Border pipes for dancing

[raonipaes]

This brings so many feelings....its like I've heard it many times before, very familiar to me.

[summc65]

amazing, been suited more with a fiddle not a guitar along ,but god bless the lad who played ,was great''

[dubhslaine2]

Sounds very pleasant. Are his drones going?

[ameliorosa]

Just lovely.

[pipermash]

Did anyone say what this tune is? Can the score be purchased?

[tradivarium]

The 1st one is called "Tenth anniversary waltz", the 2nd one "Stamford" - both compositions of Jon himself.

Printed versions (melody & chords) of both in "Blowzabella - new tunes for dancing" (a great tunebook BTW!) - it should be possible to order it through Blowzabella's website.

[stevieyeye]

the pastoral pipes and the border pipes both come from the anglo scottish border so why not call both of them border pipes. true eh ? steve laird

[stevieyeye]

these are border pipes in low D. they are exactly the same as the pastoral pipes which is what they really should be called. i will pick up my set today at jon swaynes house. steve laird

[arkhatych]

What is this lovely tune???

[BagpipeNic]

These border pipes are in Low C my friends, it is what we call in french denomination a "23 pouces" (23 inches long chanter)

[Shalinar45]

What a WONDERFUL and lilting tune! It took me right there to Scotland from Anchorage, Alaska! I picture little Crofts and the farmyard, all green and lush...MORE, MORE!

[fagottist]

they are not scottish. i don't think. posibly from somewhere like holland or the low countries. they had a fe bagpipes like that one.

[Dagvalda]

pretty sure they're border pipes

[irateofwatford]

Mr Swayne's (English) border pipes, they are, too - but the chanter design is influenced by French bagpipe technology which gives you those extrs few notes on top of the octave.

[gajda1984]

these are pastoral pipes.

[bagpipediscsdotcom]

They are what Jon Swayne sells as Border Pipes and are his own evolution of the old border pipes from the Anglo Scottish border. However his chanter design owes much to French chanter design and he builds them in a variety of keys not just the original A. This set is in D. Incidentally he has made pastoral pipes as well.

[nateprentice]

Question: where can I find music for that tune?

[ipi5hl]

northumbrian half long pipes

[seonidh]

not quite its a mix of border pipes (scottish and English) with french pipe tones

[ipi5hl]

border pipes is another name for northumbrian half long pipes (not to be confused with the more common northumbrian small pipes)

[seonidh]

Lol actually the Northumberland, half-long pipes, term referring to surviving examples from the 1920's when there was a partially successful attempt to revive the instrument. It is known as the Border pipes and not just to one side of the border ;)

[seonidh]

It also sounds like a pastoral pipe the ancestor of the union and Uilleann pipes :)

[bagpipeplayer]

It sounds like a set of uilleann pipes, makes me shudder just to think about the finger stretch.

[Pipezilla]

Does Jon sell these low D borderpipe chanters? sounds great

[bagpipediscsdotcom]

Yes

[Pipezilla]

Does he have a website?

[kneeonbelly]

I love the sound of those pipes. I would mistake it for a stringed instrument.

[UkiPiper]

one more question, does any one know the name of the tune? and or where i can find the music?

[cabrettaire]

It is called "Tenth Anniversary Waltz" to befound in "Blowzabella, new tunes for dancing" ISBN 0-9549013-0-4

[celtrock]

That is a chanter by his own making, the Jon Swayne low D Borderpipe Chanter. There is no sound like them, especially in his own hands, it's friggin' magic!

[UkiPiper]

what kind of chanter is that, its huge, i love it ?

[apologeticsman]

must have made for an Ent, like on Lord Of The Rings

[HeavenPrayer]

i love that sound

[Robinom]

Bagpipes with guitar