The Highland Sessions: canntaireachd

[BaldGrace]

Apart from her lovely sound, and the coolness of actually performing this, I have to say that I love Rona Lightfoot's name.

[PoitinCZ]

will you have a listen to this lot?

[DudarNZ]

2:35 starts High Road to Linton, Reel

[mhicnanolc]

It seems to me that The Rankin Family sang a Gàidhlig song to that tune on one of their early albums.

[mhicnanolc]

Found it on their first album "Bodachan A'Mhìrein"

[Alosnup]

Excellent the hability of that woman ! and Alain McDonald is so a awesome piper.

[stcefce]

how would someone learn a pipe tune with a mouth harp?

[urikadoori]

I love the minimalistic setting!

By the way, the title "canntaireachd" is slightly misleading. The actual Canntaireachd doesn't start till about 2:14.

[perrypiobaireachd]

your right.... only this kind of cantaireachd is with Gaelic accent ... the man with the mouth gitaar thingie ( allan macdonald )

this man knows how to sing it right....

It's a shame there so less cantaireachd singing on you tube...

[urikadoori]

Allan is really amazing. I love both his singing and piping. The instrument he's playing here is called Jew's Harp and it's common throughout Europe. In Norway it's called Munnharpe, I haven't seen it used often in Scottish/Irish music though..

[perrypiobaireachd]

I bought a "jew harp"a few years ago in scotland...now i know what is cald thank you.. p

[SPARTANDUDE123]

@urikadoori yeah, it gives off a sort of drone effect

[pml08usaf]

Was it a song prior to that point? It sounded more like words, but I wouldn't know since I don't speak Scots Gaelic.

[cosinbrother]

wonderful! tá se go iontach :)

[mhicnanolc]

Nevermind... Rona Lightfoot

[mhicnanolc]

Anybody catch the name of the woman singing?

[BardofCornwall]

I love the minimal arrangement. Very interesting.

[UISTMAN59]

Other have said it before but I'll say it anyway - The cainntearachd is found from 2:14 to 3:19. Not three bad.

[lttljimi]

svenax,

Before written music came onto the scene, that IS how bagpipe tunes were learned.

[alasdaircorbett]

I remember learning this tune on the bagpipes and my tutor using canntaireachd when he was teaching me... as liamindc says this is not quite canntaireachd but it's great to hear it with other instruments. :)

[liamindc]

You have to wait til the second tune to hear the piping canntaireachd ...

[svenax]

That was nice, but it really doesn't have anything to do with piping canntaireachd as she says in the beginning of the clip.

[animalunaris]

This really grows on you!

[mamajw2]

I am Canadian and this reminds me of the Inuit Throat Singing.