Gaita española - Spanish Bagpipe

[epicous]

Does anyone like Spanish bagpipe?
Here are some examples:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41D3Y44DWDL._AA240_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Brotherhood-Stars-Carlos-Nunez/dp/B000003EU1/ref=pd_sim_m_1_img

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PWX64N8GL._AA240_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Tierra-Nadie-Hevia/dp/B00000JJO2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195697073&sr=1-1

[greytop]

In brief -NO! :D
The only time I liked the bagpipes in Scotland were when there was a lone piper on a castle wall playing a lament. They really sound like they were made for that type of music. Give me a good fiddle (violin) anytime.

[richardksa]

I think a lone piper is as it should be ...... very alone! ;)

[Ben]

For those of you that have not had the pleasure (headache :) ).....

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[ribeirasacra]

As we live in Galicia we cannot escape the Gaitas. Here is a link to our Youtube videos.Ya18u36ZMKU
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Going through our collection of music you should add to your list the following groups/singers:

Alan Stivell
Bagad De Lann-Bihoné
Bagad Kemper
Briganthya
Dan Ar Braz
Milladoiro
Slainté
Susana Seivane
Wolfstone
Xose Foxo

Not all from Galicia but all have the same vibe.
Hevia plays an electric gaita!

[ribeirasacra]

Missed something here...how do you embed videos?:confused::confused::confused:

[tad]

Missed something here...how do you embed videos?:confused::confused::confused:

You put the youtube code (the bit after the = sign between the code your code[/youtube (both are between sq brackets I've missed the last bracket off)
for your first that would be your code Ya18u36ZMKU

which gives [youtube]Ya18u36ZMKU

looks like someone's done it for you, which has removed the code -and buggered up my explanation a bit :mad:

[Ben]

Tad nailed the video embedding, thanks. For more info and other video types, see here (http://www.notesfromspain.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9966&postcount=3)

[ribeirasacra]

Thanks to those that helped us...silly we should have looked before posting. :blush:

[tad]

The bits I heard sounded more flutelike than the Scottish version -which sounds like somebody trampling on a bagful of cats.

[eldeano]

somebody trampling on a bagful of cats.

Who would want to do a thing like that? :mad:

[richardksa]

Who would want to do a thing like that? :mad:
How many members have we got now! ;D

[tad]

How many members have we got now! ;D
:)

On the subject of Spanish Bagpipe players (on-topic) I think that Carlos Nuñéz is a young man that should face up to the reality of his hairline.:p

[colinhenning]

Hey, lets take it easy on Pipers. We have it a bit harder than you guys. We have to listen to it. We don't have the option of leaving.

[tad]

Hey, lets take it easy on Pipers. We have it a bit harder than you guys. We have to listen to it. We don't have the option of leaving.

I saw your profile picture colin, what sort of pipes are they? (don't say bag) I wouldn't have thought there was a big bagpipe movement in West Virginia:p

[colinhenning]

I play the Great Highland Bagpipe, as seen below. Apologies, my poor camera doesn't take loud reverberating sound so well.



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[greytop]

Thanks for that Colin. Now if Tad and yourself can get together with the video camera the possibilities are endless ;)

[eldeano]

Now if Tad and yourself can get together with the video camera the possibilities are frightening ;)

Just spotted the one error. :)

[tad]

I play the Great Highland Bagpipe, as seen below. Apologies, my poor camera doesn't take loud reverberating sound so well.

Fenomenal, ¡sí!

[robinshanson]

Slightly off topic but my biggest headache every was the day after I volunteered to work the gate of the Philadelphia Scottish Society gathering. The gate was next to the bagpipe tuning tent. For some reason someone thought that a couple of mm of canvas would stop the sound.

And I think Milladoiro are great!

Chao,

Robin

[colinhenning]

Tuning the pipes is a pain known only to a few.

[Edith]

Give me a good fiddle (violin) anytime.

My favorite folk instruments are the guitar, the fiddle and the harmonica/bandoneon.