You have to rub your belly, pat your head, flip a pancake and hoover the bedroom all at the same time. God how I admire people who can do this stuff, I get confused in a revolving door!
That sort of multitasking seems to be a Northumbrian specialty. I once saw a Northumbrian folkie who was singing one tune, playing a harmonising-but-different tune with the bow on her fiddle, while simultaneously plucking a third contrasting tune on the fiddle strings with her left hand.
Wonderful musicianship. . A family of instruments that owes its worldwide existence to the fact that shepherds have had a lot of time, and dead sheep, on their hands over the millennia.
I have to admit, when I a saw "Northumbrian smallpipes" I thought it was something we should all be vaccinated against. It was a lovely sound, thanks for sharing!
I was there in Durham's cathedral when you were playing the Northumbrian smallpipe and the fiddle as well. Was one of the best moments in my life. Thank you, Madame Tickell. You are a magnificent artist.
My cats normally despise bagpipes and act very disturbed when they hear them, but they love the Northumbrian pipes and seem very soothed by the sound. Thanks.
I had a huge Shrpherd mix who would howl like the Hound of the Baskervilles whenever he heard bagpipes, harmonica, or saxophone. It was like some kind of canine Tuvan throat singing, like he was channeling his wolf ancestors.
bagpipes are no more inherently loud and shrill than they are a military instrument. stop thinking Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes = BAGPIPES, period, because it just isn't so.
Domestic cats, domestic smallpipes. Below is mention of Tuvan throat singing. I taught myself styles of singing and as I lay singing on the floor my cat would settle on my chest purring. We also napped together in a tree.
This sounds absolutely lovey. Bagpipes need to come more into focus again in the international music scene in my opinion, they absolutely have the potential. Such a strong, clear, honest, humble though self-confident sound, and at the same time mellow and sweet, like a lyrical baritone or dark tenor. Really nice.
Hey Kathryn I really love your bagpipe playing. After hearing the thing you played at 1:50, I thought that the bagpipe timber and sound would really fit modern fusion jazz. The sound would really be great for those roaring synth solos (compare to Cory Henry's solo on Snarky Puppy's Song Lingus). I think you could come up with some amazing stuff and introduce your wonderful instrument to the rich and wonderful world of contemporary Fusion. It might not be your repertoire but i think it is most definitely worth a try!!
Hi, Kathryn. Have been a fan of your playing on Sting's records for years! Particularly enjoy the Northumbrian and Uillean pipes. You've provided perfect atmosphere for songs like "Wild, Wild Sea", "Fields of Gold" and "Valparaiso", and I love your fiddle on "I Was Brought to My Senses". You are a real master! Thanks for the primer! :)
Beautiful instrument,beautiful woman, I can watch you play for hours, your also very talented. Thank you for sharing your instrument I've never heard or seen one. Thanks again.:-)
Wow amazing instrument. When you did the scales at the start, it sounded electronic but then the bellos playing the bass line tone, was such an amazing vibration in my headphones. Thank you for sharing how this works and the terminology for each part.
Grand Kathryn. I've enjoyed listening to you over the years and I still do. It blows my tiny wee mind when you explain the mechanics of it all though. You look just as lovely as ever pet. I wish you rainbows.
Thank you for sharing such a succinct introduction to this mysterious instrument, at least to those of us that don’t know about it. Enjoyed one of your compositions on Radio 3 this morning and having such a marvellous time enjoying your works online. Thank you for your dedication to music and the instrument and being such an incredible player. ❤️🙏🏾🌏
Kathryn thanks for sharing this. I've often wondered what makes Northumbrian's different from other small pipes. I have "Debateable Lands" and it's one of my favorite's.
@Urien Rheged No. The Northumbrian Smallpipes were developed from the early modern period, reaching their modern setup (with keys) in the early 19th century. They developed from earlier bagpipes with the influence of French bagpipes (not so unusual) as parlour pipes. Bagpipes were common all over Britain.
I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the detailed explanation and the tune. I've really become interested in the different types of pipes and their evocative music. Thanks again Kathryn.
I remember this lady being on TV when she was a schoolgirl. It was some kind of programme about people with unusual hobbies. The only other one I remember was Geoff Capes - an exhibition budgie breeder.
Your music resonates deeply with me. What an incredible instrument, and what a lovely example of this instruments potential. Thank you Kathryn for your beautiful playing ! I have subscribed to your channel to learn more of this instrument ! Expanding Knowledge.
Thank you for your gentle clear performance with this absolutely mesmerizing instrument. I am currently (very slowly, I might add) learning on a set of Uilliann practice pipes but am so taken by the soothing soulful sound made by your instrument. I really must save up for a set of Northumbrian pipes. I am in love with that sound. Thanks again.
Excellent and instructive video Kathryn, the sound is both haunting and triggers emotions as all good music should, hope you come to the West Country again, we always attend one of your concerts
There’s a lovely tone to that particular brand of N pipes as we’d call them. Very hard to replicate with Scottish haggis pipes. There a different class.
Vastly different instruments made for vastly different purposes. It's like comparing a rustic, medieval shawm to modern oboe. Superficially similar, yes, but...you get the idea.
This is the first time I've ever seen or heard a chanter like that. I'm aware of the small pipes with the standard chanter, but I've never seen anything like that, you play so beautifully.
I'm currently learning the Great Highland Bagpipes on an indoor practice set. I quite adore the Northumbrian smallpipes and hope to get a set of them someday. I really appreciate you giving a demonstration with the fingers, as I've never been able to find a finger chart for the Northumbrian smallpipes. It doesn't look that complex for people who've played other woodwinds, which I have.
If you like the Northumbrian pipes check out some Uilleann pipes videos. “Good Ship Kangaroo” or “Little Musgrave” by Planxty have a couple of lovely solos, “Green Glens of Eireann” by the Bothy Band or Something by Finbar Furey. Not that the Uillean pipes are better but they’re in far wider use so there’s more to check out.
@@Dreyno , Martin Simpson has an arrangement of Little Musgrave for guitar. You may recognize his name from his work with June Tabor. A damn fine guitarist and a walking encyclopedia of music from both sides of the pond.
good 'un I’ve come across him before but hadn’t heard his version of Little Musgrave. It reminds me of Nic Jones’ version from 1970. He said he took the words from the Childs’ ballad and made up a new tune for it. It’s also related to the song Little Matty Groves.
What a brilliant idea - pipes that allow you to accompany yourself while singing. Strange that other folks did not catch on. Blowing up the bag by blowing into it makes no sense, once you have seen this. Thanks for a very illuminating video.
thank you for sharing your beautiful small pipes which sure gave a wonderful sound. I would buy all the instuments if I could and give them to someone else to play. lovely all these beautiful sounds and the talent that made it partly possible.
Wow. I just heard this sound in a song that I recognized from Sting’s fantastic record The Soul Cages, and as I had that one on my CD shelf right next to me, I decided to look in the credits to figure out what the name of that instrument could be. I thought it could be this one, so I went here to youtube to find out. This video was the first one that came up. And sure, it was correct. Even the name of the musician was the same. 🤩 Amazing playing on that record! 👏
Thank you Kathryn for the breakdown and explanation as to the Northumbrian small pipes, like others on here I thought it looked hard enough at standard pipes, you played them effortlessly …but skill fully played, thank you for showing us this insight
You have to rub your belly, pat your head, flip a pancake and hoover the bedroom all at the same time.
God how I admire people who can do this stuff, I get confused in a revolving door!
Thank you, Vinny142, good response. And thank you, Ms Tickell, good introduction.
Well said! 😄
Hahaha! Prior to moving down here to comment I was thinking much the same thing. Makes learning to play any other instrument child's play!
Me too. When I'm around people who play instruments, make things etc. I feel like my knuckles are scraping the floor.
That sort of multitasking seems to be a Northumbrian specialty. I once saw a Northumbrian folkie who was singing one tune, playing a harmonising-but-different tune with the bow on her fiddle, while simultaneously plucking a third contrasting tune on the fiddle strings with her left hand.
Learned more about bagpipes in less than 4 minutes than in the rest of my entire life.
Wonderful musicianship. . A family of instruments that owes its worldwide existence to the fact that shepherds have had a lot of time, and dead sheep, on their hands over the millennia.
"Billy! Those dead sheep are not going to make a bagpipe themselves overnight, get to it, laddy'"
@@backalleycqc4790 Och, but I dinnae want ta play the pipes, can't I just sew it up and play football?
Wow....lol
Love the history background.
And the crusades brought piping to Europe, at least according to some theorists.
As soon as she started playing I got goosebumps. Legendary
...and if you'd been in the room, you'd have watery eyes too... and not (just) from emotion... possibly other physical distresses as well. ; )
I have to admit, when I a saw "Northumbrian smallpipes" I thought it was something we should all be vaccinated against.
It was a lovely sound, thanks for sharing!
I am fucking dead at this comment 😂😂😂
If Northumbrian smallpipes are something we should be vaccinated against, does that mean that the pipers are anti-vaxers? 😂
Yo don't even joke, my mom got the 'smallpipes and she's never been the same since 😂
LOLOL!!!
@@jamiegalbraith4874 Well, you wouldn't be dead if you'd had your smallpipe vaccination, now would you??
I was there in Durham's cathedral when you were playing the Northumbrian smallpipe and the fiddle as well. Was one of the best moments in my life. Thank you, Madame Tickell. You are a magnificent artist.
I am from Durham but don’t live there anymore. I wish I could have been there to witness that!
The beauty of this kind of pipe is you could sing too. No matter, your pipe- playing is very expressive with or without singing.
This is absolutely beautiful in every way.
My cats normally despise bagpipes and act very disturbed when they hear them, but they love the Northumbrian pipes and seem very soothed by the sound. Thanks.
Most cats are English. Little-known fact.
I had a huge Shrpherd mix who would howl like the Hound of the Baskervilles whenever he heard bagpipes, harmonica, or saxophone. It was like some kind of canine Tuvan throat singing, like he was channeling his wolf ancestors.
bagpipes are no more inherently loud and shrill than they are a military instrument. stop thinking Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes = BAGPIPES, period, because it just isn't so.
RobMacKendrick..... oh shit, I thought they were all Egyptian with the cleopatra attitudes...lol
Domestic cats, domestic smallpipes. Below is mention of Tuvan throat singing. I taught myself styles of singing and as I lay singing on the floor my cat would settle on my chest purring. We also napped together in a tree.
When she says "One of the things that's fascinating about bagpipes" and she flairs her fingers and smiles, I know she absolutely means it 👍🔥
And she is right! I'm always fascinated by things I don't know!
This sounds absolutely lovey. Bagpipes need to come more into focus again in the international music scene in my opinion, they absolutely have the potential. Such a strong, clear, honest, humble though self-confident sound, and at the same time mellow and sweet, like a lyrical baritone or dark tenor. Really nice.
I came for the pipes but stayed for her. What a sweet young lady!💕
Oh she is rather lovely I must agree!! 😁🥰
Hey Kathryn I really love your bagpipe playing. After hearing the thing you played at 1:50, I thought that the bagpipe timber and sound would really fit modern fusion jazz. The sound would really be great for those roaring synth solos (compare to Cory Henry's solo on Snarky Puppy's Song Lingus). I think you could come up with some amazing stuff and introduce your wonderful instrument to the rich and wonderful world of contemporary Fusion. It might not be your repertoire but i think it is most definitely worth a try!!
Hi, Kathryn. Have been a fan of your playing on Sting's records for years! Particularly enjoy the Northumbrian and Uillean pipes. You've provided perfect atmosphere for songs like "Wild, Wild Sea", "Fields of Gold" and "Valparaiso", and I love your fiddle on "I Was Brought to My Senses". You are a real master! Thanks for the primer! :)
I really like the tone of those pipes. I’ve never seen or heard those pipes before, thank you.👍👍
Something reaches into your soul when you listen to the pipes. Love it, and thanks for introducing me to the Northumbrian ones.
Oh my - it is such a sweet sounding instrument! I love pipes.
Beautiful instrument,beautiful woman, I can watch you play for hours, your also very talented. Thank you for sharing your instrument I've never heard or seen one.
Thanks again.:-)
I don't know what's more lovely you or the sound of your Enchanted playing thank you for brightening up my morning here in the USA
Wow amazing instrument. When you did the scales at the start, it sounded electronic but then the bellos playing the bass line tone, was such an amazing vibration in my headphones. Thank you for sharing how this works and the terminology for each part.
Grand Kathryn.
I've enjoyed listening to you over the years and I still do.
It blows my tiny wee mind when you explain the mechanics of it all though.
You look just as lovely as ever pet.
I wish you rainbows.
Oh yes she taught me a lot about the pipes. I've always wanted to learn to play them. Ms. Tickell, you are absoulutley gorgeous! Thanks
Grand artistry through a superb medium--your heart comes through the instrument so well.
What a fascinating instrument.
Thank you for sharing such a succinct introduction to this mysterious instrument, at least to those of us that don’t know about it. Enjoyed one of your compositions on Radio 3 this morning and having such a marvellous time enjoying your works online. Thank you for your dedication to music and the instrument and being such an incredible player. ❤️🙏🏾🌏
Excellent overview of the instrument. Very interesting.
Kathryn thanks for sharing this. I've often wondered what makes Northumbrian's different from other small pipes. I have "Debateable Lands" and it's one of my favorite's.
thank you! much more melodious than I was expecting. I really appreciate the demonstration of the elements of the instrument.
Seen Kathryn tickell a few times....always excellent.
they are such a gentle sound . wonderful . thank god I trace my roots back 700 years in this amazing part of the world . thank you .
Thanks Kathryn.
Great to see you spreading the word, and the music.
Great explanation. Quite amazed to find out how the varied pitches/tones are achieved. Thank you kindly.
Reminds of uileann pipes but has an even sweeter sound. First time I've heard it. Fantastic. Thank you
@Urien Rheged No. The Northumbrian Smallpipes were developed from the early modern period, reaching their modern setup (with keys) in the early 19th century.
They developed from earlier bagpipes with the influence of French bagpipes (not so unusual) as parlour pipes. Bagpipes were common all over Britain.
Brilliant, love the haunting sound. No tubes full of spittle, that's a bonus!
I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the detailed explanation and the tune. I've really become interested in the different types of pipes and their evocative music. Thanks again Kathryn.
Glad I came across this. I’ve always liked listening to the pipes, but never knew what the pipes I now know to be drones were doing. Brilliant!
Fascinating -- and what an absolutely beautiful sound!
Thanks for sharing!
Enchanting, dreamy, evocative and spectacular all at once!
Wow! The first note took me straight back to Sting's album "The Soul Cages". Beautiful. Thanks for posting it.
Very informative, thank you very much for taking the time to upload. Great watch, keep playing.
I'm from United States and this is so beautiful!!!
I remember this lady being on TV when she was a schoolgirl. It was some kind of programme about people with unusual hobbies. The only other one I remember was Geoff Capes - an exhibition budgie breeder.
exhibition budgie breeder, what a hobby.
Budgie breeder and Olympic shot putter.
@@pegjames188 Seaghan kinda buried the lede with that one...or did he?
What a lovely talent, with soft, efficient hands and a great ear… effortless execution and comfort on a great set of pipes! 😊👍
Even though I'm from South west England, hearing the pipes always gives me goosebumps
I'm half French - half Italian and it has the same effect on me.
Beautiful visual. Beautiful voice. Beautiful sound. Thank you for such loveliness and daydream. Felt like flying over a field of green. :)
Your music resonates deeply with me. What an incredible instrument, and what a lovely example of this instruments potential. Thank you Kathryn for your beautiful playing ! I have subscribed to your channel to learn more of this instrument ! Expanding Knowledge.
Very cool. I never knew those existed. Beautiful!
when you actually started playing it made my eyes well up
That’s because they are.
Thank you for your gentle clear performance with this absolutely mesmerizing instrument. I am currently (very slowly, I might add) learning on a set of Uilliann practice pipes but am so taken by the soothing soulful sound made by your instrument. I really must save up for a set of Northumbrian pipes. I am in love with that sound. Thanks again.
Last of the Wilds by Nightwish, Troy Donockley plays Uilliann pipes in a metal band th-cam.com/video/TVLZppHLWF4/w-d-xo.html
What a cool instrument! Thank you for introducing it to us! Really beautiful sound!
What magic you weave. Thank you for the love you find and give in your music. Dr. K
So evocative. It’s like the music of souls made audible.
Binks Webelf Interesting that you should say that. Check out the song “Island of Souls” by Sting.
Excellent and instructive video Kathryn, the sound is both haunting and triggers emotions as all good music should, hope you come to the West Country again, we always attend one of your concerts
Love from newcastle, love the Northumbrian pipes.
I wish you could have played forever. Lovely and beautiful sound. Lovely and beautiful musicianship. And,yes,a lovely and beautiful piper.
Kathryn a lovely Northumbrian lass
Thank you Ms. Kathryn Tickell for this wonderful video ! It made my day.
The elbow pipes have a sound all of their own. They're mellow and moving and incredibly beautiful.
Kathryn's recordings are never far from our stereo! A great musician and person and the veritable Queen of Pipers!
she is a fantastic piper, no doubt. I've always liked her music.
I dont think i have heard these before and they are the prettiest sounding ones i have heard and a lovely little tune too. Cheers
Thanks for teaching the world about this little known instrument.
It's a lovely sound and thanks for explaining how the instrument works. Georgious mellow sound.
Lovely, simply lovely...and the pipes were nice too!
Crazy sounds out of it, then all of a sudden, beautiful music. Impressive musicianship.
Utterly charming. Thank you.
Wow! What an education! Thank you for this!!
There’s a lovely tone to that particular brand of N pipes as we’d call them. Very hard to replicate with Scottish haggis pipes. There a different class.
Vastly different instruments made for vastly different purposes. It's like comparing a rustic, medieval shawm to modern oboe. Superficially similar, yes, but...you get the idea.
Excellent!!!
I and yon neighbors found this bonnie lass thoroughly enchanting.
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Thank you for teaching me how these Northumbrian - smallpipes operate.
Ahhh, the original drones! Love this video....proud to be a Fowler!!
It's absolutely beautiful!
Thank you for making me cry and miss home.
Wow, it's so clean an clear! Thanks
You are so beautiful when you play those pipes. I loved it.
this is such a beautiful sound - thank you
Beautiful music. Thank you :)
Love the sound! ❤👍🏻
This is the first time I've ever seen or heard a chanter like that. I'm aware of the small pipes with the standard chanter, but I've never seen anything like that, you play so beautifully.
Just beautiful. Well done!
ethereal, magic i can almost see the mist rising up from the loch while this haunting music drifts with it.
There are no Lochs in Northumberland, or England for that matter.
was looking for uilleann pipes but glad i seen this. Never knew about these pipes. Reminds me of Tudor music. Wonderful sound.
What a wonderful clear sound.
I'm currently learning the Great Highland Bagpipes on an indoor practice set. I quite adore the Northumbrian smallpipes and hope to get a set of them someday. I really appreciate you giving a demonstration with the fingers, as I've never been able to find a finger chart for the Northumbrian smallpipes. It doesn't look that complex for people who've played other woodwinds, which I have.
Very interesting. I don't know how this ended up in my recommended videos, but I'm glad it did. Thank you so much for the demonstration!
If you like the Northumbrian pipes check out some Uilleann pipes videos. “Good Ship Kangaroo” or “Little Musgrave” by Planxty have a couple of lovely solos, “Green Glens of Eireann” by the Bothy Band or Something by Finbar Furey.
Not that the Uillean pipes are better but they’re in far wider use so there’s more to check out.
@@Dreyno , Martin Simpson has an arrangement of Little Musgrave for guitar. You may recognize his name from his work with June Tabor. A damn fine guitarist and a walking encyclopedia of music from both sides of the pond.
good 'un I’ve come across him before but hadn’t heard his version of Little Musgrave. It reminds me of Nic Jones’ version from 1970. He said he took the words from the Childs’ ballad and made up a new tune for it. It’s also related to the song Little Matty Groves.
What a brilliant idea - pipes that allow you to accompany yourself while singing. Strange that other folks did not catch on. Blowing up the bag by blowing into it makes no sense, once you have seen this. Thanks for a very illuminating video.
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing how these work!!!
So beautiful! Thank you!
Brilliant explanation. Thanks for sharing!
thank you for sharing your beautiful small pipes which sure gave a wonderful sound. I would buy all the instuments if I could and give them to someone else to play. lovely all these beautiful sounds and the talent that made it partly possible.
Very interesting! Excellent demonstration.
That was FANTASTIC!
I tip my cap to you, Kathryn. Very well done! and beautiful sound.
What a wonderful instrument, I've not seen it before. Thanks!
WOW!!!!!!!! THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE SOUNDING INSTRUMENT!!! THANKS FOR THAT DEMONSTRATION, AND EXPLANATION!!! ;D
This is fantastic. Thank you!
Amazing, simply, amazing!
Wow. I just heard this sound in a song that I recognized from Sting’s fantastic record The Soul Cages, and as I had that one on my CD shelf right next to me, I decided to look in the credits to figure out what the name of that instrument could be. I thought it could be this one, so I went here to youtube to find out. This video was the first one that came up. And sure, it was correct. Even the name of the musician was the same. 🤩 Amazing playing on that record! 👏
Thank you Kathryn for the breakdown and explanation as to the Northumbrian small pipes, like others on here I thought it looked hard enough at standard pipes, you played them effortlessly …but skill fully played, thank you for showing us this insight
"standard pipes" ? Look around the world, there's no such thing :-D
Fantastic! Great tune and sound.
I'll admit, I almost choked laughing when I first heard the instrument *hooonk*, but...well, hearing it in tune is actually lovely.
Woah I think I stepped on a duck!
Northumbrian smallpipes can be very pretty in the right hands