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We've all heard countless bagpipe jokes over the years, but it turns out that the darn things can literally kill you.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
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Sitting there in the article.
The only place I hear bagpipe jokes is here.
At the Australian War Memorial we hold a 'Last Post' ceremony every day except Xmas Day.
There is always a bag-piper.
Get OVER it, okay!?
Having paraded mostly to pipes and drums, and being used to them, I regard military brass bands as a poor second for marching to.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Never understood why.
Not a lot of Marching going on here!
... the "Irish cop" tradition that exists (or used to exist) in some pats of the country? Irish are not Scots of course but they are closely connected in some ways.
Scotland is named after an Irish tribe, the Scotti.
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Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
It is my understanding that the Irish never enthused over the bagpipes quite as enthusiastically as the Scots did, and do. So the two are somewhat different in that way at least.Correct me if I'm wrong about this.
Edits: 08/27/16
Bagpipes are central to much Irish traditional music, and you didn't know? LOL!Uillean pipes, and Great Irish Warpipes?
Indeed much of Europe's early music uses a bagpipe of some kind.
I love the sound of well played bagpipes, lots of people do, too.
The 3-drone type are popular in most countries with a British past. Like India, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, ....... Hundreds of millions of people
A lament for the pipes is one of the most moving musical experiences available. The one played at the Last Post ceremony is always "The Flowers of the Forest".
Silly prejudices about them used to simply puzzle me.
Now I see it as willfully stupid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR87LsmXzBs
Even your USMC has members who love them.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 08/27/16
Most of the Irish folk I've heard so far, I cannot stand to listen to. I do like some American folk music supposedly inspired by the Irish folk stuff, but that's about it.
Enjoy it for yourself. I shall continue to stay away, I don't much like the sound of any bagpipes I've heard.
...after me lucky charms.
dh
Do bagpipe players regularly clean their instruments?
If the answer is "yes", maybe the problem wasn't the instrument, but the player's improper maintenance.
If you watch footage of classical orchestral performances, you'll see the wind and brass musicians cleaning their instruments *during* the performance. Long-enough passages in which they aren't playing.
It's True!!!
The accordion being the sanitary superior.A gentleman knows how to play either but defers to play both.
Sad but true.
Edits: 08/23/16
Some wag once defined an accordian as a bagpipe with pleats.
But didn't realize they can kill the player, as well :)
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What?
I can't hear you...
Our band was bagpipes and drums. Best marching music ever.When a single piper played in the mess, he was usually given a quaich of whisky to drink at the end.
If it was a ladies night, the entire band played and we had highland dancing.
Yes it's loud, but it stirs the blood. :-)!
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 08/30/16
My theory/composition professor told us about it...something like "You think YOU'VE got it tough...bagpipers can be killed by a fungus that grows in the bag!" This is the first time I've heard about it since, about 25 years now. You'd think it would be more on players' radar as serious as it can be.
dh
This fungus is apparently a threat to horn and reed players as well. A great saxophonist friend of mine suffered from lung problems (scarring from pneumonia) and other health issues for years. He passed away two years ago. We have no evidence that mold caused his problems, but this article makes me wonder . . .
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