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.
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.
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.
@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.
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.:-)
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.
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!!
I'm a soft Southern you know what but have always loved Johnny Handle and the High Level Ranters. My late brother and I bought everything they ever released. Now I can't get enough of Kathryn Tickell. Seen both live and love the pipes. Who wouldn't.
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.
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.
I mc'd for Kathryn and Lynn Tocker many moons ago at the Chelmsford YMCA Folk club. Bloody marvelous then and still Bloody marvelous !! Love the Northumbrian pipes.
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.
Don't know which I love more, Lovely Kathryn and her touch on the pipes, or the sound of the pipes themselves....sure, its Kathryn, then. Cheers, then!
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. ❤️🙏🏾🌏
Very informative and appreciate your talent. But i had to watch it twice, distracted as I was by your charm and stiking beauty. Give us fellows a moment to catch up!
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.
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.
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.
Love the sound. A mate of mine, here in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of NSW, makes (and plays) the Irish elbow pipes; they sound amazing as well. Ian's mate Dicky Deegan works magic on the things.
Excellent!! One of the main feature of this type of pipe is the player can also SING!! essential in small community gatherings passing on what is " local history" to those descendants who could not write or read.
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
Really Amazing! I play, not particularly well, a number of instruments. I'd love a chance to play the pipes, unique,(to us Americans) stringed instruments and the like. Incredible at what our humans have put together through the ages. And not even a handful has any clue of today. Thank You for a great morning wake up!❤
Learned more about bagpipes in less than 4 minutes than in the rest of my entire life.
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.
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.
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 😂😂😂
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 imagined Georgie children running mob-handed to pick your pockets.
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. ; )
The Northumbrian pipes sound much cleaner and melodic than any other pipes I have heard.
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!
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!
The beauty of this kind of pipe is you could sing too. No matter, your pipe- playing is very expressive with or without singing.
I came for the pipes but stayed for her. What a sweet young lady!💕
Oh she is rather lovely I must agree!! 😁🥰
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.
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 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
Something reaches into your soul when you listen to the pipes. Love it, and thanks for introducing me to the Northumbrian ones.
I really like the tone of those pipes. I’ve never seen or heard those pipes before, thank you.👍👍
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.
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 wish you could have played forever. Lovely and beautiful sound. Lovely and beautiful musicianship. And,yes,a lovely and beautiful piper.
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
Thanks for teaching the world about this little known instrument.
I'm from United States and this is so beautiful!!!
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!!
What a fascinating instrument.
Lovely, simply lovely...and the pipes were nice too!
Excellent!!!
I and yon neighbors found this bonnie lass thoroughly enchanting.
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Seen Kathryn tickell a few times....always excellent.
What magic you weave. Thank you for the love you find and give in your music. Dr. K
Excellent overview of the instrument. Very interesting.
Thank you for teaching me how these Northumbrian - smallpipes operate.
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.
Very cool. I never knew those existed. Beautiful!
The elbow pipes have a sound all of their own. They're mellow and moving and incredibly beautiful.
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.
Thanks Kathryn.
Great to see you spreading the word, and the music.
I'm a soft Southern you know what but have always loved Johnny Handle and the High Level Ranters. My late brother and I bought everything they ever released. Now I can't get enough of Kathryn Tickell. Seen both live and love the pipes. Who wouldn't.
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.
Beautiful Kathryn, the best Northumbrian piper!
What a lovely talent, with soft, efficient hands and a great ear… effortless execution and comfort on a great set of pipes! 😊👍
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?
You are so beautiful when you play those pipes. I loved it.
I mc'd for Kathryn and Lynn Tocker many moons ago at the Chelmsford YMCA Folk club. Bloody marvelous then and still Bloody marvelous !! Love the Northumbrian pipes.
I had to wipe tears from my eyes to see enough to write this compliment to a beautiful sound.
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 Ms. Kathryn Tickell for this wonderful video ! It made my day.
Grand artistry through a superb medium--your heart comes through the instrument so well.
omg how in love i am with Tickell lass :) specially as she plays fiddle too, what a musician
Brilliant, love the haunting sound. No tubes full of spittle, that's a bonus!
was looking for uilleann pipes but glad i seen this. Never knew about these pipes. Reminds me of Tudor music. Wonderful sound.
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
when you actually started playing it made my eyes well up
That’s because they are.
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
Kathryn a lovely Northumbrian lass
wonderful intro to the small pipes . Thank you Kathryn
Very touching to hear a woman of depth Cheers from Canada
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 .
It's a lovely sound and thanks for explaining how the instrument works. Georgious mellow sound.
Very informative, thank you very much for taking the time to upload. Great watch, keep playing.
I tip my cap to you, Kathryn. Very well done! and beautiful sound.
As a string player (violin/viola) I was quite impressed that you have a way to effectively do vibrato on your pipes!
Thank you for making me cry and miss home.
Don't know which I love more, Lovely Kathryn and her touch on the pipes, or the sound of the pipes themselves....sure, its Kathryn, then. Cheers, then!
Came here from the opening song in The Wicker Man (1973). Great sound
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. ❤️🙏🏾🌏
Beautiful visual. Beautiful voice. Beautiful sound. Thank you for such loveliness and daydream. Felt like flying over a field of green. :)
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!
Love from newcastle, love the Northumbrian pipes.
Wow! The first note took me straight back to Sting's album "The Soul Cages". Beautiful. Thanks for posting it.
Very informative and appreciate your talent. But i had to watch it twice, distracted as I was by your charm and stiking beauty. Give us fellows a moment to catch up!
You gut to love a woman with small pipes :)
Lovely introduction and awesome vibrato I think I've never heard before!
Cheers and stay safe
Enchanting, dreamy, evocative and spectacular all at once!
Great intro to an instrument family that has always been a mystery to me. Thank you!
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.
Simply splendid music lassie-from a Scottish fan.
why aye! Scots and Geordies are the same, marra!
Fascinating -- and what an absolutely beautiful sound!
Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful video ! You are very talented not only in music but speaking as well. Very enlightening video , thank you.
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.
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.
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.
Love the sound. A mate of mine, here in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of NSW, makes (and plays) the Irish elbow pipes; they sound amazing as well. Ian's mate Dicky Deegan works magic on the things.
Crazy sounds out of it, then all of a sudden, beautiful music. Impressive musicianship.
I love hearing the pipes play...my favorite song is Molly Ban.
Thanks for sharing this. So nice to get the details on these lovely instruments.
Great explanation. Quite amazed to find out how the varied pitches/tones are achieved. Thank you kindly.
Just beautiful. Well done!
Your lovely voice is music to my ears.
Excellent!! One of the main feature of this type of pipe is the player can also SING!! essential in small community gatherings passing on what is " local history" to those descendants who could not write or read.
What a cool instrament! Nicely played. Always like to listen to "the pipes"
Saw this lady over 20 years ago in Winchester she captivated me then as well beautiful northern lass
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
WOW!!!!!!!! THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE SOUNDING INSTRUMENT!!! THANKS FOR THAT DEMONSTRATION, AND EXPLANATION!!! ;D
What a wonderful clear sound.
Really Amazing!
I play, not particularly well, a number of instruments.
I'd love a chance to play the pipes, unique,(to us Americans) stringed instruments and the like.
Incredible at what our humans have put together through the ages.
And not even a handful has any clue of today.
Thank You for a great morning wake up!❤
Beautiful, very very nice.☘🧚♂️🇮🇪
Never heard of such a thing but you nail it.