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!
@@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!
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 .
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
“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 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
"Only the Scots can pull off a kilt". I can assure you that anyone trying to pull off a Scot's kilt is going to get a fat lip! (When you come to the UK, you will actually SHIVER when you hear the pipes LIVE: especially if you are on a narrow street with high buildings either side.)
"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 🙂
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
Years ago if you heard the pipes while in battle you knew the enemy would be pooing their pants, the Germans used to call the the Devils in Skirts or the women from hell.
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.
@@Rodgerslicker 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 😆
No greater source of pride than marching to the pipes and drums and I'm English. Even 30+ years since leaving the army I can't help but pick up the step as soon as I hear a military band. I think you can take a person out of the army but not the army out of the person
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".
imagine standing on a battlefield and hearing this coming over the hills you know you're in trouble and you haven't even seen the enemy yet the pipes are a war instrument these men went into battle unarmed the bravest of the brave and in the heat of battle they were medics on the kilt how hard do you have to be to wear a kilt with nothing underneath in a country full of midgies ( small mosquitoes that swarms in their millions )
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.
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!
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.
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.
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. 🏴
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
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"
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.
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.
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. :-)
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 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.
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 😊
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 💀.
@mary carver “Sassenach” is actually Gaelic for Lowlander (ie: Of the Central Belt and the Borderlands of Scotland 🏴), and NOT the English 🏴. The ‘45 was actually a Scottish Civil War between the rich Protestant Lowland Landowners and the poor Catholic Highland Tennant Farmers. The rich Lowland landowners brought in English Military Officers (The ‘Redcoats’) to clear the Highlands of people as raising Sheep 🐑 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 was more profitable 💰💰💰. The Lowland landowners didn’t care how this was done, and turned a ‘blind eye’ to the atrocities committed by General Wade and his Redcoats. This led to a Highland Uprising by the Clan Chiefs, firstly in 1715, and then again in 1744-5, leading to the disastrous battle of Culloden. Even to this day, this Sectarian divide still occurs daily (especially in the west of Scotland) between the Protestant Glasgow Rangers (The Orange Order) Supporters and the Catholic Glasgow Celtic Supporters. It’s Scotland’s dirty little secret, and unfortunately was exported by Scottish emigres to such places as the Carolina’s 🇺🇸 and Newfoundland/Labrador 🇨🇦.
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.
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.
You may hear bagpipes if you are in London for the trooping of the colour on June 2nd. Be sure to get up early to get a spot on the mall to watch the processions.
@@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!
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)
As a descendant of Stuarts and McAlpines, visiting Scotland has always been a dream of mine. I've heard this composition since I was a child, but never associated it with Scotland until I became an adult and read about it somewhere. I love hearing the pipes and drums, and the Massed Band is a treat to watch!
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
@@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.🤣
Hi Ethan & Angela. I'll try to answer some of your questions. Up front is the Senior Drum Major. with bearskin hat and carrying the Mace which he uses to give commands to the drums who in turn signal to the pipers when to start, stop, change marching pace/speed. Directly behind him are 7 other Drum Majors which means there are 8 pipe bands on parade. Military Bands tend to wear Tartans representing their Regiments i.e. Black Watch Tartan Kilts, Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, Scots Guards, Royal Scots etc. Local community pipe bands tend to have a mixture of tartan kilts. Each tartan represents a family or clan. The tassels as you call them are horse hair sporrans hidden behind the hair a leather pouch to hold money and a whisky flask. Yes there will be women in the bands playing drums and bagpipes. In Edinburgh every day the Military Pipes and Drums march up the Royal Mile from Holyrood Palace to the Castle for the changing of the Guard. Check with the Scottish Tourist Board for timings. Every day at one o'clock they fire the gun from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle. Definitely worth a visit. You seem puzzled when the senior drum major passes vocal instructions to band sergeants and majors. He is telling the to assemble at 10 minutes to 6 outside the Stewart Arms Pub. Before giving them the word of command to fall out. Actually the massed bands played several tunes during their march watch again and see if you can hear where the melody changes. Enjoy your visit to Scotland, lots of things to see and do, be sure to sample the traditional food and drink, and enjoy some Scottish Country Dancing.
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 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.
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.
Hi. I'm born and bread in Scotland very proud of my Scottish heritage, Angela I want to say thank you for your enthusiasm and smiles to the bag pipers. I am sure you loved Scotland and I hope you visit my country again Love from Scotland ❤
Gloster-sha ! The end bit is the same as most Americans say 'New Hampshire' but with a lighter 'R' at the end. ! Cant wait to see your first Scottish vlog!
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 !
Lyrics: Hark when the night is falling Hear! hear the pipes are calling Loudly and proudly calling Down through the glen There where the hills are sleeping Now feel the blood a-leaping High as the spirits Of the old Highland men Towering in gallant fame Scotland my mountain hame High may your proud standards, Gloriously wave Land of my high endeavour Land of the shining rivers Land of my heart for ever Scotland the brave High in the misty Highlands Out by the purple islands Brave are the hearts that beat Beneath Scottish skies Wild are the winds to meet you Staunch are the friends that greet you Kind as the love that shines From fair maidens' eyes Far off in sunlit places Sad are the Scottish faces Yearning to feel the kiss Of sweet Scottish rain Where tropic skies are beaming Love sets the heart a-dreaming Longing and dreaming for the homeland again
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 ua-cam.com/video/Mwxga8udIio/v-deo.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.
@@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!
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.
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.
@@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.
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 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 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.
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!
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.
The national anthem of Scotland is the flower of Scotland by the Corries
It is not the official anthem no matter how much the SNP try to push it
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.
Come where the hands are clapping,
Come where the toes are tapping,
Come where the Jocks are strapping,
Scotland the brave!
Scotch is a drink, Scottish is your ethnicity.
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...
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...
Being Scottish this gives me shivers.
Like someone else says it stirs up our blood.
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😁
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
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?
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 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 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
Youv'e got me binge watchin Scotish Pipe Bands. AGAIN, Love them.
"Only the Scots can pull off a kilt". I can assure you that anyone trying to pull off a Scot's kilt is going to get a fat lip! (When you come to the UK, you will actually SHIVER when you hear the pipes LIVE: especially if you are on a narrow street with high buildings either side.)
"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 🙂
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
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.
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 .....
All of the Jubilee celebrations will be happening at the beginning of June!
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 😀
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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
Years ago if you heard the pipes while in battle you knew the enemy would be pooing their pants, the Germans used to call the the Devils in Skirts or the women from hell.
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.
@@Rodgerslicker 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
No greater source of pride than marching to the pipes and drums and I'm English. Even 30+ years since leaving the army I can't help but pick up the step as soon as I hear a military band. I think you can take a person out of the army but not the army out of the person
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".
imagine standing on a battlefield and hearing this coming over the hills you know you're in trouble and you haven't even seen the enemy yet
the pipes are a war instrument these men went into battle unarmed the bravest of the brave and in the heat of battle they were medics
on the kilt how hard do you have to be to wear a kilt with nothing underneath in a country full of midgies ( small mosquitoes that swarms in their millions )
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
The National anthem is Flower of scotland
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.
any scotsman who doesnt feel there blood boil with pride at the sound of scotland the brave, isnt a scotsman
When in battle, we play the pipes to let the enemy know where coming 🏴✌️, ps pipers
The logs are called cabers. Best Wishes from Scotland. When you watch them live I guarantee you'll be overcome. Proud to be Scot!! ❤
The oldest known civilian pipe band in the world, is in England. The Accrington pipe band. My Dad used to play for them.
Very cool. I will show my mom this - she will love it!
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. 🏴
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 UA-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
As a person of Scottish descent living in in Dunedin, New Zealand the pipes are music to my ears.
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
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.
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.
Proud to be Scottish 🏴
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. :-)
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 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.
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 😊
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).
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 💀.
@mary carver “Sassenach” is actually Gaelic for Lowlander (ie: Of the Central Belt and the Borderlands of Scotland 🏴), and NOT the English 🏴. The ‘45 was actually a Scottish Civil War between the rich Protestant Lowland Landowners and the poor Catholic Highland Tennant Farmers. The rich Lowland landowners brought in English Military Officers (The ‘Redcoats’) to clear the Highlands of people as raising Sheep 🐑 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 was more profitable 💰💰💰. The Lowland landowners didn’t care how this was done, and turned a ‘blind eye’ to the atrocities committed by General Wade and his Redcoats. This led to a Highland Uprising by the Clan Chiefs, firstly in 1715, and then again in 1744-5, leading to the disastrous battle of Culloden. Even to this day, this Sectarian divide still occurs daily (especially in the west of Scotland) between the Protestant Glasgow Rangers (The Orange Order) Supporters and the Catholic Glasgow Celtic Supporters. It’s Scotland’s dirty little secret, and unfortunately was exported by Scottish emigres to such places as the Carolina’s 🇺🇸 and Newfoundland/Labrador 🇨🇦.
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.
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.
As a Scot I would walk through the gates of hell if a piper was playing me through
Not Scottish but, the skirl of the Bagpipes *always* stirs my emotions.
You may hear bagpipes if you are in London for the trooping of the colour on June 2nd. Be sure to get up early to get a spot on the mall to watch the processions.
Sweet! Thanks for the input
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!
I'm overloaded just watching this video. A magnificent sight and sound. Thank you for showing it.
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)
jesus imagine seeing your enemy marching at you like that , would be frightening
The pipers & drummers led the soldiers to battle. There are also different ranks of pipers & drummers.
As a descendant of Stuarts and McAlpines, visiting Scotland has always been a dream of mine. I've heard this composition since I was a child, but never associated it with Scotland until I became an adult and read about it somewhere. I love hearing the pipes and drums, and the Massed Band is a treat to watch!
You heard bagpipes playing "Scotland the Brave" and didn't associate it with Scotland?
@@Alfred5555 That was over 40 years ago, my presumptuous friend.
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.
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
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.🤣
The pipes are the in the soul from birth to death they're played for all the celebrations in a Scot's life!
Absolutely magnificant. Thank you. As the old saying goes, it's enough to make the dead get up and march.
What a great saying!👍
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.
Hi Ethan & Angela. I'll try to answer some of your questions. Up front is the Senior Drum Major. with bearskin hat and carrying the Mace which he uses to give commands to the drums who in turn signal to the pipers when to start, stop, change marching pace/speed. Directly behind him are 7 other Drum Majors which means there are 8 pipe bands on parade. Military Bands tend to wear Tartans representing their Regiments i.e. Black Watch Tartan Kilts, Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, Scots Guards, Royal Scots etc. Local community pipe bands tend to have a mixture of tartan kilts. Each tartan represents a family or clan. The tassels as you call them are horse hair sporrans hidden behind the hair a leather pouch to hold money and a whisky flask. Yes there will be women in the bands playing drums and bagpipes. In Edinburgh every day the Military Pipes and Drums march up the Royal Mile from Holyrood Palace to the Castle for the changing of the Guard. Check with the Scottish Tourist Board for timings. Every day at one o'clock they fire the gun from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle. Definitely worth a visit.
You seem puzzled when the senior drum major passes vocal instructions to band sergeants and majors. He is telling the to assemble at 10 minutes to 6 outside the Stewart Arms Pub. Before giving them the word of command to fall out. Actually the massed bands played several tunes during their march watch again and see if you can hear where the melody changes.
Enjoy your visit to Scotland, lots of things to see and do, be sure to sample the traditional food and drink, and enjoy some Scottish Country Dancing.
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.
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.
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.
Hi. I'm born and bread in Scotland very proud of my Scottish heritage, Angela I want to say thank you for your enthusiasm and smiles to the bag pipers. I am sure you loved Scotland and I hope you visit my country again
Love from Scotland ❤
Gloster-sha ! The end bit is the same as most Americans say 'New Hampshire' but with a lighter 'R' at the end. ! Cant wait to see your first Scottish vlog!
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 !
Imagine the fear in the enemy As they came pipe in over the hill.
I'm not Scottish but that gave me goosebumps.
Lyrics:
Hark when the night is falling
Hear! hear the pipes are calling
Loudly and proudly calling
Down through the glen
There where the hills are sleeping
Now feel the blood a-leaping
High as the spirits
Of the old Highland men
Towering in gallant fame
Scotland my mountain hame
High may your proud standards, Gloriously wave
Land of my high endeavour
Land of the shining rivers
Land of my heart for ever
Scotland the brave
High in the misty Highlands
Out by the purple islands
Brave are the hearts that beat
Beneath Scottish skies
Wild are the winds to meet you
Staunch are the friends that greet you
Kind as the love that shines
From fair maidens' eyes
Far off in sunlit places
Sad are the Scottish faces
Yearning to feel the kiss
Of sweet Scottish rain
Where tropic skies are beaming
Love sets the heart a-dreaming
Longing and dreaming for the homeland again
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
This makes me proud to be Scottish hearing this.
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!
Scared the crap out of the Germans in the first world war when the pipers marched towards them
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.
As a Scot the bagpipes are in our hearts and soul.
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.
He is the Senior Pipe Major in command of the massed bands . The various tones of the kilts show the Clans of Scotland
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