Easy introductions to Piobaireachd?

[FlightMedic]

Good morning,
I’d like to learn more but without hearing the non-English words pronounced, I find the majority of written history and material to be a bit difficult to understand.

Are there any podcasts or YouTube videos that do a good job of explaining the history and practice of piobaireachd?

Not looking to learn playing (I have a long way to go before I’ll be capable of that) but would like to learn everything I can about this important part of piping.

-Will

[Andrew Lenz]

Re: Easy introductions to Piobaireachd?

Not sure about a podcast or video, but some basic piobaireachds are not overly difficult. Or you could just learn the ground/urlar—essentially the musical theme of the tune—which is typically about two minutes and not complex. It's when you get into advanced variations (like a crunluath a mach) that it's beyond newish pipers. (I have to admit there's a sense of satisfaction when I play the rippling notes of a crunluath a mach!)

One of my first tunes was the piobaireachd Duncan MacRae of Kintail's Lament. (Or at least the ground of it.) A quick Google search yielded a 1988 article about the tune:
https://bagpipe.news/2020/12/06/stor...ntails-lament/
There are no doubt versions of it on YouTube.

Andrew

[BGP]

Re: Easy introductions to Piobaireachd?

Not exactly what you're looking for but there's this

https://youtu.be/wWtnndzhy3E

[John Dally]

Re: Easy introductions to Piobaireachd?

Search Barnaby Brown on YouTube for different resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D16Ezmli-FM

The altpibroch web site has a page with Gaelic pronunciation as well as loads of other information: https://www.altpibroch.com/gaelic/

There's also the Canntaireachd Project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecanntaireachdproject

I hope this helps.

[FlightMedic]

Re: Easy introductions to Piobaireachd?

Not exactly what you're looking for but there's this

https://youtu.be/wWtnndzhy3E

This was very helpful (and quite enjoyable), Thank you!

-Will