I’m a 32 year old professional Highland Piper and whistle player from Dundee, Scotland. I also play border/reel pipes, Irish Uilleann pipes and accordion.
Current Pipe Major of the Vale of Atholl. Former member of the Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band (2016).
Red Hot Chilli Piper since 2011.
Recorded bagpipes for the Disney/Pixar hit movie, Brave, and DreamWorks Animations, How To Your Dragon 2 & 3.
I’m done trying to get a consistent true scale out this thing. Even on low a, it suddenly sounds like a short wave radio. I’ve tried all sorts of settings. It’s fit for the bin if it just produces so much frustration. Years ago in the early 2000s, I had an electronic pipe made by David Nail. It was great. I wish I hadn’t sold it when I was a bit short of cash.
Beautiful march , Shotts made some job of this at Worlds 2024 . Lovely playing and sound on this chanter video . A real ear catching traditional march . Thank you .
They sound amazing! I watched this video soon after you posted it and thought maybe one day I might add a set to my own collection. Now, I have my order in and I can't wait to play them. Without realizing it I ordered the same blackwood and ivory (no metal) setup you have. Do you still think the Ezeedrone and Kinaird reeds are the way to go? I have Cannings in my set of Hendersons and they sound great, but I know Fred's pipes are a whole other beast.
Congrats on getting a set on order, Brian, you'll love them honestly! Also very exciting that they're taking orders- looking forward to seeing the rest of the product line up! I've ended up putting a Willie McCallum Bannatyne bag on them with a trap dri bottle and the Bannatyne dri Flo system. Still got the ezees in and the Kinnaird, can't beat it!
Hey man what’s the embellishment with all the high A strikes called? And how do you get them consistent on the pipes. I can do it on the practice chanter, buts it’s a different story on the pipes
Just received mine. Wanted to venture into the world of bagpipes but silently....I plan on using it in a live setting down the road a bit. A bit of practicing between now and then however!😁 Fortunately, for everyone in the immediate area....very quietly!
I still wonder about myself: I have taken the habit of wearing it upside down from you, and often standing up... I admit that I'm too lazy to test the other version... What do you think ? 🤔
So glad you mentioned this! I didn’t discover High B (apart from those who had keyed smallpipe chanters) that you could indeed reach High B and I believe even High C natural! It’s absolutely nuts but totally works, a lot of trad borderpipe repertoire has these notes- well worth checking out! Matt Seattle is good at reaching the high notes. If I remember correctly it’s B on the bottom hand (of course) but with your left hand thumb half covering the hole with a bit of added pressure on the bag too. Pretty cool!
@@KyleHowie Wow thanks for this info. I'll try it out and get back to you. I find myself wanting to play high B quite a lot and I'm always disappointed when I just give up and drop down to F or whatever..
@@KyleHowiethe high B works like a charm! I am especially smitten with the G# and the high B on my Naills. F nat is slightly weak but all of the other notes work like a charm. I'm off to the races!
