Farewell to the Creeks

Me playing the 6/8 march 'Farewell to the Creeks' on my Hugh MacPherson pipes (made mid '70s) with Canning high pitched drone reeds and Colin Kyo poly chanter with medium Warnock reed.

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• Bagpipes
• doedelzak
• MacPherson
• Colin Kyo
• Dudelsack

[macfearsons]

My father Hugh MacPherson passed at age 85 Dec 2009, Happened and found this vid. He was a stream/creek fisherman. I enjoyed this with a tear, most thanks.

Scott Duncan MacPherson

[scoutcow]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for your comment. Both my dad and me have played these pipes with a lot of pleasure!

I whish you and your family all the best processing the passing of your father!

Gilian

[zufbarthesilent]

Good work! We have the same hair, but I can't play the bag pipes like that

[bruar21]

Sorry, nothing to do with Creek Indians - written in memory of creeks and inlets along Moray coast by Portknockie, where the composer PM J Robertson, Gordon Highlanders came from. (he was a distant relation).

A favourite tune - have you tried playing it in a set with Boyndie HIlls, also by JR?

[jreinke4]

@macfearsons interesting... Did you know the tune was named Farewell to the Creeks as an honor and farewell to the Creek Indians

[DrummerGene]

Well done....very sweet tune

[nursien]

i got a question... the high pitched canning reeds make your dronetube larger or shorter? should i prefer them for pipes that the regular reeds make the tube shorter?

[brassexpert]

Nice movements, and I like the sound of your drones! Have you used tried cane reeds? It might be worth a try, especially with a good set like that.

Thanks for helping me ID a tune I heard before but never knew the name to :D

[GOBRAGH2]

I've never heard MacPherson pipes before as I get exposed to brands like Shepard, Nails, Sinclairs, Dunbars, Hardees and Robertson. In comparison to those MacPherson pipes sound good! Good job playing! Sounded great!

[scoutcow]

You have to play it with bellows, wich is a pretty hard technique and you have to play chords by opening valves with your wrists while playing.

They say it takes at least 7 years to learn to play it.