading the parade are the Drum Majors of the various pipe bands. The DMs are also wearing feather bonnets, as opposed to bearskins. They are made up of ostrich feathers formed around a wire cage.
The Drum Majors would historically lead a small contingent of pipers and drummers to act as communications between field generals and battalions and ranks during battle. He would read visual signals from hq and direct his group of pipers to play pre arranged tunes. When the troops heard particular tunes they would understand what was required... Advance, charge, retreat etc. Now being the Comms of an army they were a prime target. The Drum Major, being and old salt, veteran and gnarly old scrapper, his other purpose was to protect his pipers... With that mace! Ouch time
Bear skins lol No feather bonnets, Christ so many things wrong with your blurb its unreal, God I hope no one actually believes any of it. Please delete this utter rambling of nonsense
Very interesting.. I always wondered about the drum majors... To me they are as much fun to watch as the pipers and the drummers... And my understanding is that these pipers would play as they marched into battle which would most certainly probably scare the hell out of their opponents on the battlefield... They march in such a stately manner and it's just a lot of fun to watch
My father was in the Gordon Highlanders , a Scottish Army Regiment . My grandfather served in the Scott's Grey's , the greatest cavalry unit in the whole of Europe , as commented by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo ...
My 3 times great grandfather also at Waterloo in the Scots Greys his name as Cunningham Bows, he survived the charging of the guns and retired in 1823.
Any Scots Pipe Band is impressive to watch when they're marching. It's so stately and has an almost determined inevitability to it, as if they'd just go on forever - and long may they!
In real life they sound fantastic. I`m English and live half way between the south coast and the Scottish Border. Occasionally I see and hear them in our city streets. Its not just the bagpipes, but the quality of the drum rolls and beats...
"Flower of Scotland" is the Scottish anthem sung at football games. Bagpipers. They were made up of different regiments and individual clans. Gloster sher.
Actually we have NO OFFICIAL national anthem! Though that is popular, I prefer the 2nd version of "SCOTS WHA HA'E" by THE CORRIES :) Gloster sheer . If said quickly, or more slowly, with emphasis Gloster SHIRE !
Scotland the Brave is the national anthem....but the sporting crowds adopted Flower of Scotland as the anthem...and now most ppl have also done the same. We have a big occasion at the beginning of July,where pipe bands compete from all over Scotland. Ending around 6pm is,when all the bands taking place walk down the main street,and the sound of all those bagpipes, really stirs your soul,esp being a Scottish person. But,quite often,I hear from my house,ppl practicing, and it's such a normal thing to hear,but also each time it's amazing just hearing it as you are busy in the house or sitting outsidein the garden,mainly in the summertime. I hope and know you'll enjoy yourself in Bonnie Scotland...have a lovely time 🙂
“Flower of Scotland” is the civilian National Anthem of Scotland 🏴, and is played at International Football ⚽️ and Rugby 🏉 matches, etc.. “Scotland the Brave” is the Official National Anthem of Scotland 🏴, and is played in the presence of the Queen or her representative. It is also played at important Military Occasions such as Remembrance Day Parades or the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
@@adriancarter2863 no what alot of rubbish scotland has no "official" anthem scotland the brave and flower of scotland are both considered unofficial anthems, as for the edinburgh military tattoo the national anthem sung is god save the queen considering you know its the BRITISH military
As a piper I recommend listening to the National Youth Pipe Band playing Dragons Lair at their Illumination concert, it’s excellent and not the usual pipe tunes
Hope you both have a fantastic time visiting Scotland as a Scot who doesn’t live in Scotland this made me homesick. You can watch a few TH-cam videos of Scottish slang and words I recommend Wee Scottish lass before you go have fun
In WW1, being such "bonnie fechters" the Scots were invariably used as shock troops. In result of which, though an ethnic minority of only 10% of the UK population, we suffered 20% of the casualties ( in effect a Double Decimation ! ). The Germans were so alarmed @ their ferocity, they renamed The Black Watch as "The Ladies From Hell" ! e.g. in one battle, a reinforced infantry company of Scots ( about 120-140 men ) being cut off, held out against a German battalion ( 800 men ) for TEN days, until they ran out of food & ammunition before surrendering. When met by the German commander, he was astonished, as he thought he was up against another battalion! Moving onto WW2, after the battle of El Alamein, Montgomery ALWAYS took the Scots 52 nd Highland Division with him, wherever he went, as he knew they could ALWAYS be relied upon !
Must of been really confusing for Napoleon at Waterloo then, when he found himself fighting a pan-British army of mostly English and other German breeds, Brunswickers, Hanoverians and plenty of Irish to boot.
Curiously, I think the Scottish regiments of the Canadian army have regiments that march to that very same song. That's what their bag pipes were playing when the Canadian army was marching to in a movie about called the "Devil's Brigade".
Love it... Ty For Playing This.. the Guy In Front is The Leader and the Guys at back are The Leaders of Their Bands. I Am From Edinburgh, Scotland and a True Scotsman and i love my Country. Tc All and have a Great Holiday in Scotland When You Come Over. You will Be Amazed! Ty Again. Charlie
There is no sound to match massed pipes and drums, especially the military bands. Sends a real shiver up and down my spine. Brings back good memories for me as I was a soldier. The Irish can pull off the Kilt too but theirs aren't plaid. Bagpipers.
I'm pretty sure Irish kilts still have plaid designs and their own tartan colours and patterns, it just not so closely associated with each clan, more of a district geographical thing.
Amazing video hope you enjoy Scotland when you visit 🏴 Scottish bagpipe music is music for the soul 🏴 gives me goosebumps every single time I hear the music of the pipes and drums 😊🏴
Many a foreign guest of Her Majesty when staying at Buckingham Palace has moaned about the racket of the lone Piper on the terrace at 07:00, HM's alarm clock.
The leader of a pipe band is called the Pipe Major. After the finish of the 2019 Dufftown Highland Games in Moray, Scotland, the 11 pipe bands form up and march as one mass band. So there would have been up to 11 Pipe Majors leading the massed band.
When I hear a pipe band live I get a lump in my throat and feel very emotional. I've got no idea why lol you feel the beat of the big drum resonating right through your body.
Hi, yes I know what you mean, you will have to Google why it makes you feel emotional, did you ever see that old black&white film lassie, I think dog has to run up or down a mountain avoid been shot at, whilst Scottish bagpipes play in background.
@@andywrong3247 we used to watch alot of Lassie films when I was young. I think my parents took great delight watching my brother and me cry lol we're very chicken hearted as we say here in Scotland 😆
Scotland the Brave" (Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of several often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being "Flower of Scotland", 'Highland Cathedral", and "Scots Wha Hae"). By the way, they are bagpipers.
Remember, Scotland isn’t just the Highlands - try to see the Borders as well. The summer festivities in Kirkcudbright are always fun, particularly if you join in the traditional tug o’ war. And make sure you visit a few castles; Cardoness, Threave and Caerlaverock are particular highlights.
They are different pipe bands with their own pipe majors. They mass together on special occasion like Highland Games etc. The gentleman in front is leading the mass pipe bands and all their individual pipe majors. Please see the Edinburgh Tattoo at the Castle - it will blow your socks off. Held mid-August for a month each year. Please book tickets in advance. They’re like gold.
I am Australian with Scottish ancestry. Bagpipes and the didgeridoo touch my soul. Also no one with even one drop of Scot in our blood can walk past a babbling brook without stopping to listen.
@@susanhollis1933 not for much longer, the same with Northern Ireland and probably Wales as well. The UK is in its death throes, you just haven't realised it yet!
Each clan has it's own tartan used for the kilt (this coming from a sassenach!). Each band would also use it's own tartan. What you call 'leaders are drum majors - one for each band (the five behind the lead drum major for the massed band). If you really want to be blown away, try watching the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - especially the the Band of the Black Watch playing their regimental march, the Black Bear!!!!!!
The Black Watch's quick march is All The Blue Bonnets Are Over The Border. The Black Bear isn't a regimental march for any of the batallions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (whose official quick march is Scotland the Brave).
Each scottish battalion has their own regimental March. The bands here are predominantly north eastern part of Scotland. Where the Gordon highlanders mostly recruited. The regimental March was cock o the north, The row on the right of the screen wore the uniform that was worn by the drums and pipes of the battalion. The tartan worn is Gordon tartan. Bydand.
@@vinnyganzano1930 The ‘Hunting Tartans’ are the original Clan Colours & Weave which go back Centuries, and are much more subdued as they use naturally occurring Dyes from the Highlands & Islands of Scotland 🏴. The “Modern Tartans” are a Victorian invention following on from Queen Victoria’s love ❤️ of Scotland 🏴. It became extremely popular by the Upper Classes to wear the Tartan in order to curry favour in Court 🤴👸. From the Scottish defeat at Cullodeon in 1745 to Queen Victoria’s Reign, wearing of the Philabeg (or Kilt) or of any other tartan was strictly Banned by the English Crown, punishable by Death 💀.
I think....They have a different dress style because they represent different clans. The March" Scotland the Brave" is a warriors music. Love from London ❤
The pipes are very big in Northern Ireland as well. The World Pipe Band Champions have often been the Field Marshall Montgomery band from Lisburn in Northern Ireland.
Mass Pipes and Drums, they shake the very ground you walk on and beat deep into the soul. It’s a unique sound and feeling, it’s something you have to witness in real life and should always be on a bucket list. It’s the sound they will carry me off to and one that I will love till my last breath!
OK, a few answers. First off, the bands in this video are local civilian bands rather than military. There are different levels/ranks in every band, and every band is led by a Drum Major or Pipe Major (the guy out front. In this case there at five or six bands (i.e. a massed band) hence there is a Major for each one. There are set patterns for how the Drum Major uses his baton to control the band, but in some bands there are various flourishes etc he can use, as long as the band members know in advance! The design/weave/pattern/colour of kilts is dedicated to each Clan; e.g. a Clan Campbell is entirely different to Clan Fraser etc, and no two clands will be the same. Have a look in YT to watch the Edinburgh Searchlight Tattoo - a military and civilian extravaganza held every year at Edinburgh Castle. There you will find Military bands from all over the world, dancers, singers and massed bands.
@@ianmatthews3041 Actually, they were formerly Military Searchlight Tattoos due to their being held in the late summer evenings just before the sun went down. They appeared much more dramatic with searchlights/spotlights, just as the Edinburgh Tattoo still tends to do. Unfortunately the term seems to have fallen out of modern parlance, so, with respect, perhaps you are not old enough to have known.
The pipes always remind me of my dad, an American of Scottish descent. He loved playing the pipes. When I was a kid, he tried to get me to learn drum tattoos - he wanted me to be a drummer for the band he was in. If he wasn't piping, he was playing bagpipe records at top volume like a teenager. He even stole my collie to go march with his pipe band in a parade once. That dog adored bagpipe music!
these guys are absolute ambassadors for scotland , this is a hobby to them all , they all have regular jobs and only play pipes and drums because they love it , thanks for embracing our culture.
Lots of Scotsmen have there own kilts and jackets etc. They are worn formally at weddings and other special events. Many young men wear their kilts casually ,with sweaters and heavy boots, to sports events at home and abroad. The Scottish Football team fans are known as The Tartan Army. Have a great trip. 🏴
Following the end of the Jacobite rebellions punitive laws were passed upon Scotland. One was that the pipes were to be regarded as weapons of war. For some reason this law remained and had unforeseen consequences. About 20 years ago a bloke would practice his piping on Hampstead Heath. This was in breach of bylaws which prohibits the pkaying of instruments on the Heath. He was taken to court and successfully pleaded that he was not pkaying an instrument, he was practising with a weapon of war. The local council came to a compromise with him.
As an American who's great grandparents were Scottish, clan Morrison "Teaghlach Phabbay" and clan McCaull "Dulce Periculum" bag pipes always make me cry because of how beautiful they are
As an hereditary piper, still playing in my retirement and teaching the next generation, it is always a pleasure to hear the massed bands and good individual bands. The term for someone who plays bagpipes is just a piper.
Sat here in tears the first village was just like my granny and grandads. There is nothing like the bagpipes ,goosebump making. I’ve saved this video thanks 😊
Im an "inglush bas'tud" but the sound of a pipe band makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up I think the scottish national anthem is "Flower of Scotland"
I'm an English living in Scotland for 25 years, though I'm patriotically English but this little country blows me away! Royal Highland Show is just outside Edinburgh between 23 - 26 June , Edinburgh Book Festival 13-29 August, Edinburgh Film Festival 12 - 20 August and the Edinburgh Comedy Fringe and Festival from 5 - 29 August. Regardless of what you miss Edinburgh is alive and bouncing and you'll have an amazing time here!
The bagpipes are amazing and it is amazing to have such a talented group of individuals in our Armed Forces and in Scotland, In all parades there are drums because the drum sets the pace of the March (the drums were there from the beginning)
One of the most iconic pieces of music in not only Scottish history and British music but world music history. Such an iconic march. I remember when this actual parade happened. It was live on TV. Brilliant and so talented.
Two alternative unofficial Scottish anthems; both about the 'same' event, the Battle of Bannockburn 1314 when King Robert the Bruce thrashed Edward 2 of England. The tune is a speeded up version of "Tuttie Taittie" which was thought to be played on the march to Bannockburn. This one is called "Scots Wha Hae"/ Scots who have with Wallace* bled. Scots wham Bruce has aften led..." THE best version of it is played by "The Corries" in their 2 nd version. Be aware it needs some volume, otherwise you'll miss the quiet intro. The words are by Robert Burns, our national poet. Some of the words are "broad Scots" e.g. "lour", which means to approach in a sculking manner. If you "do a Google", you can easily come across a Scots version giving you the words as well as an explanation.It's also easy to Google for an English translation.* (William wallace was another Scots national hero, who won the battle of Stirling Bridge. He was later betrayed, taken by the English, & despite the fact they had no legal jurisdiction over an independent country, he was declared to be a traitor so that the quite mercurial Edward 1 could make an example of him in order to scare off others. Thus being declared a "traitor", he was hung, drawn & quartered. His head was then displayed on a spear on London Bridge ! ) The other unofficial anthem is "Flower of Scotland", written & sung by"The Corries "Folk group -> duo who were internationally famous. When we have international Rugby matches, this song is usually sung before the match by the Scots crowd, & gets VERY emotional. If you do another Google, you can probably come across a film clip of one of them. - H.T.H.?
@@mattsmith5421 yeah but you got to remember that in battle evey piper was followed by at least a company of highly motivated men carring swords. guns or what ever was popular at the time.
it is noted that German soldiers during the First World War were terrified of the sound of pipes, followed by tough battalions of Scottish troops. they were nicknamed the ladies from hell.🤣
I'm a proud Englishman and also a proud Brit. We English, Scots and Welsh share this beautiful Island of Albion and have a shared history and even though we've fought and scrapped with each other many times over the centuries - the English starting most of it (sorry - f-ing Plantageonets!) - we've also fought as one together and won (WW1, WW2 and the Falklands) and I love my Scots and Welsh brothers and sisters dearly. One of my earliest memories is being taken to the Edinburgh Tattoo - I was young enough to be sat on my Mum's knee - it sent shivers right through me when I heard the lone piper on the battlement and I remember asking her "What's that Mummy? It's amazing" and I've loved the pipes ever since. Especially Amazing Grace.
Have you taken a look at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo yet? If you like pipes and military you'll love it. Where are you going to in Scotland? Please remember that Scottish people at Scots - not scotch. Scotch is a drink!
@@betterhalf6868 If you get to Loch Lomond try to stop off at a really cute little village called Luss. You can get some lunch there at the Coach House too or even take a boat ride around the loch. From Glasgow just follow the A82 road to Loch Lomond and Luss is half way up on the right. Stay on the A82 and you'll come to Glencoe. One of the most beautiful drives in Scotland. I wish I was coming with you. :-)
as an englishman i love to see these pipers,people seem to think that the scots,english welsh and northern irish are always at odds with each other,well we are,,we're allowed to be,its like siblings arguing.but woe betide a nation that picks on any of us,we become united as one..now imagine the fear instilled if 500 of these pipers led an army into battle
@@ianmatthews3041 and when the members of a clan are representing their clan, guess what, they all wear their clan tartan and with all the festivals coming up it will only be the individual clan tartans on show
@@sdfraser09sf While I understand what you say about 'festivals' the Pipe Bands in the Video all wear Tartan but are different Targans from Band to Band! A Band all wear the same Tartan because its a Uniform it has nothing to do with Clan!
Hills in the background..buildings datin back to medevil times in the foreground ❤ everyone celebrating something that was taking from us... The perfect storm ❤
The Edinburgh tattoo is fine for some pipe music, dancing. But has been Shanghaid by a multitude of non British participants, very few of whom fit the title of a military tattoo. The clip shows a variety of pipe bands. Universities, police, various other sources. The military are more standard in uniform, blue jackets for pipers, kilts, sporrans, dirks, small daggers in the socks, white gaiters, feather bonnets or a glengarry. The kilts used the traditional tartan of the area used for recruiting, government tartan, or Royal Stewart tartan for Royal Regiments (Scots Guards.) This is minimal information, unless you have a much longer lesson time, several books needed too. Much of "history" is shrouded in popular myth.
This is the Dufftown Games, an annual event of Highland games, competitions, and massed bands. There are two uniforms on display, No1, consisting of feather bonnet, doublets, plaids for the pipers, hair sporrans and spats (a bit more, but that’s the basics) and No2 uniform that is simpler, with an Argyll style jacket and waistcoat, Glengarry hat, leather sporran and hose (socks). Each band has a tartan, usually associated with the district they are from, a family/clan association or simply because it is nice. However, different bands can have the same tartan. In this video both Lonach Pipe band and Huntly pipe band wear tartan from the Gordon Highlanders. Each band has a Pipe Major who is in charge of the pipers/music selection. As the name suggests, they play the pipes. They will normally be at the front of their respective band in a massed band, or to the side if it is just their band. The guys out front with the Mace are the drum majors. Bizarrely, we wear a pipers uniform. (This goes back into history as Drum Majors wore an officers uniform, I can expand if you wish). Drum Majors are responsible for drums, discipline, drill, dress and deportment. You will notice some have a coloured “sash” with crests and words. These are called Baldrics and will be associated to the band the Drum Major is with. There are extra drum majors on parade who are not with a band or their band is not there as they compete in the Highland games on the same day. We tend to travel round the region as part of the Higjland Games and Gathering circuit with the Braemar Gathering being the last of the season. Oh, the drum majors you pointed out as wearing a different uniform does have a No1 uniform. I suspect he wore No2 uniform as it is cooler.
Thanks to both of you. Really bad day, and I found you! You will love it in the UK, but in England, they say a gentleman is someone who knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn’t. Thanks again.
Absolutely magnificent,I'm an English man,but I had goosebumps watching this and a lump in my throat for those brave young men who gave their lives im the horror of WW1.Lions led by donkeys.Deepest respect .God bless them all.
"Lions led by donkeys! - INDEED ! - In WW1 my ancestors were used up as shock troops, always getting the worst battles to fight. At that time we were only 10% of the UK population, but suffered 20% of the casualties- a DOUBLE decimation! Ever since then & on many other occasions, we NEVER got any gratitude! e.g. In recently amalgamating all the old Scottish regiments into one, the sassenachs try to strip our culture & history from us! - SAOR ALBA GU BRATH !
There is a difference between the Scottish bagpipe and the Irish bagpipe, the Uilleann Pipes. The Irish pipes have a slightly softer sound and are not blown into. The bag is inflated by a bellows under one arm. Davy Spillane plays a magnificent solo piece in Riverdance on the Uilleann pipes th-cam.com/video/Mwxga8udIio/w-d-xo.html
The Northumbrian pipes are inflated with a bellows too. They are normally decorated with a goat's head. Northumbtia/Cumbria is the lost Celtic nation; all that remains are the bagpipes and a few words used mostly for naming hills and counting sheep.
The guy at the front is called Nick Stables, he is the Drum Major of Dufftown Pipe Band, that is the massed bands marching up to the square after performing throughout the day at Dufftown Highland Games.
However the song tune itself is older than the lyrics written in the 1950s, it dates back to at least the 1880s. Has you family ended up in Liverpool, or are you just a good fan of their Ken Dodd?
Remember seeing your uncle going to the Partick Thistle games with his pal's. A man of many talents, he knew the Scot's history well and was also an author. Just went about his business quietly and with much dignity. You must be proud.
I am English and so proud of the Scots the bravest soldiers they rank along with the SAS SBS If you want to hear something really special listen to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards play Amazing Grace a Scottish hymn it starts off with the pipe major alone and then builds up to a mighty crescendo that will blow your mind it always brings tears to my eyes
I just love the pipes and drums seeing them in their kilts as a proud scot born and lived in Scotland all my life, that's when you say I'm so proud to be Scottish even at hogmanay when I hear them. I have tears running down my face it's such the most beautiful sound in the world.!! 💖💖💖👍👍
The guy with the big hat is the Drum Major, he sets the tempo for the entire band. The guys behind him are also Drum Majors for their particular bands, so they echo the tempo of the main Drum Major, so the pipers and drummers march in tune with each other
Another wee bit of information for you, during WWl the Scottish soldiers fought in their kilts, going into battle a piper would play them over the top of the trench. The German soldiers never having seen anything like it called them the Ladies from Hell, in fact after the battle of Loos the German soldiers were given a medal, on that medal was a skeleton playing the bagpipes and wearing a kilt. You can see one of these medals in the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh
I find it fabulous as a tutor of the chanter 40 years a go that pipe bands across the world 🌎 usa ,canada,France,Mexico, Germany holland Hong Kong Malaysia Singapore Belgium England and Africa have all improved in leaps and bounds ❤❤
When I was a baby and wouldn't have a nap in the daytime, my parents would play music from the massed pipe bands and I would drop off to sleep almost instantly. Maybe that's why I love them so much now
@@wynnfisher659 Fair point but I think the adoption of female players in previously all-male bands may be more recent. I perhaps should have made that more clear in my previous post.
If you like the Bagpipes you have to watch a Band called, 'The Red Hot Chilli Pipers'. They can play Scottish Music but their favourite is Rock Music. They have a laugh and fun on the stage. You should watch, 'Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Thunderstruck - Wiesbaden 8.11.16'. It's brilliant.
I first heard bagpipes in person in Denver in1959 when my family went to see the Black Watch Pipe and Drum Corps. There is nothing like listening to them in person.
Gloucester is pronunciated "Glosta" Along with Worcester "wuss-sta" (like "puss") Leicester "Lesta" But unlike Cirencester which is pronounced as written 🤷♂️
They pronounce them correctly in Massachusetts. There's a Worcester and Leicester there. The city museum in Worcester had tees with the 'interesting' pronunciations they get. They smile too at them.
I am an addict but to see them for real makes me cry as they are just out of this world. You MUST go. I think they wear the most beautiful military dress in the world AND those kilts weigh a ton!
As a proud Scot, hearing the pipes stirs up the feels. Thank you from Scotland :)
i feel you
I am english and I love the sound of bagpipes and Scotland is a nice country to
Me too 😍
They are collectively called pipers, the difference in kilts is different clans/families.
@@williamronneywilliams2639 The difference in Kilts is because they are all different Pipe Bands!
That is why you have different Pipe Majors at the front with their Maces!
As a Scotsman, the sound of the pipes makes me want to cry.
Same here! I was raised with bagpipes and every year Scottish Gathering and Games....brings tears to my eyes!
The sound of pipes makes me revert back to the ways of my ancestors. I want to kill people the moment I hear war pipes
Don’t worry soon they will be banned coz they are racist ….. and we will be extinct soon anyway bring more brown and black men …. We need diversity
It must be in the DNA .. I always felt the emotions when hearing pipes and drums. Never knew I was of Scottish descent, until recently...well long ago I'm old 50. Never gets old. Makes me want to kill English men!
I had tears also 😢 it was beautiful to listen to 👍🏻
As a Scot I’ve heard pipe bands thousands of times but this still gave me goose bumps!
I just wrote similar. lol
I know that is 1 answer, but where I'm from different clans perform and wear their own tartan!
I get goosebumps when I hear the pipes . I'm an American with Scottish and Irish heritage
. My mother's maiden name is Gowan , her mother's maiden name is Splawn . Splawn is an American Irish name derived from the Irish name Spillane . There's an American writer named Mickey Spillane that wrote crime and detective novels in the middle 20th Century .
@@sdfraser09sf Tartan has a most mysterious origin.
This is a massed pipe band. Each band has its own independent pipe major, who are following the head honcho at the front. He is the pipe major of the the most senior pipe band that is performing. A regimental band or a police pipe band will usually dress more ceremonially or militaristically. The guy in the middle of the 2nd row of pipe majors is probably the leader of non-forces band. I gather that the pipe mjors act as conductors at band rehearsals. Each band will also have a drum major that trains and rehearses the drummers, A few men may wear the kilt all the time but on formal occasions, eg weddings, formal dances etc some (not all) men will wear the kilt - usually hiring them as they don't necessarily own one. I wore a kilt at my first university for formal balls but I bought my own kilt when I was 30 for special occasions.
Me too
Normally the guys in charge of the music are the pipe major and the drum sergeant, which are the leaders of the pipes and drums section . The drum major normally is in charge of running the band, arranging the gigs, keeping everyone informed and generally speaking managing the band
The drum major is the guy walking ahead of the band and using the mace to give signals (in the clip you see : forward, turn right/left, halt, mark time, stop)
The pipe major plays the pipes and marches with the pipers; the drum sergeant plays the drums and is in the middle of the drum section (not vsible in this clip 'cause it's behind all the pipers)
Scottish don't like trump out our country
I am french i really appreciated Scotland and the Pipe Bands... personal question : when wearing your kilt, are you having a (your ?) sghian dubh in your right hose ? 😉
@@christianibarbia9380 Yes, I do. I am not certain about military kilted traditions but I assume that they do, too. It is more of a symbolic weapon. Mine is not sharpened but I think it could still pierce if I tried to stab someone.
My 15yr old son plays pipes for Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in West Lothian, Scotland and has been playing for 5yrs now. Everytime i hear him and the band play, it still gives me goosebumps and makes me emmensly proud of them 🏴
My family on both sides left Scotland in the late 1800's, the pipes still connect straight to my soul.🥲We play them at funerals still and everybody loses it.Such great acoustics in a church.
Great band
I remember when Boghall & Bathgate won the title
How wonderful for you. But more so how wonderful for you son to be able to play the pipes! What a gift!
Scotch is a drink, Scottish is your ethnicity.
The pipes were always incredible to march to. It's impossible not to puff out your chest and draw back your shoulders when the pipers start to play.
Can still hear my Sgt major demanding us to “swagger”
Was also compulsory that we wore no boxers/underwear, unless the queen was coming.
Firstly, this Parade was made up of the Massed Pipe Bands of the Dufftown Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴.
Secondly, the guys leading the Massed Band Parade are the Pipe Majors of each individual Pipe Band, in this case 10 individual Pipe Bands. The ‘stick’ they are carrying is called a Mace. It is used to give Direction to the Pipes & Drums following behind. The Mace is highly decorated, and usually features the Regimental Crest, Moto, and Battle Honours. The ‘hats’ they are wearing are called Bearskins, previously made from the hide of a Black Bear 🐻. Now they are made from synthetic material to protect the Bears. Incidentally, “The Black Bear” is a very famous Military March 💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️💂♀️ played by the Scottish Regimental Pipe Bands when going into Battle down the Ages.
Thirdly, the Massed Pipe Band Parade is led by the Senior Pipe Band of the day, in this case 5Scots “The Highlanders”, Royal Regiment of Scotland 🏴. As a result, the Parade is led by the Pipe Major of the “Highlanders”, followed by the other 9 Pipe Majors. The “Highlanders” are to the far left of the Parade (far right if viewing on the telly). The “Highlanders” will set the pace and direction (ie: Quick March, Left Wheel, Right Wheel, Mark Time, Halt). The other Pipe Bands will March off their lead. The Lead Piper of the Senior Pipe Band is usually a Colour Sergeant, with the Pipe Major being a Warrant Officer.
Fourthly, in a point of interest, Highland Dancing should never be carried by women, NCO’s, or “Other Ranks”. It should only be carried out exclusively by the Officers of the Regiment. Each dance depicts a Heroic Deed or Major Battle Honour by the Regiment, and previously by the Clan Chief’s and their Clansmen.
Thank you for sharing.
No, the individuals leading the parade are the Drum Majors of the various pipe bands. The DMs are also wearing feather bonnets, as opposed to bearskins. They are made up of ostrich feathers formed around a wire cage.
The Drum Majors would historically lead a small contingent of pipers and drummers to act as communications between field generals and battalions and ranks during battle. He would read visual signals from hq and direct his group of pipers to play pre arranged tunes. When the troops heard particular tunes they would understand what was required... Advance, charge, retreat etc.
Now being the Comms of an army they were a prime target. The Drum Major, being and old salt, veteran and gnarly old scrapper, his other purpose was to protect his pipers... With that mace! Ouch time
Bear skins lol No feather bonnets, Christ so many things wrong with your blurb its unreal, God I hope no one actually believes any of it. Please delete this utter rambling of nonsense
Very interesting.. I always wondered about the drum majors... To me they are as much fun to watch as the pipers and the drummers... And my understanding is that these pipers would play as they marched into battle which would most certainly probably scare the hell out of their opponents on the battlefield... They march in such a stately manner and it's just a lot of fun to watch
The national anthem of Scotland is the flower of Scotland by the Corries
My father was in the Gordon Highlanders , a Scottish Army Regiment . My grandfather served in the Scott's Grey's , the greatest cavalry unit in the whole of Europe , as commented by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo ...
My 3 times great grandfather also at Waterloo in the Scots Greys his name as Cunningham Bows, he survived the charging of the guns and retired in 1823.
Must be proud of him thanks to his service from your neighbour UK :)
But he matched them with his polish lancers...
Come where the hands are clapping,
Come where the toes are tapping,
Come where the Jocks are strapping,
Scotland the brave!
Any Scots Pipe Band is impressive to watch when they're marching. It's so stately and has an almost determined inevitability to it, as if they'd just go on forever - and long may they!
In real life they sound fantastic. I`m English and live half way between the south coast and the Scottish Border. Occasionally I see and hear them in our city streets. Its not just the bagpipes, but the quality of the drum rolls and beats...
"Flower of Scotland" is the Scottish anthem sung at football games.
Bagpipers. They were made up of different regiments and individual clans.
Gloster sher.
No - there is no official national anthem, but Flower of Scotland is usually played at sporting events
Actually we have NO OFFICIAL national anthem! Though that is popular, I prefer the 2nd version of "SCOTS WHA HA'E" by THE CORRIES :)
Gloster sheer . If said quickly, or more slowly, with emphasis Gloster SHIRE !
Flower of Scotland is not the Scottish anthem, it’s a football anthem. Scotland the brave is.
Scotland the Brave is the national anthem....but the sporting crowds adopted Flower of Scotland as the anthem...and now most ppl have also done the same.
We have a big occasion at the beginning of July,where pipe bands compete from all over Scotland. Ending around 6pm is,when all the bands taking place walk down the main street,and the sound of all those bagpipes, really stirs your soul,esp being a Scottish person.
But,quite often,I hear from my house,ppl practicing, and it's such a normal thing to hear,but also each time it's amazing just hearing it as you are busy in the house or sitting outsidein the garden,mainly in the summertime.
I hope and know you'll enjoy yourself in Bonnie Scotland...have a lovely time 🙂
I heartily recommend Flower of Scotland by The Corries. It's classed as Scotland's unofficial national anthem but it is great.
“Flower of Scotland” is the civilian National Anthem of Scotland 🏴, and is played at International Football ⚽️ and Rugby 🏉 matches, etc..
“Scotland the Brave” is the Official National Anthem of Scotland 🏴, and is played in the presence of the Queen or her representative. It is also played at important Military Occasions such as Remembrance Day Parades or the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
@@adriancarter2863 no what alot of rubbish scotland has no "official" anthem scotland the brave and flower of scotland are both considered unofficial anthems, as for the edinburgh military tattoo the national anthem sung is god save the queen considering you know its the BRITISH military
And anything else by The Corries while you're at it.
@@battaliancezWhy don't the sing "the rebellious Scots to crush" verse? Just sayin'. Jock
Nope, it is scotlands national anthem, it used to be scotland the brave a while ago.
As a piper I recommend listening to the National Youth Pipe Band playing Dragons Lair at their Illumination concert, it’s excellent and not the usual pipe tunes
Hope you both have a fantastic time visiting Scotland as a Scot who doesn’t live in Scotland this made me homesick. You can watch a few TH-cam videos of Scottish slang and words I recommend Wee Scottish lass before you go have fun
I am proud to be a Scot and I do appreciate other people who enjoy our culture as we are only a small nation.
Aren't the massed pipe and drums, Tartans, and marching in formation playing English song, all part of the British-Scots culture?
Being Scottish this gives me shivers.
Like someone else says it stirs up our blood.
No army in the World will be in doubt, whether an approaching unseen enemy army is Scottish, or not. :)
In WW1, being such "bonnie fechters" the Scots were invariably used as shock troops. In result of which, though an ethnic minority of only 10% of the UK population, we suffered 20% of the casualties ( in effect a Double Decimation ! ). The Germans were so alarmed @ their ferocity, they renamed The Black Watch as "The Ladies From Hell" ! e.g. in one battle, a reinforced infantry company of Scots ( about 120-140 men ) being cut off, held out against a German battalion ( 800 men ) for TEN days, until they ran out of food & ammunition before surrendering.
When met by the German commander, he was astonished, as he thought he was up against another battalion!
Moving onto WW2, after the battle of El Alamein, Montgomery ALWAYS took the Scots 52 nd Highland Division with him, wherever he went, as he knew they could ALWAYS be relied upon !
I heard the Germans used to call us "the ladies from hell" during the second world war.
Because of our kilts obviously.
Must of been really confusing for Napoleon at Waterloo then, when he found himself fighting a pan-British army of mostly English and other German breeds, Brunswickers, Hanoverians and plenty of Irish to boot.
Curiously, I think the Scottish regiments of the Canadian army have regiments that march to that very same song. That's what their bag pipes were playing when the Canadian army was marching to in a movie about called the "Devil's Brigade".
When in battle, we play the pipes to let the enemy know where coming 🏴✌️, ps pipers
Love it... Ty For Playing This.. the Guy In Front is The Leader and the Guys at back are The Leaders of Their Bands. I Am From Edinburgh, Scotland and a True Scotsman and i love my Country. Tc All and have a Great Holiday in Scotland When You Come Over. You will Be Amazed! Ty Again. Charlie
We really loved this one too😁
There is no sound to match massed pipes and drums, especially the military bands. Sends a real shiver up and down my spine. Brings back good memories for me as I was a soldier.
The Irish can pull off the Kilt too but theirs aren't plaid.
Bagpipers.
I'm pretty sure Irish kilts still have plaid designs and their own tartan colours and patterns, it just not so closely associated with each clan, more of a district geographical thing.
Our men wear kilts for special occasions but more casually as well e.g. at rugby matches or Hogmanay .
I love them.
I'm English and I love the sound of the pipes they can get emotional and can really raise the mood of people around them .....
Amazing video hope you enjoy Scotland when you visit 🏴 Scottish bagpipe music is music for the soul 🏴 gives me goosebumps every single time I hear the music of the pipes and drums 😊🏴
Thanks so much!
Many a foreign guest of Her Majesty when staying at Buckingham Palace has moaned about the racket of the lone Piper on the terrace at 07:00, HM's alarm clock.
The leader of a pipe band is called the Pipe Major. After the finish of the 2019 Dufftown Highland Games in Moray, Scotland, the 11 pipe bands form up and march as one mass band. So there would have been up to 11 Pipe Majors leading the massed band.
The guys up front with the maces are called drum majors
The leader is actually called the rowdy roddy piper
The logs are called cabers. Best Wishes from Scotland. When you watch them live I guarantee you'll be overcome. Proud to be Scot!! ❤
When I hear a pipe band live I get a lump in my throat and feel very emotional. I've got no idea why lol you feel the beat of the big drum resonating right through your body.
Hi, yes I know what you mean, you will have to Google why it makes you feel emotional, did you ever see that old black&white film lassie, I think dog has to run up or down a mountain avoid been shot at, whilst Scottish bagpipes play in background.
@@andywrong3247 we used to watch alot of Lassie films when I was young. I think my parents took great delight watching my brother and me cry lol we're very chicken hearted as we say here in Scotland 😆
its your mother's heart beat when you were in the wome
Scotland the Brave" (Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of several often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being "Flower of Scotland", 'Highland Cathedral", and "Scots Wha Hae"). By the way, they are bagpipers.
"Highland Cathedral" has the advantage of not having any lachrymose, sentimental or historically-ignorant words attached to it.
Flour of Scotland is the main yin
@@harry9392 Flower of Scotland isthe one I know as an unofficial national antherm
@@kumasenlac5504 English?
@@InternationalScot Scots and proud of the achievements of its people.
Remember, Scotland isn’t just the Highlands - try to see the Borders as well. The summer festivities in Kirkcudbright are always fun, particularly if you join in the traditional tug o’ war. And make sure you visit a few castles; Cardoness, Threave and Caerlaverock are particular highlights.
Agreed. The Borders area is beautiful.
They are different pipe bands with their own pipe majors. They mass together on special occasion like Highland Games etc. The gentleman in front is leading the mass pipe bands and all their individual pipe majors. Please see the Edinburgh Tattoo at the Castle - it will blow your socks off. Held mid-August for a month each year. Please book tickets in advance. They’re like gold.
All of the Jubilee celebrations will be happening at the beginning of June!
The military tattoo at Edinburgh castle is amazing.I’ve been twice and it’s an unforgettable experience.
I live not far all I hear is the bang of the fireworks every night and twice on Saturday
I am Australian with Scottish ancestry. Bagpipes and the didgeridoo touch my soul. Also no one with even one drop of Scot in our blood can walk past a babbling brook without stopping to listen.
We’re Canadian but we had a Piper play at my brother’s funeral. He loved the Pipes and he had served in the US Marines in Vietnam.
That is very touching that you did that for him.
There's always a reason or purpose for what they wear , we do love our old traditions here in the u.k. , I love it 💙🤍💙
This is a Scottish tradition, nothingbto do with rUK!
@@greenjedi8 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Old chap? Something a Scot would never say! Oh and remember it was the English who banned bag pipes!
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom do yes it is to do with the United Kingdom
@@susanhollis1933 not for much longer, the same with Northern Ireland and probably Wales as well. The UK is in its death throes, you just haven't realised it yet!
Each clan has it's own tartan used for the kilt (this coming from a sassenach!). Each band would also use it's own tartan. What you call 'leaders are drum majors - one for each band (the five behind the lead drum major for the massed band). If you really want to be blown away, try watching the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - especially the the Band of the Black Watch playing their regimental march, the Black Bear!!!!!!
Each clan has a primary tartan and then a couple of variants, the hunting tartans are especially gorgeous.
The Black Watch's quick march is All The Blue Bonnets Are Over The Border. The Black Bear isn't a regimental march for any of the batallions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (whose official quick march is Scotland the Brave).
Just to say "sassenach " is what the Scots call the English !
Each scottish battalion has their own regimental March. The bands here are predominantly north eastern part of Scotland. Where the Gordon highlanders mostly recruited. The regimental March was cock o the north, The row on the right of the screen wore the uniform that was worn by the drums and pipes of the battalion. The tartan worn is Gordon tartan. Bydand.
@@vinnyganzano1930 The ‘Hunting Tartans’ are the original Clan Colours & Weave which go back Centuries, and are much more subdued as they use naturally occurring Dyes from the Highlands & Islands of Scotland 🏴. The “Modern Tartans” are a Victorian invention following on from Queen Victoria’s love ❤️ of Scotland 🏴. It became extremely popular by the Upper Classes to wear the Tartan in order to curry favour in Court 🤴👸. From the Scottish defeat at Cullodeon in 1745 to Queen Victoria’s Reign, wearing of the Philabeg (or Kilt) or of any other tartan was strictly Banned by the English Crown, punishable by Death 💀.
I think....They have a different dress style because they represent different clans. The March" Scotland the Brave" is a warriors music. Love from London ❤
The pipes are very big in Northern Ireland as well. The World Pipe Band Champions have often been the Field Marshall Montgomery band from Lisburn in Northern Ireland.
Bloody good band. Heard them playing in Glasgow.
Mass Pipes and Drums, they shake the very ground you walk on and beat deep into the soul. It’s a unique sound and feeling, it’s something you have to witness in real life and should always be on a bucket list. It’s the sound they will carry me off to and one that I will love till my last breath!
OK, a few answers. First off, the bands in this video are local civilian bands rather than military. There are different levels/ranks in every band, and every band is led by a Drum Major or Pipe Major (the guy out front. In this case there at five or six bands (i.e. a massed band) hence there is a Major for each one.
There are set patterns for how the Drum Major uses his baton to control the band, but in some bands there are various flourishes etc he can use, as long as the band members know in advance!
The design/weave/pattern/colour of kilts is dedicated to each Clan; e.g. a Clan Campbell is entirely different to Clan Fraser etc, and no two clands will be the same.
Have a look in YT to watch the Edinburgh Searchlight Tattoo - a military and civilian extravaganza held every year at Edinburgh Castle. There you will find Military bands from all over the world, dancers, singers and massed bands.
Searchlight Tattoo?
I think you mean the Military Tattoo!
@@ianmatthews3041 Actually, they were formerly Military Searchlight Tattoos due to their being held in the late summer evenings just before the sun went down. They appeared much more dramatic with searchlights/spotlights, just as the Edinburgh Tattoo still tends to do. Unfortunately the term seems to have fallen out of modern parlance, so, with respect, perhaps you are not old enough to have known.
The pipes always remind me of my dad, an American of Scottish descent. He loved playing the pipes. When I was a kid, he tried to get me to learn drum tattoos - he wanted me to be a drummer for the band he was in. If he wasn't piping, he was playing bagpipe records at top volume like a teenager.
He even stole my collie to go march with his pipe band in a parade once. That dog adored bagpipe music!
Fantastic. Makes me proud to be a Scot. All it needs is some stunning scenery as a backdrop. Come to Scotland and experience a warm Scottish welcome.
these guys are absolute ambassadors for scotland , this is a hobby to them all , they all have regular jobs and only play pipes and drums because they love it , thanks for embracing our culture.
The colours of the kilts signify different clans. The most famous one being the Royal Stewart.
Lots of Scotsmen have there own kilts and jackets etc. They are worn formally at weddings and other special events. Many young men wear their kilts casually ,with sweaters and heavy boots, to sports events at home and abroad. The Scottish Football team fans are known as The Tartan Army.
Have a great trip. 🏴
Following the end of the Jacobite rebellions punitive laws were passed upon Scotland. One was that the pipes were to be regarded as weapons of war. For some reason this law remained and had unforeseen consequences. About 20 years ago a bloke would practice his piping on Hampstead Heath. This was in breach of bylaws which prohibits the pkaying of instruments on the Heath. He was taken to court and successfully pleaded that he was not pkaying an instrument, he was practising with a weapon of war. The local council came to a compromise with him.
The national anthem is called Flower of Scotland
No, it's called God Save The Queen 🏴🇬🇧
We dont have a national anthem, flower of scotland is an unofficial anthem.
To have an actual anthem, Westminster would have to ok it and they havent
@@ianmclean6399 well, the nation is the UK, and Nationality is UK, so national anthem is God Save the Queen.
@@ianmclean6399 Yes and neither does England. Even 'Rule Britannia' refers to the whole of Britain (obviously 🙂).
I knew that’d get the Daily Mail readers slobbering 😀
I wake up every morning to the bagpipes. It's very common in Govan. We tend to Hunt the haggis as well from sept to Feb
The oldest known civilian pipe band in the world, is in England. The Accrington pipe band. My Dad used to play for them.
There are two anthems of SCOTLAND:
- "Scotland the brave".
- "Flower of Scotland".
Both are magnificent !
As an American who's great grandparents were Scottish, clan Morrison "Teaghlach Phabbay" and clan McCaull "Dulce Periculum" bag pipes always make me cry because of how beautiful they are
@Wee Jock wow it's odd to meet someone who doesn't have the internet on TH-cam
I am a morrison,and s so proud to be scottish,I have a clan morrison tie if you wish.
@@josephmorrison7064 I have my great grandfathers kilt from Scotland. We are the Morrison's of Harris and Lewis
This makes me proud to be Scottish hearing this.
As an hereditary piper, still playing in my retirement and teaching the next generation, it is always a pleasure to hear the massed bands and good individual bands. The term for someone who plays bagpipes is just a piper.
Sat here in tears the first village was just like my granny and grandads. There is nothing like the bagpipes ,goosebump making. I’ve saved this video thanks 😊
Im an "inglush bas'tud" but the sound of a pipe band makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up
I think the scottish national anthem is "Flower of Scotland"
I'm a Scot and nice comment, however our National anthem is God Save the Queen. The unofficial one is Flower of Scotland
The pipes are the in the soul from birth to death they're played for all the celebrations in a Scot's life!
Not Scottish but, the skirl of the Bagpipes *always* stirs my emotions.
I'm an English living in Scotland for 25 years, though I'm patriotically English but this little country blows me away! Royal Highland Show is just outside Edinburgh between 23 - 26 June , Edinburgh Book Festival 13-29 August, Edinburgh Film Festival 12 - 20 August and the Edinburgh Comedy Fringe and Festival from 5 - 29 August. Regardless of what you miss Edinburgh is alive and bouncing and you'll have an amazing time here!
"This little country" ?! Not something an English person would say about Scotland.
As a Scot the bagpipes are in our hearts and soul.
The bagpipes are amazing and it is amazing to have such a talented group of individuals in our Armed Forces and in Scotland,
In all parades there are drums because the drum sets the pace of the March (the drums were there from the beginning)
Youv'e got me binge watchin Scotish Pipe Bands. AGAIN, Love them.
One of the most iconic pieces of music in not only Scottish history and British music but world music history. Such an iconic march. I remember when this actual parade happened. It was live on TV. Brilliant and so talented.
I'm overloaded just watching this video. A magnificent sight and sound. Thank you for showing it.
The pipers & drummers led the soldiers to battle. There are also different ranks of pipers & drummers.
Very cool. I will show my mom this - she will love it!
As an Australian, I love hearing the pipes!
I always have a giggle watching The Badpiper with his flaming bagpipes.
Mate, I’m an Aussie too and loved playing the pipes as a young man. Still love the music and take every opportunity to listen to good piping.
Two alternative unofficial Scottish anthems; both about the 'same' event, the Battle of Bannockburn 1314 when King Robert the Bruce thrashed Edward 2 of England. The tune is a speeded up version of "Tuttie Taittie" which was thought to be played on the march to Bannockburn. This one is called "Scots Wha Hae"/ Scots who have with Wallace* bled. Scots wham Bruce has aften led..." THE best version of it is played by "The Corries" in their 2 nd version. Be aware it needs some volume, otherwise you'll miss the quiet intro. The words are by Robert Burns, our national poet. Some of the words are "broad Scots" e.g. "lour", which means to approach in a sculking manner. If you "do a Google", you can easily come across a Scots version giving you the words as well as an explanation.It's also easy to Google for an English translation.* (William wallace was another Scots national hero, who won the battle of Stirling Bridge. He was later betrayed, taken by the English, & despite the fact they had no legal jurisdiction over an independent country, he was declared to be a traitor so that the quite mercurial Edward 1 could make an example of him in order to scare off others. Thus being declared a "traitor", he was hung, drawn & quartered. His head was then displayed on a spear on London Bridge ! )
The other unofficial anthem is "Flower of Scotland", written & sung by"The Corries "Folk group -> duo who were internationally famous. When we have international Rugby matches, this song is usually sung before the match by the Scots crowd, & gets VERY emotional. If you do another Google, you can probably come across a film clip of one of them. - H.T.H.?
imagine how damn scary that would be on a battlefield.
Far less scary than if they had swords or guns
@@mattsmith5421 yeah but you got to remember that in battle evey piper was followed by at least a company of highly motivated men carring swords. guns or what ever was popular at the time.
it is noted that German soldiers during the First World War were terrified of the sound of pipes, followed by tough battalions of Scottish troops. they were nicknamed the ladies from hell.🤣
Proud to be Scottish 🏴
Absolutely magnificant. Thank you. As the old saying goes, it's enough to make the dead get up and march.
What a great saying!👍
I'm a proud Englishman and also a proud Brit. We English, Scots and Welsh share this beautiful Island of Albion and have a shared history and even though we've fought and scrapped with each other many times over the centuries - the English starting most of it (sorry - f-ing Plantageonets!) - we've also fought as one together and won (WW1, WW2 and the Falklands) and I love my Scots and Welsh brothers and sisters dearly. One of my earliest memories is being taken to the Edinburgh Tattoo - I was young enough to be sat on my Mum's knee - it sent shivers right through me when I heard the lone piper on the battlement and I remember asking her "What's that Mummy? It's amazing" and I've loved the pipes ever since. Especially Amazing Grace.
Have you taken a look at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo yet? If you like pipes and military you'll love it.
Where are you going to in Scotland?
Please remember that Scottish people at Scots - not scotch. Scotch is a drink!
Edinburgh and parts of loch lomond and maybe glasgow are our plans so far
Hello from Wales :-)
@@paulc180 hello from America 😋
@@betterhalf6868 Hello, our son lives and works in Ohio :-)
@@betterhalf6868 If you get to Loch Lomond try to stop off at a really cute little village called Luss. You can get some lunch there at the Coach House too or even take a boat ride around the loch. From Glasgow just follow the A82 road to Loch Lomond and Luss is half way up on the right. Stay on the A82 and you'll come to Glencoe. One of the most beautiful drives in Scotland. I wish I was coming with you. :-)
The sporran was used back in the day to hold oats for the wearer to munch on,I use mine for my money ,ciggies and phone 👍🏼🏴
It's an incredible sound.
as an englishman i love to see these pipers,people seem to think that the scots,english welsh and northern irish are always at odds with each other,well we are,,we're allowed to be,its like siblings arguing.but woe betide a nation that picks on any of us,we become united as one..now imagine the fear instilled if 500 of these pipers led an army into battle
The kilt pattern and head dresses belong to different clans. Hope you hear them live, they sound even better 💙
No different Pipe Bands have different Tartan!
@@ianmatthews3041 and when the members of a clan are representing their clan, guess what, they all wear their clan tartan and with all the festivals coming up it will only be the individual clan tartans on show
@@sdfraser09sf While I understand what you say about 'festivals' the Pipe Bands in the Video all wear Tartan but are different Targans from Band to Band! A Band all wear the same Tartan because its a Uniform it has nothing to do with Clan!
Hills in the background..buildings datin back to medevil times in the foreground ❤ everyone celebrating something that was taking from us... The perfect storm ❤
The Edinburgh tattoo is fine for some pipe music, dancing. But has been Shanghaid by a multitude of non British participants, very few of whom fit the title of a military tattoo.
The clip shows a variety of pipe bands. Universities, police, various other sources. The military are more standard in uniform, blue jackets for pipers, kilts, sporrans, dirks, small daggers in the socks, white gaiters, feather bonnets or a glengarry. The kilts used the traditional tartan of the area used for recruiting, government tartan, or Royal Stewart tartan for Royal Regiments (Scots Guards.) This is minimal information, unless you have a much longer lesson time, several books needed too. Much of "history" is shrouded in popular myth.
This is the Dufftown Games, an annual event of Highland games, competitions, and massed bands.
There are two uniforms on display, No1, consisting of feather bonnet, doublets, plaids for the pipers, hair sporrans and spats (a bit more, but that’s the basics) and No2 uniform that is simpler, with an Argyll style jacket and waistcoat, Glengarry hat, leather sporran and hose (socks).
Each band has a tartan, usually associated with the district they are from, a family/clan association or simply because it is nice. However, different bands can have the same tartan. In this video both Lonach Pipe band and Huntly pipe band wear tartan from the Gordon Highlanders.
Each band has a Pipe Major who is in charge of the pipers/music selection. As the name suggests, they play the pipes. They will normally be at the front of their respective band in a massed band, or to the side if it is just their band.
The guys out front with the Mace are the drum majors. Bizarrely, we wear a pipers uniform. (This goes back into history as Drum Majors wore an officers uniform, I can expand if you wish).
Drum Majors are responsible for drums, discipline, drill, dress and deportment.
You will notice some have a coloured “sash” with crests and words. These are called Baldrics and will be associated to the band the Drum Major is with.
There are extra drum majors on parade who are not with a band or their band is not there as they compete in the Highland games on the same day.
We tend to travel round the region as part of the Higjland Games and Gathering circuit with the Braemar Gathering being the last of the season.
Oh, the drum majors you pointed out as wearing a different uniform does have a No1 uniform. I suspect he wore No2 uniform as it is cooler.
I'm not Scottish but that gave me goosebumps.
Thanks to both of you. Really bad day, and I found you! You will love it in the UK, but in England, they say a gentleman is someone who knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn’t. Thanks again.
@Bryn Jones
Hope the rest of your week gets better. We've got a funny one coming out on Friday so just a heads up there😉
I hope that your day got better, sorry to hear it was a bad one.
Absolutely magnificent,I'm an English man,but I had goosebumps watching this and a lump in my throat for those brave young men who gave their lives im the horror of WW1.Lions led by donkeys.Deepest respect .God bless them all.
"Lions led by donkeys! - INDEED ! - In WW1 my ancestors were used up as shock troops, always getting the worst battles to fight. At that time we were only 10% of the UK population, but suffered 20% of the casualties- a DOUBLE decimation! Ever since then & on many other occasions, we NEVER got any gratitude! e.g. In recently amalgamating all the old Scottish regiments into one, the sassenachs try to strip our culture & history from us! - SAOR ALBA GU BRATH !
Thanks for sharing, love the pipes & drums.
There is a difference between the Scottish bagpipe and the Irish bagpipe, the Uilleann Pipes. The Irish pipes have a slightly softer sound and are not blown into. The bag is inflated by a bellows under one arm.
Davy Spillane plays a magnificent solo piece in Riverdance on the Uilleann pipes
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Wow, beautiful. There was so much emotion in it.
The Northumbrian pipes are inflated with a bellows too. They are normally decorated with a goat's head. Northumbtia/Cumbria is the lost Celtic nation; all that remains are the bagpipes and a few words used mostly for naming hills and counting sheep.
both types are played in ireland
The guy at the front is called Nick Stables, he is the Drum Major of Dufftown Pipe Band, that is the massed bands marching up to the square after performing throughout the day at Dufftown Highland Games.
Scotland the Brave - written by my dearly departed uncle, the writer Cliff Hanley. R.I.P uncle Cliff xx
However the song tune itself is older than the lyrics written in the 1950s, it dates back to at least the 1880s. Has you family ended up in Liverpool, or are you just a good fan of their Ken Dodd?
@@Alfred5555 yes, I do know that he put the lyrics to the tune.
Remember seeing your uncle going to the Partick Thistle games with his pal's.
A man of many talents, he knew the Scot's history well and was also an author.
Just went about his business quietly and with much dignity.
You must be proud.
I am English and so proud of the Scots the bravest soldiers they rank along with the SAS SBS If you want to hear something really special listen to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards play Amazing Grace a Scottish hymn it starts off with the pipe major alone and then builds up to a mighty crescendo that will blow your mind it always brings tears to my eyes
I just love the pipes and drums seeing them in their kilts as a proud scot born and lived in Scotland all my life, that's when you say I'm so proud to be Scottish even at hogmanay when I hear them. I have tears running down my face it's such the most beautiful sound in the world.!! 💖💖💖👍👍
The guy with the big hat is the Drum Major, he sets the tempo for the entire band. The guys behind him are also Drum Majors for their particular bands, so they echo the tempo of the main Drum Major, so the pipers and drummers march in tune with each other
There’s nothing like a troop of bagpipes, sends shivers down my spine..
Another wee bit of information for you, during WWl the Scottish soldiers fought in their kilts, going into battle a piper would play them over the top of the trench. The German soldiers never having seen anything like it called them the Ladies from Hell, in fact after the battle of Loos the German soldiers were given a medal, on that medal was a skeleton playing the bagpipes and wearing a kilt. You can see one of these medals in the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh
I find it fabulous as a tutor of the chanter 40 years a go that pipe bands across the world 🌎 usa ,canada,France,Mexico, Germany holland Hong Kong Malaysia Singapore Belgium England and Africa have all improved in leaps and bounds ❤❤
When I was a baby and wouldn't have a nap in the daytime, my parents would play music from the massed pipe bands and I would drop off to sleep almost instantly. Maybe that's why I love them so much now
8:22 In the last few decades, pipe bands have welcomed female musicians.
more than a few i was in an all girls pipe band in the 60s and the band had been going decades before i joined
@@wynnfisher659 Fair point but I think the adoption of female players in previously all-male bands may be more recent. I perhaps should have made that more clear in my previous post.
@@kumasenlac5504 aaah see what you mean yep male and females had their own bands i can't say i ever saw a mixed band while i was playing
The Pipes always gets the blood flowing & makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up 🏴
If you like the Bagpipes you have to watch a Band called, 'The Red Hot Chilli Pipers'. They can play Scottish Music but their favourite is Rock Music. They have a laugh and fun on the stage. You should watch, 'Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Thunderstruck - Wiesbaden 8.11.16'. It's brilliant.
I first heard bagpipes in person in Denver in1959 when my family went to see the Black Watch Pipe and Drum Corps. There is nothing like listening to them in person.
Gloucester is pronunciated "Glosta"
Along with Worcester "wuss-sta" (like "puss")
Leicester "Lesta"
But unlike Cirencester which is pronounced as written 🤷♂️
That got them confused
At least they don't have to try Finzean.
They pronounce them correctly in Massachusetts. There's a Worcester and Leicester there. The city museum in Worcester had tees with the 'interesting' pronunciations they get. They smile too at them.
And Towcester.
Chesters are pronounced as written.
I am an addict but to see them for real makes me cry as they are just out of this world. You MUST go.
I think they wear the most beautiful military dress in the world
AND those kilts weigh a ton!