My high school was Highlanders. Where I lived, the fog would be so thick you couldn't see the front of your car. Walking through the field to school in the fog with our marching band practicing was AWESOME. Couldn't see them and the fog warped the sound so you had no idea where they were. I walked into them a time or two. 😊 I do love it.
We only claim the uilleann bellows blown bagpipe and that certainly is irish no question .It may only be partially invented in ireland,but we are the ones that have revived it promoted its use and perfected it musically. jbot123
Thank You for your heartfelt information! My ancestory is over half from the Uk, Ireland and Wales. All my life, I'm 68, I have Loved the pipes. It takes me back to a primal time, a rooted connection to Spirit. It has brought tears of happiness at times as well. I am a musician as well and have always wanted a set of pipes. I play guitar and make and play Native American flutes. I believe I could play these pipes with little or no training. As if it is i heritant within me. It is a sound of Mother Earth herself and appeals to most in all cultures. Humans are ONE and are starting to see this more clearly. We are truly united. And when this is realized, we shall recognize our own power and change that which has been under control of a tiny few. Bagpipes remind us of this connection. Thanks so Much again for sharing your good work with all. I will be buying your books! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Bagpipes and Drums...what a powerful and potent combination! Designed to stir the Soul, and awaken us from this technology induced slumber. To activate and awaken the true codes within us...and release the dormant melodies that exist at our core. Lovely clip...Thank You 🎶🎶🎶
Yes, Michael - they can be sublime.....................(but also like a child playing a violin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, one thinks one will go mad... 0 Love the pipes and drums...- how often were they used to call to WAR?? (Scottish DNA ............hope to visit!!!! ) (Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!) Thank-you, too - Ed is wonderful. cheers
My ancestors came from Scotland. I get chillbumps every time I hear bagpipes, just like I always get chillbumps hearing bluegrass - I'm a proud hillbilly from NE AL
When I hear bagpipes and drums I feel like going into battle. Think Im not alone. Felt that way since I was a little kid and would hear them at a parade.
being of Scotish decent on my mother's side, my maternal grandmother told me of her bagpipe playing grandfather quite late in her life... it's little wonder they have always stirred my soul and electrified my senses... the most remarkable experience she relayed to me was the following... he, along with her six brothers all died in the first world war... some time later, she was on a beach with her sisters and her mother when they all became aware of pipes playing... on looking about for the source of the sound, they saw him walking out of the sea, playing them. they all started crying and ran towards him... he and the beautiful sound slowly vanished before they got to him...
Bagpipes always either make me cry or jump up and down, not any sound like it in the world. Speaks to my secret heart, I guess. Maybe it's my Scots blood. :)
I moved to Turkey a long time ago and here in northern part of Turkey in Blacksea region local georgian/greek mixed decedents use a lamb skin bagpipe just 1 pipe is attached they call it tulum. I think if you like researching bagpipes you would like to hear the sound of local bagpipe. just search tulum müzik on youtube. I’m not local but oh my they really know how to make a heart ache.greetings from Caucuses
My mom and I both get tears in our eyes when we hear the bagpipes. We have never known why other than it speaks to the soul. We figured everybody was like this when they heard them but I guess not. We always thought her side of the family is German while my dad's is English. But, through DNA testing, found out mom is mostly Viking, lol
No offense, but Viking is not a genetic ancestry. It's a descriptive term for travelers and explorers. I'm Irish and Norwegian. It is a common misinterpretation.
My own working hypothesis is that Anatolian (west Anatolian, or "Asia Minor") people who were part of the growing and developing Mediterranean Bronze age civilization settled in Britain and the Atlantic coast of Europe in order to control copper and tin mines in order to control the production of bronze. What we know of as the Celtic languages would have originated from that part of Anatolia with those people and their language and at least some elements of their culture would have gone with them, making the Atlantic coast of Europe to be Celtic/Gaulic/Gaelic speaking, from which it spread inland a little bit. This would have been somewhere around Part of that cultural legacy brought from their Anatolian homeland could have been bagpipes.
Food for thought. The bagpipes and drums were used to lead the armies of ancient Israel (the Jacob-Israel-Caucasian peoples). It is said that alien people would fled at their sound, since it meant the Israelite Army was on the move and heading their way. We now know that our ancient ancestors were all over this earth, many thousands of years ago, thus why so many cultures have picked up on the use of this instruments (see the works of E. Raymond Capt, Dr. Barry Fell, and Steven Collins). There are impostors claiming to be the Israelites of old (see Rev. 2:9, and 3:9) but the truth is that the tribes that settled into Europe (which means 'white face') were these 'lost' Israelites (they came through the Caucasus mountains and became known as 'Caucasians'). And, yes, the sound of these musical instruments stir the soul of our people. We are electrical beings (both frequency and energy wise). Thus, this sound is uplifting to us. Keep up the good work. Yahweh (God) bless.
Daniel Johns that is an incredible explaination. I never thought about the electrical part and y it fits w the pipes. Gawd that’s so obvious now... I did always figure those that don’t somehow “turn on” when the hear them (ie don’t like them or are repulsed by them) are not my people.
Is that why Justin Bieber and Niki Minaj is always on the air wave? From personal observations most people don't even like classical music cause it have no lyrics and the only part of the lyric that's adored is the chorus that repeats multiple times in a span of just 3 minutes. Also the majority of people can't play any instrument or even sing. So no, music like mathematics and the arts are not universally understood. Most people are hollow beings designed that way by the State to be the perfect consumer.
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To Robert Sepher : The Ogilvy Courtachy castle has the same name as the wine from Illyria on the Balkan and the illyrians were auxilary soldiers who fought with or in the legions against the picts. Their dress was like the typical scottish clan dress plus bagpipes and the men in my wifes family who is related to Patrick Ogilvy from the clan in Dundee since the 30 year war when he fought for the swedish king and stayed in Sweden are looking like eagles, type Sitting Bull. Majestic! The young leader of the Ogilvy battallion who fought in the Culloden battle while his father was banned and fought against the british in Normandy was described as stunningly majestic sitting on a white horse in front of the lines! I felt the same when I met her uncles for the first time. Stoic and eagle like!
While I found the episode far more enjoyable than I initially imagined, one of the most interesting bits was the bagpipe displayed at the end. I had the impression that it is a configuration adapted from undersea use. Very early vintage or copy, thereof. I had never seen that variation before. An amazing series, Mr. Sepehr.
Wow, I kept passing over this video as I’ve binged on your channel lately. ...when the bag pipes started being played, all three of my dogs woke up and stared at the tv. They don’t tend to watch tv and were all pretty tired/about asleep. I have to know more about the divers from way back!!
The bagpipe is a traditional Bulgarian instrument as well, but our bagpipe is significantly different. The roots of the bagpipe can be traced back to era of the Thracians, the Bulgarian antsisters. The Thracians used to defend the North-East part of the Roman Empire. They helped many Roman emperors dealing with other tribes and Islamic invations from the middle-East also. Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe and have a rich history with more than 2000 documented years.
According to "The college of piping Highland Bagpipe" tutor book. The bagpipe has a long and honourable history stretching back to the dawning of civilisation, for it is one of the oldest of instruments played by man from the earliest times. It may have its beginnings in ancient Egypt where a simple chanter and drone were played together. These were later attached to a bag made of skin fitted with blowpipe making the primitive form of the instrument as we have it todat. This kind of bagpipe was played by Greeks and the Romans, and eventually spread throughout Europe. (Excerpt only. I got lazy typing the hystory.)
Apparently its also the only musical instrument to be declared a weapon of war when the English & the Scott's had one of their traditional hair-pulling sessions as apparently no highland regiment would dream of marching without a piper.
The Northumbrian pipes were the first pipes on the british Isles, they predate the Scottish pipes by around 400 years, and were also way before the Irish pipes.
Bagpipes were found in a cave located in Israel which was dated back to several thousand years. The pipes and tartans were also used in ancient Egypt, and also by the ancient Hebrews.
Thank you, This far exceeded everything i could imagine it to be about. Why am i even surprised, you always make amazing videos no-matter what the topic.
I read that the ancient origins of bagpipes are in Greece,Iraq (Babylon),Pakistan&Egypt. But I know it's argued and definitely argued how it spread across Europe. But in my biosed opinion the Scottish and Irish peoples have almost perfected it and definitely saved the instrument from extinction.
Serbia, Montenegro, Bosna Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc, basically, the Balkans... have bagpipes too. Just search for it in youtube. Lots of Kolo or Kola (Folklore dancing) and singing with bagpipes. Scots etc, are not the only ones. It's been part of the Balkan's culture for centuries.
wOw, awesome Bag-ass Pipes! They play Gaita in Galicia where I lived as a child...and I especially love the Moroccan and Algerian styles of playing pipes. Talk about trance music! Me Love.. Thank You Robert, this exciting and informative!
Robert, The first use of bagpipes in the Bible is in 1st Samuel 10:5 - which is around 1,000 BC. The Hebrew word "nebel" is mistranslated as "psaltery" in 1st Samuel 10:5, as well as other verses . The Strongs Dictionary for "nebel" (Strongs #5035) is "a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form):--bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol." Nebel is also translated as "bottles" 1st Samuel 1:24 and other places - which would be a wine skin. So this is obviously a musical instrument made from a bag. Best wishes on your work. John Hurt
Think there is an earlier biblical mention, the case of some chap/s that were told to bow down to a Babylonian god, when they heard various musical instruments - one of them being the bagpipe. If they did not bow down, they were to be thrown into a fiery furnace.
Many historians identify the ancient Greek Askavlos (ἀσκός askos - wine-skin bag, αὐλός aulos - reed pipe) with the bagpipe made out of inflated sheep skin. It is still used in Northern Greece today (Thrace) From ancient Greece, roman legions took bagpipes all over the empire- In the 2nd century AD, Suetonius described the Roman emperor Nero as a player of the Tibia Utricularis, which is Roman reedpipes similar to Greek and Etruscan instruments, blowing air with his mouth as well as by tucking a bladder beneath his armpit. - Thank you!
What a wonderful selection of performances, couldn't have asked for any better music to randomly uplift my spirits this morning. Liked and shared to FB & Twitter.
you know if the Scots/Irish are Jewish descendants then that would explain why the Hebrew and Gaelic languages are so similar and their music instruments too. The bagpipes found in Turkey might be from when the Babylonians captured the Israelites and made them their slaves.
when troy fell the trojans were dispersed and one place was galicia in coruna there is a magnificent tower called torre de hercules on the ancient floor of the tower is a ref to turkey - the bagpipes are used in galicia extensively as part of their culture; myth has it in galicia that the galicians colonised ireland - the pipes are from the west coast of scotleand ie the highlands and this area was connected to ireland hence the pipes are part of culture in all areas where these peoples migrated and one way of knowing them is by the use of pipes and its variations - parts of turkey use same
I agree. Definitely from the tribe of Dan, the warrior tribe krpt on the outskirts to defend and protect from the North. Walls of Jerico came down with vibration of stomping and musical instruments and shouting. God told Kimg Jeshophat to put the musicians and singers in front to proclaim victory before the battle instead of at the end. They never had to fight that battle the enemy was dead when they came over the hill. The celts of Israel are a mighty people.
Different language groups, yes. The Bible is specific that one of the tribes would forget their language and learn another one, and even forget where they came from. Although it is not mentioned, that may have pertained to other tribes as well.
Thank you for the video, very interesting! I had to think of Neuri tribe (Νευροί), a name which translates in Slavic to "diver" (there are lots of bird species, notably ducks, named nur 'diver' in Slavic languages). Oldest bagpipes models were preserved in western parts of Russia, parts of Poland, Bulgaria, some Finnic areas, Persia and India - it is basically just a flute with an animal bladder skin. Double flutes with skin attached to it, a construction more familiar to us, appear later in Serbia, Croatia and western Europe.
Fun to see bagpipes played in what looks to be mid-east or at least not Scotland. Also fun to see belly dancer associated with them. Also the association with underwater breathing device. Lots to imagine & think about! Thanks!
This channel and your videos are STUNNINg !!!! .... the pipes are classed as "weapons" due to the disorientation caused by a few hundred , I have awoke to the spooky sound of travelling 'Natale' bands in south Italy travelling door to door around xmas time , a sound from the deep past
Great video! I think the resonance and vibration is so hypnotic! I was surprised to see they originated back in ancient history. I enjoy your videos and always learn something. 😁
The pipes along with the harp, and other instruments, are some of the oldest instruments in the world, they connect the Middle East, and the various Celtic nations.
Bagpipes and Indian 'Been' played by snakecharmer and one more Indian instrument Morchung in which air has to be blown through a needle point narrow pipe are cousin instruments. There could be more such instruments in the world but don't know about that
Dear Robert, thank you very much for your amazing videos and researches. I've learned a lot. Please continue your research by understanding more about the origin of the "Bulgarian Kaba Bagpipe( kaba gaida)", I'm sure this will help you even more in your quest about the origin of bagpipes. Thank you for the video and wish you the best of luck in your research.
Wow, I never thought of that...that they could have been used to communicate to the subconscious to bring back old memories from a forgotten past, great video as always.. I have some Scottish in me as well as Irish so the pipes have always fascinated me.
Natternkopf Sonnenkönig Yes, that observation fits right in as well. Here in America we learn so little in school of our ancient history, that's why I love this outlet...it really makes me think and marvel at what has been hidden from us
Wow this is one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen. I live in the Central Belt of Scotland and there are pipers playing all the time in the city centres. I've seen most of the Scottish ones in the video in-person. But I never liked them until I heard them in a marching band in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The high frequencies are very hypnotic and seem to produce a harmonizing effect (for making an army full of terrified men more in-sync for battle). Possibly to drown out some of the sounds of war and create that harmonizing frequency to ground the soldiers in their one mind for battle. And on a more basic level, maybe it was just a dick-measuring thing for each side, to see who could drown out who and dominate the sound waves in the area. In my opinion those divers are depicted as Anunna. The large eyes and beards and headdresses strike me as Niburian. Nibiru which is from Sirius, which is supposedly a system full of water-people. Great video, I'll definitely watch more.
I ran a series of articles for a bulletin and the website I used to get Hebrew and English commentaries did translate the one Psalm saying bagpipes and not just pipes as most others do.
Romans had a sort of bagpipe, but there is no evidence that they were used in an official capacity by their soldiers, however soldiers then & now sometimes carry personal musical instruments on campaign with them. It is easy to see how the bagpipe originated, probably independently in many different places. Every ancient culture had woodwind instruments...oboe & clarinet type things. They also had animal skins for carrying water & wine...I can just imagine some ancient genius contemplating an oboe in one hand & a wineskin in the other & having an epiphany...Every country in Europe & the middle east developed their own sorts of bagpipe. The Scottish variety(which I play) is the most common type seen as the British Army spread it's use all over the world.
Thank-you for this great post. My grandparents and great - grandparents on my Mother's side were/are Hetherington. I do not feel any ROMAN influence, but it is interesting to think maybe there was - a bit. The Dolphins and the underwater-breathing are certainly worth considering. But the SOUND, the VIBRATION of the Bagpipes and its music is like nothing else, really. cheers
Sir, that was totally badass! I mean really cool! I'd never thought about how widely spread the bagpipes were spread and how many different types of music genres were out there which it lent itself too so well! Keep up the good work!
It would be nice to hear the more exotic pipes, to compare with the Scots pipes that most of us are familiar with. And, don't forget the workaround to avoid tyrannical English penal law, the Uilleann Pipes.
With all the thanks I can give you . Mr. R sepher - that was lovely. If I may add to this.( Cor dish) people+others do have it in that part of the world. God speed. Looking forward to seeing more Videos.
It really makes one wonder where the inspiration of the earliest known instruments came from, to figure out and create them like the bagpipes. How much trial and error was involved and how much time it took to finally get it right giving us the instrument we see today. Their sound quite "eery" and a little off kilter I think. Maybe the first instrumental weapon of sorts? Shame we don't know who invented them.
he bagpipe or Gaida is the instrument of all Tхraceans for at least 2 millenniums before Christ. The instrument was transferred and incorporated into the Bulgarian tribes centuries before it was introduced to the Celts.
Very interesting video. I love the bagpipes and enjoyed seeing all the cultures playing it (Scots and Arabs). I wish you hadn't focused so much on the awful group so obviously from a Celtic fair in the US - with the belly dancer. They weren't as impressive as some of the previous footage.
Aye I love to hear the Scottish Tribal Drumming and bagpipes..And thank you for sharing the music.I learned to play the Bodran through a friend. Dolores(Dee)Nimmo
The Bagpipes where invented in ancient Greece . Given to the Romans , who in turn gave them to the Celts, who in turn gave to the Scots . And they have not seen the joke yet !
I love the bagpipes! to watch a doco on them was interesting! ever thought of doing a music/instrument series? doing origins of the weird and wonderful instruments music lil the mouth flutes etc. ..always a good watch Tysm 👍🎵💫
Hi Robert, may be interesting to see if there is any link between kelts and Albanians... both use the bag pipe as an intrument but also both have the kilt as a national dress. Great videos 👌🏼
Nothing enters the soul so readily as the sound of the bagpipes xx
uh , cough Lucifer cough hahahahaha
You got that right Sue!
as a Stewart, I agree
My high school was Highlanders. Where I lived, the fog would be so thick you couldn't see the front of your car. Walking through the field to school in the fog with our marching band practicing was AWESOME. Couldn't see them and the fog warped the sound so you had no idea where they were. I walked into them a time or two. 😊 I do love it.
At 2:05, you suggest that bagpipes may not be Irish. You may want to avoid both Scotland and Ireland until this blows over.
Jbot123 but EVERYONE in Ireland knows the prophet Jeremiah is buried there. We are tuaatha de daanan. tribe of DAN!
We only claim the uilleann bellows blown bagpipe and that certainly is irish no question .It may only be partially invented in ireland,but we are the ones that have revived it promoted its use and perfected it musically. jbot123
If I had my life over again I would learn to play the Irish Bagpipes.
It is never too late ... There are even videos on here that show how to play. I'm just taking them up meself, and I retired last year ...
We had the two droned warpipes! I have a set which I also play with a boru chanted for volume
Thank You for your heartfelt information! My ancestory is over half from the Uk, Ireland and Wales. All my life, I'm 68, I have Loved the pipes. It takes me back to a primal time, a rooted connection to Spirit. It has brought tears of happiness at times as well. I am a musician as well and have always wanted a set of pipes. I play guitar and make and play Native American flutes. I believe I could play these pipes with little or no training. As if it is i heritant within me. It is a sound of Mother Earth herself and appeals to most in all cultures. Humans are ONE and are starting to see this more clearly. We are truly united. And when this is realized, we shall recognize our own power and change that which has been under control of a tiny few. Bagpipes remind us of this connection. Thanks so Much again for sharing your good work with all. I will be buying your books! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Bagpipes and Drums...what a powerful and potent combination! Designed to stir the Soul, and awaken us from this technology induced slumber. To activate and awaken the true codes within us...and release the dormant melodies that exist at our core. Lovely clip...Thank You 🎶🎶🎶
Yes, Michael - they can be sublime.....................(but also like a child playing a violin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, one thinks one will go mad... 0 Love the pipes and drums...- how often were they used to call to WAR?? (Scottish DNA ............hope to visit!!!! ) (Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!) Thank-you, too - Ed is wonderful. cheers
Two kinds of people in the world: those who love the Pipes & those who have not really listened to them.
Nice!!! There sure is something that comes alive when you hear those pipes and drums.
I had always assumed bagpipes were discovered completely by accident involving livestock and tornadoes.
My ancestors came from Scotland. I get chillbumps every time I hear bagpipes, just like I always get chillbumps hearing bluegrass - I'm a proud hillbilly from NE AL
Sylvia you have a very Scottish name, we would love to have you here in our country one day🏴🌺🥰
Watch the pipers lead a March in London and it will bring tears to your eyes, and a smile to your face!
My favorite channel on youtube. By far. You're going to be huge.
When I hear bagpipes and drums I feel like going into battle. Think Im not alone. Felt that way since I was a little kid and would hear them at a parade.
being of Scotish decent on my mother's side, my maternal grandmother told me of her bagpipe playing grandfather quite late in her life... it's little wonder they have always stirred my soul and electrified my senses... the most remarkable experience she relayed to me was the following... he, along with her six brothers all died in the first world war... some time later, she was on a beach with her sisters and her mother when they all became aware of pipes playing... on looking about for the source of the sound, they saw him walking out of the sea, playing them. they all started crying and ran towards him... he and the beautiful sound slowly vanished before they got to him...
Bagpipes always either make me cry or jump up and down, not any sound like it in the world. Speaks to my secret heart, I guess. Maybe it's my Scots blood. :)
I moved to Turkey a long time ago and here in northern part of Turkey in Blacksea region local georgian/greek mixed decedents use a lamb skin bagpipe just 1 pipe is attached they call it tulum. I think if you like researching bagpipes you would like to hear the sound of local bagpipe. just search tulum müzik on youtube. I’m not local but oh my they really know how to make a heart ache.greetings from Caucuses
My mom and I both get tears in our eyes when we hear the bagpipes. We have never known why other than it speaks to the soul. We figured everybody was like this when they heard them but I guess not. We always thought her side of the family is German while my dad's is English. But, through DNA testing, found out mom is mostly Viking, lol
Be Happy My Mom and I do the same tear up!!!
No offense, but Viking is not a genetic ancestry. It's a descriptive term for travelers and explorers. I'm Irish and Norwegian. It is a common misinterpretation.
My own working hypothesis is that Anatolian (west Anatolian, or "Asia Minor") people who were part of the growing and developing Mediterranean Bronze age civilization settled in Britain and the Atlantic coast of Europe in order to control copper and tin mines in order to control the production of bronze. What we know of as the Celtic languages would have originated from that part of Anatolia with those people and their language and at least some elements of their culture would have gone with them, making the Atlantic coast of Europe to be Celtic/Gaulic/Gaelic speaking, from which it spread inland a little bit. This would have been somewhere around Part of that cultural legacy brought from their Anatolian homeland could have been bagpipes.
Food for thought. The bagpipes and drums were used to lead the armies of ancient Israel (the Jacob-Israel-Caucasian peoples). It is said that alien people would fled at their sound, since it meant the Israelite Army was on the move and heading their way. We now know that our ancient ancestors were all over this earth, many thousands of years ago, thus why so many cultures have picked up on the use of this instruments (see the works of E. Raymond Capt, Dr. Barry Fell, and Steven Collins). There are impostors claiming to be the Israelites of old (see Rev. 2:9, and 3:9) but the truth is that the tribes that settled into Europe (which means 'white face') were these 'lost' Israelites (they came through the Caucasus mountains and became known as 'Caucasians'). And, yes, the sound of these musical instruments stir the soul of our people. We are electrical beings (both frequency and energy wise). Thus, this sound is uplifting to us. Keep up the good work. Yahweh (God) bless.
Daniel Johns that is an incredible explaination. I never thought about the electrical part and y it fits w the pipes.
Gawd that’s so obvious now...
I did always figure those that don’t somehow “turn on” when the hear them (ie don’t like them or are repulsed by them) are not my people.
Even today, people in Iraq and Syria are very fair-skinned, and some are redheads with freckles.
amen
iv'e always found the duduk more enchanting with its lower sounds that give you chills to the core.
Music is the language we all understand
Is that why Justin Bieber and Niki Minaj is always on the air wave? From personal observations most people don't even like classical music cause it have no lyrics and the only part of the lyric that's adored is the chorus that repeats multiple times in a span of just 3 minutes. Also the majority of people can't play any instrument or even sing. So no, music like mathematics and the arts are not universally understood. Most people are hollow beings designed that way by the State to be the perfect consumer.
To Robert Sepher : The Ogilvy Courtachy castle has the same name as the wine from Illyria on the Balkan and the illyrians were auxilary soldiers who fought with or in the legions against the picts. Their dress was like the typical scottish clan dress plus bagpipes and the men in my wifes family who is related to Patrick Ogilvy from the clan in Dundee since the 30 year war when he fought for the swedish king and stayed in Sweden are looking like eagles, type Sitting Bull. Majestic! The young leader of the Ogilvy battallion who fought in the Culloden battle while his father was banned and fought against the british in Normandy was described as stunningly majestic sitting on a white horse in front of the lines! I felt the same when I met her uncles for the first time. Stoic and eagle like!
I think your videos show more of what unites us than divides. Thank you Sir!
While I found the episode far more enjoyable than I initially imagined, one of the most interesting bits was the bagpipe displayed at the end. I had the impression that it is a configuration adapted from undersea use. Very early vintage or copy, thereof. I had never seen that variation before. An amazing series, Mr. Sepehr.
thank you for a positive view of bagpipes and the history of their uses.
Wow, I kept passing over this video as I’ve binged on your channel lately.
...when the bag pipes started being played, all three of my dogs woke up and stared at the tv. They don’t tend to watch tv and were all pretty tired/about asleep.
I have to know more about the divers from way back!!
The bagpipe is a traditional Bulgarian instrument as well, but our bagpipe is significantly different. The roots of the bagpipe can be traced back to era of the Thracians, the Bulgarian antsisters. The Thracians used to defend the North-East part of the Roman Empire. They helped many Roman emperors dealing with other tribes and Islamic invations from the middle-East also. Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe and have a rich history with more than 2000 documented years.
I think they were originally made for multiple uses, like it was the first musical instrument that doubles as a bong
According to "The college of piping Highland Bagpipe" tutor book. The bagpipe has a long and honourable history stretching back to the dawning of civilisation, for it is one of the oldest of instruments played by man from the earliest times.
It may have its beginnings in ancient Egypt where a simple chanter and drone were played together. These were later attached to a bag made of skin fitted with blowpipe making the primitive form of the instrument as we have it todat. This kind of bagpipe was played by Greeks and the Romans, and eventually spread throughout Europe.
(Excerpt only. I got lazy typing the hystory.)
Anyone, and i mean ANYONE i know of Scott, Irish, English descent...stop in their tracks to hear pipers....
Must be in the DNA
As a Scot living in England, I can categorically state I have NEVER met an English person who can abide them
Apparently its also the only musical instrument to be declared a weapon of war when the English & the Scott's had one of their traditional hair-pulling sessions as apparently no highland regiment would dream of marching without a piper.
The Northumbrian pipes were the first pipes on the british Isles, they predate the Scottish pipes by around 400 years, and were also way before the Irish pipes.
Poland's mountaineers have a bagpipe called a "Duda". It differs from the Scottish version by not having a drone.
Great video, I especially enjoyed it being Scottish myself and having an interest in the pipes..Thanks again Robert..!!
Bagpipes were found in a cave located in Israel which was dated back to several thousand years. The pipes and tartans were also used in ancient Egypt, and also by the ancient Hebrews.
Thank you,
This far exceeded everything i could imagine it to be about.
Why am i even surprised, you always make amazing videos no-matter what the topic.
Little known fact: Rowdy Roddy Piper played the pipes too
And he was all out of bubble gum.
I read that the ancient origins of bagpipes are in Greece,Iraq (Babylon),Pakistan&Egypt. But I know it's argued and definitely argued how it spread across Europe. But in my biosed opinion the Scottish and Irish peoples have almost perfected it and definitely saved the instrument from extinction.
How could one not smile listening to the bag pipes?
Serbia, Montenegro, Bosna Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc, basically, the Balkans... have bagpipes too. Just search for it in youtube. Lots of Kolo or Kola (Folklore dancing) and singing with bagpipes. Scots etc, are not the only ones. It's been part of the Balkan's culture for centuries.
to me the video's put out by mr sepeher are part of the reteaching of the people of earth ...its a blessing !! yes it is!!!
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the similarities between the Basque peoples dance and the Scots
wOw, awesome Bag-ass Pipes! They play Gaita in Galicia where I lived as a child...and I especially love the Moroccan and Algerian styles of playing pipes. Talk about trance music! Me Love..
Thank You Robert, this exciting and informative!
I love them. Drums and bagpipes make me cry and give me goosebumps.
Robert, The first use of bagpipes in the Bible is in 1st Samuel 10:5 - which is around 1,000 BC. The Hebrew word "nebel" is mistranslated as "psaltery" in 1st Samuel 10:5, as well as other verses . The Strongs Dictionary for "nebel" (Strongs #5035) is "a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form):--bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol." Nebel is also translated as "bottles" 1st Samuel 1:24 and other places - which would be a wine skin. So this is obviously a musical instrument made from a bag. Best wishes on your work. John Hurt
Think there is an earlier biblical mention, the case of some chap/s that were told to bow down to a Babylonian god, when they heard various musical instruments - one of them being the bagpipe. If they did not bow down, they were to be thrown into a fiery furnace.
Many historians identify the ancient Greek Askavlos (ἀσκός askos - wine-skin bag, αὐλός aulos - reed pipe) with the bagpipe made out of inflated sheep skin. It is still used in Northern Greece today (Thrace) From ancient Greece, roman legions took bagpipes all over the empire- In the 2nd century AD, Suetonius described the Roman emperor Nero as a player of the Tibia Utricularis, which is Roman reedpipes similar to Greek and Etruscan instruments, blowing air with his mouth as well as by tucking a bladder beneath his armpit. - Thank you!
What a wonderful selection of performances, couldn't have asked for any better music to randomly uplift my spirits this morning. Liked and shared to FB & Twitter.
Bagpipes are also very common in Polish highlands. Lot of footage available on TH-cam.
you know if the Scots/Irish are Jewish descendants then that would explain why the Hebrew and Gaelic languages are so similar and their music instruments too. The bagpipes found in Turkey might be from when the Babylonians captured the Israelites and made them their slaves.
when troy fell the trojans were dispersed and one place was galicia
in coruna there is a magnificent tower called torre de hercules
on the ancient floor of the tower is a ref to turkey - the bagpipes are used in galicia extensively as part of their culture; myth has it in galicia that the galicians colonised ireland - the pipes are from the west coast of scotleand ie the highlands and this area was connected to ireland hence the pipes are part of culture in all areas where these peoples migrated and one way of knowing them is by the use of pipes and its variations - parts of turkey use same
I agree. Definitely from the tribe of Dan, the warrior tribe krpt on the outskirts to defend and protect from the North. Walls of Jerico came down with vibration of stomping and musical instruments and shouting. God told Kimg Jeshophat to put the musicians and singers in front to proclaim victory before the battle instead of at the end. They never had to fight that battle the enemy was dead when they came over the hill. The celts of Israel are a mighty people.
Different language groups, yes. The Bible is specific that one of the tribes would forget their language and learn another one, and even forget where they came from. Although it is not mentioned, that may have pertained to other tribes as well.
Thank you for the video, very interesting! I had to think of Neuri tribe (Νευροί), a name which translates in Slavic to "diver" (there are lots of bird species, notably ducks, named nur 'diver' in Slavic languages). Oldest bagpipes models were preserved in western parts of Russia, parts of Poland, Bulgaria, some Finnic areas, Persia and India - it is basically just a flute with an animal bladder skin. Double flutes with skin attached to it, a construction more familiar to us, appear later in Serbia, Croatia and western Europe.
I heard bagpipes in Prague, and native to the area apparently.
Fun to see bagpipes played in what looks to be mid-east or at least not Scotland. Also fun to see belly dancer associated with them. Also the association with underwater breathing device. Lots to imagine & think about! Thanks!
This channel and your videos are STUNNINg !!!! .... the pipes are classed as "weapons" due to the disorientation caused by a few hundred , I have awoke to the spooky sound of travelling 'Natale' bands in south Italy travelling door to door around xmas time , a sound from the deep past
Great video! I think the resonance and vibration is so hypnotic! I was surprised to see they originated back in ancient history. I enjoy your videos and always learn something. 😁
The pipes along with the harp, and other instruments, are some of the oldest instruments in the world, they connect the Middle East, and the various Celtic nations.
Bagpipes and Indian 'Been' played by snakecharmer and one more Indian instrument Morchung in which air has to be blown through a needle point narrow pipe are cousin instruments. There could be more such instruments in the world but don't know about that
I love the pipes, but what I like best is the lack of volume control, that is to say they are LOUD.
Dear Robert, thank you very much for your amazing videos and researches. I've learned a lot. Please continue your research by understanding more about the origin of the "Bulgarian Kaba Bagpipe( kaba gaida)", I'm sure this will help you even more in your quest about the origin of bagpipes. Thank you for the video and wish you the best of luck in your research.
thanks Robert
the sound reminds me a little bit of the "sanfona" and also reminds me of "Xóte" and "Forró" two traditional brazilian music genres
Great overview! Loved seeing the cultural breadth! Thank you.
Wow, there is so much more to bagpipes than I would have thought!
Wow, I never thought of that...that they could have been used to communicate to the subconscious to bring back old memories from a forgotten past, great video as always.. I have some Scottish in me as well as Irish so the pipes have always fascinated me.
Natternkopf Sonnenkönig Yes, that observation fits right in as well. Here in America we learn so little in school of our ancient history, that's why I love this outlet...it really makes me think and marvel at what has been hidden from us
Ville san Yes, I agree without reservation. Music transends every boundary and affects all aspects of mind, body and spirit
That's what I feel like when I hear them, since I was a little kid. Like something I've heard before, way way before.
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Also have that legend of the Egyptian Princess going to Ireland. If there is any truth to that legend. She could of brought it with her.
Wow this is one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen. I live in the Central Belt of Scotland and there are pipers playing all the time in the city centres. I've seen most of the Scottish ones in the video in-person. But I never liked them until I heard them in a marching band in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The high frequencies are very hypnotic and seem to produce a harmonizing effect (for making an army full of terrified men more in-sync for battle). Possibly to drown out some of the sounds of war and create that harmonizing frequency to ground the soldiers in their one mind for battle. And on a more basic level, maybe it was just a dick-measuring thing for each side, to see who could drown out who and dominate the sound waves in the area.
In my opinion those divers are depicted as Anunna. The large eyes and beards and headdresses strike me as Niburian. Nibiru which is from Sirius, which is supposedly a system full of water-people. Great video, I'll definitely watch more.
I heard years ago that the purpose of the piping was to scare the enemy
In India we have 8 versions of bagpipes as state changes culture and instruments change.
I ran a series of articles for a bulletin and the website I used to get Hebrew and English commentaries did translate the one Psalm saying bagpipes and not just pipes as most others do.
Romans had a sort of bagpipe, but there is no evidence that they were used in an official capacity by their soldiers, however soldiers then & now sometimes carry personal musical instruments on campaign with them. It is easy to see how the bagpipe originated, probably independently in many different places. Every ancient culture had woodwind instruments...oboe & clarinet type things. They also had animal skins for carrying water & wine...I can just imagine some ancient genius contemplating an oboe in one hand & a wineskin in the other & having an epiphany...Every country in Europe & the middle east developed their own sorts of bagpipe. The Scottish variety(which I play) is the most common type seen as the British Army spread it's use all over the world.
you forgot one nation that are one of the best bagpipers in the world! the Bulgarians! listen to Bulgarian kaba bagpipe.
Thank you Robert..... your videos are totally awesome.
Thank-you for this great post. My grandparents and great - grandparents on my Mother's side were/are Hetherington. I do not feel any ROMAN influence, but it is interesting to think maybe there was - a bit. The Dolphins and the underwater-breathing are certainly worth considering. But the SOUND, the VIBRATION of the Bagpipes and its music is like nothing else, really. cheers
Enjoyed! Wishing to hear more!
Sir, that was totally badass! I mean really cool! I'd never thought about how widely spread the bagpipes were spread and how many different types of music
genres were out there which it lent itself too so well! Keep up the good work!
That one fella made me nervous jumping around in his kilt...
It would be nice to hear the more exotic pipes, to compare with the Scots pipes that most of us are familiar with. And, don't forget the workaround to avoid tyrannical English penal law, the Uilleann Pipes.
Hope all is well, looking forward to more of your work.
funny in this age of overstimulation
bag pipe sounds is gripping me like its got almost some magic power
And then she started dancing to the pipes and drums and I was hypnotized
Impatiently waiting for new videos!!!
In some parts of Greece is called tsabouna
With all the thanks I can give you . Mr. R sepher - that was lovely. If I may add to this.( Cor dish) people+others do have it in that part of the world. God speed. Looking forward to seeing more
Videos.
I just can't picture the romans playing the pipes but who knows.
Really missing your videos mate. I've recently purchased all of your books. Very fascinating information.
I would have like you to have touched on the subject. La Gaita
It really makes one wonder where the inspiration of the earliest known instruments came from, to figure out and create them like the bagpipes. How much trial and error was involved and how much time it took to finally get it right giving us the instrument we see today. Their sound quite "eery" and a little off kilter I think. Maybe the first instrumental weapon of sorts? Shame we don't know who invented them.
In 18 century bagpipes and drums were outlawed in my country by opressors, they thought this music can awakent warrior spirit. They were right :).
he bagpipe or Gaida is the instrument of all Tхraceans for at least 2 millenniums before Christ. The instrument was transferred and incorporated into the Bulgarian tribes centuries before it was introduced to the Celts.
Very interesting video. I love the bagpipes and enjoyed seeing all the cultures playing it (Scots and Arabs). I wish you hadn't focused so much on the awful group so obviously from a Celtic fair in the US - with the belly dancer. They weren't as impressive as some of the previous footage.
Aye I love to hear the Scottish Tribal Drumming and bagpipes..And thank you for sharing the music.I learned to play the Bodran through a friend. Dolores(Dee)Nimmo
Fascinating, thank you Robert!
man that was worth it thank you
What about the illyrians passing the bag pipes and kilt to the Romans. Gajde (bagpipes) ,fustanela (kilt)
If I'm not mistaking the most famous bagpipe song is Scotland the brave?? Correct me if I'm wrong
Robert, do you plan on addressing Project Looking Glass?
I don't know about you, but if an army came charging at me with bagpipes playing, I think I might desire to run the other way.
bagpipes are a force of nature
The Bagpipes where invented in ancient Greece . Given to the Romans , who in turn gave them to the Celts, who in turn gave to the Scots . And they have not seen the joke yet !
That joke is as old as the oldest bagpipes ever.
Scots ARE Celts and some Picts
I've heard that the bagpipes were first used in ancient Egypt.
Great video,pretty interesting how many periods of history the bagpipes existence spans
I love the bagpipes! to watch a doco on them was interesting! ever thought of doing a music/instrument series? doing origins of the weird and wonderful instruments music lil the mouth flutes etc. ..always a good watch Tysm 👍🎵💫
Hi Robert, may be interesting to see if there is any link between kelts and Albanians... both use the bag pipe as an intrument but also both have the kilt as a national dress. Great videos 👌🏼
We got it in Turkish culture too. North of the Turkey, Karadeniz (black sea). We call it "tulum". Check it out Robert.