cheotra o hodro at Kilbryde Castle

This nameless tune from the Campbell Canntaireachd is known as chehotra o hodro, which is a vocal translation of the first 2 bars. If you wish to know more about the story behind this music, visit the Piobaireachd Society website at http://www.piobaireachd.co.uk/. There is a button on the left of the home page called "The Search" - which will take you to the document explaining the Campbell Canntaireachd, and our search for the lost 3rd volume.
Peter McCalister piping a piobaireachd (pibroch) on the bagpipes.

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[pipermac]

Thanks for the info, Peter...Wow, you sold those??? Can't wait to see what you replaced them with!! LOL. I wonder if you could give me a rough idea of what pitch you are at...I noticed your tenors are high up on the pins, like those featured on Atherton's site in his MacDougall bore section.

George

[petermccalister]

Hi George - there should be an article on my new bagpipe in the Piping Times soon, that will explain everything

Yes the pitch was a bit low then, I now play a little bit higher = nicer and brighter. Of course with the new adaptable reeds you can set them to where you will, but the drones have always tuned with lots of hemp visable, which surprised me. The pitch of bagpipes generally has certainly risen since the drones were made over 100 years ago - yet the drones still tune there - puzzling

[pipermac]

Just wondering what kind of setup you are playing, Peter.

Good stuff!

[petermccalister]

Hi Pipermac

actually now that I look at it , I think I would re-record the thing and use a less hard chanter reed! The drones are cocuswood Duncan MacDouagall (now sold to Jim MacGillivray), with a Strathmore chanter, and the full synthetic set-up (shock, horror) of eazidrone reeds in a Ross bag with tubes etc

glad you liked it, I think the tune may come out in the next Piob Soc book (Book 16 or 17)

kind regards

Peter

[molduche]

There is a little mistake in the title , it is chehotra , and not cheotra .

In the Campbell canntaireachd , o is B and ho is C.

[petermccalister]

Hi there

thanks for pointing this out - I actaully noticed it a few months ago, and yes it was a dim error. But the name is now on various other sites, including the piobaireachd society, so it will take me a bit of time to get it changed (and all the links changed) - a job for the long winter nights I reckon

Kind regards

Peter

[simonmchadwick]

@Tullibardine Yes Barnaby's recording was in 1999, and you can get it online at his triplepipe website.

[Tullibardine]

Barnaby Brown has recorded this as well, possibly before this recording

[petermccalister]

thanks - I thought on looking it that I got a bit carried away at the end - but then again, why not?

to my knowledge it has not been recorded before - not published in any book except the Campbell Canntaireachd. I think the Piobaireachd Society might put it in one of their new books (16 and 17) which they are working on

If you are interested, keep your eyes open for that lost 3rd volume of the Canntaireachd - I think it may be outside Scotland

Peter

[MANDVM]

Lovely tune, and not one I'd heard before. Well done.