@4dbandit I cross-checked it with another video, and he did play a bit of an akward birl. I know it's unusual for someone like Alex Gandy to make mistakes like that, but he is not at the very upper echelon of pipers just yet. He'll be with Gordon Walker, Murray Henderson, Angus MacColl and the likes soon, but even players as good as the three forementioned make mistakes. Otherwise there would be no winners or losers in the Glenfiddich!
@4dbandit I thought I heard that. I think it wasn't a completely flub because the movement was clear. It was just not as crisp and short as one would like it to be.
@MrHoohoodragon Just to be clear, I hold Alex Gandy in the highest regard, and don't mean to malign him in any way. It is unusual for me to hear any mistakes at his level, and it may well be some distortion in the audio of this video, and not any playing fault.
Awesome reel. Classy transition into hornpipe too. 3rd and 4th of Hornpipe real cool too. I like how you play more technically challenging tunes than most would for solos and nail it, in stride. It's admirable. What was the reel called?
Awsome set of pipes... simply put.
J2OLDS 3 months ago
David Wilton didn't compete in 2011, he played in 2010.
agandy7 5 months ago
David Wilton played much more better than Alex and even you may listen to a false birl played from Alex at the begining
macsalvi 5 months ago
Just search "Alex Gandy 1st Gold Medal MSR Winter Storm 2011"
MrHoohoodragon 8 months ago
@4dbandit I cross-checked it with another video, and he did play a bit of an akward birl. I know it's unusual for someone like Alex Gandy to make mistakes like that, but he is not at the very upper echelon of pipers just yet. He'll be with Gordon Walker, Murray Henderson, Angus MacColl and the likes soon, but even players as good as the three forementioned make mistakes. Otherwise there would be no winners or losers in the Glenfiddich!
MrHoohoodragon 8 months ago
@4dbandit I thought I heard that. I think it wasn't a completely flub because the movement was clear. It was just not as crisp and short as one would like it to be.
MrHoohoodragon 8 months ago
@MrHoohoodragon Just to be clear, I hold Alex Gandy in the highest regard, and don't mean to malign him in any way. It is unusual for me to hear any mistakes at his level, and it may well be some distortion in the audio of this video, and not any playing fault.
4dbandit 8 months ago
Awesome reel. Classy transition into hornpipe too. 3rd and 4th of Hornpipe real cool too. I like how you play more technically challenging tunes than most would for solos and nail it, in stride. It's admirable. What was the reel called?
-RJ
nunapb 11 months ago
Does anyone know the name of the jig?
1994piper 11 months ago
Does anyone know what drones he has been playing this season?
jdpipes 1 year ago