One of my favorite times was when we were volunteering at a summer youth camp in the mountains and joined with an old order Mennonite congregation for worship. Singing those old hymns in vocal harmony was such a good experience. I love acapella harmonized singing. Such fun.
We are given pipe instruments as humans. Our voices. We are commanded to sing Praises to God. It is worshipping. A sweet smell raised to God. Thank you for your appropriate descriptions on this channel. God bless you all. From Bakersfield California USA.
We have teenagers in the area that drive by bumping their base speakers for all to hear. The thought of something even close to that sound coming from a buggy with a couple of young guys in it just makes me smile for some reason :) Long live the teenage years lol
One of the most beautiful sounds that I heard. Was the singing at the Amish family reunion that I went to. English family members were invited. My grandfather was my link to it was his family. Two songs were in English and songs two were in German. At the family reunion the English family members were the interesting ones to the Amish.
I've learned that by making these videos...I'm from NC but have traveled a lot and there may be an unconscious Amish influence? I'm just not really conscious of it when speaking, I just speak:)
Yes, their o's sound like e's. And because is becuz. It's a lovely accent. And I am really enjoying learning about the Amish. I've visited Lancaster County and Shipshewana.
I really appreciate you making this video! I recently moved to PA just outside of Lancaster. I teach classical music as a side hobby and was hoping to pick up students from the local community. Unfortunately my specialty is stringed instruments which seems to be the group most frowned upon by the Amish. Have you known any Amish to take interest in classical music/notation? I ask because I thought some types of classical music would be appealing to Amish/Mennonites because of the religious themes and traditional sound. My other question is do you know any Amish/Mennonites that play the bowed psaltery or mountain dulcimer? I ask because the areas in which those instruments are played overlaps with their territories. I apologize for the specificity of my questions. I plan on asking the Amish myself I just haven't found the right opportunity. I really appreciate your wisdom on this.
This video definitely exceeded expectations. I can kinda see the thing with Amish liking country and harmonicas. It just suits them I guess. Amish with bass speaker in their buggies is not what I expected though XD The similarity to Gaelic psalm singing is really uncanny. It makes me sad that many on my Gaelic side of the family have lost this musical tradition, especially religious-style.
The Old Order Amish I know in Lancaster County also love Daniel and Emma Lynn Glick and the various Mennonite acapella singing groups. The first family I met also has a full-size battery powered keyboard that the older children learned to play in 14-year-old school. That surprised me, but they lean toward the liberal side of the OO church so... :)
I figure that if God gave you the gift of being able to play an instrument, then why waste that gift. I'm glad He gave me the gift of playing the accordion, of which I mostly only play at church.
My husband and I were in Lancaster this weekend, and we were in Bird In Hand and this young man about 15 walked past my car and I would have sworn he had ear buds in his ears. I wonder now , but I'm thinking it may have been. Now I'm wondering what he was listening to. Lol. I did want to mention to you, I paid attention and noticed, lots of kick bikes, this weekend, which had gorgeous weather. Also , the buggy ARE grey. I was so excited, I was yelling out to my husband, look grey, they are grey. Lol. I love Lancaster, there was a huge benefit sale Saturday, lots of Amish selling all kinds of things. I think it was for the church. Bought whoopee pies, but no snitz pie 😢
ken i am a japanese. [ brandenberger family] is my favorite bluegrass and gospel amish family. line-up of members are father victor(guitar), kids angela(fiddle),bethany(mandolin),melanie(bass ),alex(banjo). they seem to live in grabill, indiana. please tell me if you know the details.
Hi Ken - I've seen their videos before, great music. So Brandenberger would be an Amish surname, and though uncommon, it is found in that Grabill-area community. They have a general Amish appearance but going by the fact they have this RUclips channel I would guess that this family is no longer with the church, though still maintaining Amish customs (clothing, etc). I don't know their story, but that's my best guess here
@@AmishAmerica thank you for your quick reply. i understood the general situation. i understand that the interaction between the amish and non amish world includes delicate and complicated issues. thank you very much.
@@AmishAmerica (p.s)i`d like to ask you about relaitionship between brandenberger family and grabill amish community. we can think of three caises. 1 they are already off the amish community in grabill. 2 the amish community in grabill has acknowledged their music activities. 3 the kids are allowed to play music because they are in moratorium before being baptized.if they are baptized ,their music activity ends.which case does it fall into?
I like the idea of regulation technology and living a simpler life like the amish do but i am a Brazilian classical musician and i play many instruments such as trumpet and flute and i m learning the guitar. And i really like classical music and brazilian choro, and im not religious so amish isnt exactly what i would go for but many things about the amish i find very interesting and i have lots of respect for you
Good question or really two separate questions, thanks Jacob. I already have a vid planned for #1 but your second topic might make a great video too. In a nutshell Amish tend to get along with Mennonites and even cooperate on some levels (eg joint Amish-Old Order Mennonite schools in Lancaster Co), though "Mennonite" covers a wide range of people. Amish views of other groups within the Amish can vary, though there is a shared sense of identity - generally. But identity is definitely tied to the individual group and differences can be pretty stark. For instance the very plain Amish might look at the more progressive Amish as "closer to Mennonites" while the more progressive Amish can at times look down on the plainest. Not saying there is antagonism but there are natural "tribes" within the Amish and it's most evident in places where starkly different Amish groups live in close proximity. Hey come to think of it I might just use this comment as the startpoint for that video :)
I found this channel a few weeks ago and have been enjoying them. I became interested in the Amish several years ago having worked around them. Then more so when I became a Chaplain at Belmont Correctional Institute. I was excited to hear you mention John Schmid who was a volunteer for our Chaplaincy program. All of our residents loved John, especially the Amish. I too loved to hear John. Keep up the good work.
My last name is Amish , Haldeman. My ancestors settled in Bucks, Lehigh, Berks , Schuylkill and Lancaster counties. We are indirectly related to the Leiningger family at the Penn’s Creek Massacre. The Haldeman clan came here with Jacob Aman in 1727, Nicholas was the leader from Emmental River Valley , Switzerland
I thought that church singing was absolutely beautiful. I don't know if I've ever even seen an Amish person playing even harmonica now I have seen a small child out at Hidden Valley Greenhouse one of the grandsons he was just a little was walking around with a toy one. And I know that at the store that's right there they actually sell harmonicas in there they have toy ones and actual playing ones but then again a lot of English go there. And I will definitely be looking up that gentleman and thank you for a very nice video.
Thank you Debbi! I really enjoyed putting this one together with the music clips. John Schmid's songs put an automatic smile on my face, he's so good and really captures the humor and culture. The one friend I mention in this video, his small boys would get their own harmonicas too
@@AmishAmerica I hope they get to play with their dad a good bit and I did look up that gentleman and I just got done listening to the Amish wedding song in all honesty I was waiting for for him to say mischler but he did say Miller in that was Grandma Edith maiden name. It is a very funny song I'm going to go listen to some more what he has to say at first I couldn't find the music but I did find his page for prison Outreach and then I just went on the search menu in put in Amish wedding song and there he was. So I want to thank you for sending that piece of joy into my day you have yourself a nice evening.
Thanks, Eric. I have to tell you this is my favorite of your video channel so far. I appreciate the hymn book names and props for John Schmid. Grateful for this info!
Good question. I tend to think they knew. But Amish people also have a sense of humor...and are not saintly beings as people might expect. In any case looks like their dinner guests were entertained
My mom has some Amish friends that were made at a country music festival. A couple and a few friends who were not yet in the church and spent a handful of years living outside the community. They would always go to this yearly concert together until they eventually returned to join the church and be married. I find it weird that you can live with the great luxuries of life and then just walk away from it forever. That's some mighty willpower.
The local Mennonite church used to come carol for my elderly grandmother every Christmas season while she was living. It was a highlight of her holiday.
it’s not surprising that the Amish favor harmonicas and guitars: they’re two of the oldest instruments in existence, alongside and kind of flute(which I was surprised wasn’t mentioned)…it’s interesting that they have progressed enough to allow the use of the instruments at gatherings but i can see the main church services avoiding the use but allowing it afterward and with family
I raised a scandalized eyebrow at "Rocky Top" 🤣 I think I've mentioned the book about a little Amish girl that I read when I was about 9 years old. It took place probably in the 1950s (I read it in the late 1960s). A teen neighbor boy in the story got in trouble when he was caught singing "a song about a robin." I'm guessing it was Rockin' Robin. He apparently heard it illicitly on the single battery-operated radio they were allowed to keep in a barn to monitor the weather after a tornado had swept through the community the year before, causing loss of life. The boy was supposed to be monitoring the weather reports on the dedicated farming weather station, but got a bit bored and curious and changed the dial. As I listen to your descriptions and explanations, naturally I compare it to the descriptions in that book. It's interesting what's changed through the years and decades. Knowing that the bishop or elder makes the decision for each small community, based to the best of his fidelity to his interpretation of the Bible and the works that are considered holy in the Amish tradition, it would be interesting to sit in on the arguments that lead to adopting new items. Like with the adoption of the battery-operated radio, where the loss of life devastated the community, not just emotionally, but to the load of work on the farms, because they relied so heavily on one another. If the blacksmith was suddenly killed along with the son who was his apprentice, they were all in a tough spot for shoeing the horses. It would be like not being able to fix flat tires, leaving you stranded. But knowing that the warning system is available to notify the community to shelter in basements and get animals to safe shelter, it was decided that it was testing the Lord to shun the broadcast weather report. As I've mentioned elsewhere, that's not the wording that was used in the child's book I read at age 9, but that was the argument, and it was really interesting to learn how to discern decisions in life. It's actually been useful to me all these years, which is possibly one reason the story has stuck in my brain. I'll probably mention other bits and pieces of it in comments on your other videos. Don't consider replying - I'm sorry, but I never get notified of replies, and rarely think to go back to look for them. You don't even have to read my long comments. I never feel bad about typing so much because it helps your algorithm to get it out to more people. 😁
Thanks for a link to John's music and I must say in the opening of this and with some of their church singing has a very much resemblance to slave field work songs and their church singing of the Era also had that sound to it
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One of my favorite times was when we were volunteering at a summer youth camp in the mountains and joined with an old order Mennonite congregation for worship. Singing those old hymns in vocal harmony was such a good experience. I love acapella harmonized singing. Such fun.
We are given pipe instruments as humans. Our voices. We are commanded to sing Praises to God. It is worshipping. A sweet smell raised to God. Thank you for your appropriate descriptions on this channel. God bless you all. From Bakersfield California USA.
We have teenagers in the area that drive by bumping their base speakers for all to hear. The thought of something even close to that sound coming from a buggy with a couple of young guys in it just makes me smile for some reason :) Long live the teenage years lol
One of the most beautiful sounds that I heard. Was the singing at the Amish family reunion that I went to. English family members were invited. My grandfather was my link to it was his family. Two songs were in English and songs two were in German. At the family reunion the English family members were the interesting ones to the Amish.
I love your Amish videos.
What a special experience that must have been!
This channel is so interesting! Singing is like speaking to Christ 🙏
The stereo on the buggy was hilarious!
That John Schmid song is an absolute hoot. Everyone go listen!
love you from iran
Love this! ♥️ I'd love to hear the Original Amish music.
Plain fun!!😄👍😎
2:07: Sounds just like in Greenland!
The Amish and the Menonites are wonderful friendly people
You seem to speak with an accent. I was wondering if you got the accent from spending a lot of time with the Amish. I really enjoy your videos.
I've learned that by making these videos...I'm from NC but have traveled a lot and there may be an unconscious Amish influence? I'm just not really conscious of it when speaking, I just speak:)
He speaks like my brother, who is a ninth generation North Carolinan!
/o/ fronting - good to learn something new, thanks
Yes, their o's sound like e's. And because is becuz. It's a lovely accent. And I am really enjoying learning about the Amish. I've visited Lancaster County and Shipshewana.
I really appreciate you making this video! I recently moved to PA just outside of Lancaster. I teach classical music as a side hobby and was hoping to pick up students from the local community. Unfortunately my specialty is stringed instruments which seems to be the group most frowned upon by the Amish. Have you known any Amish to take interest in classical music/notation? I ask because I thought some types of classical music would be appealing to Amish/Mennonites because of the religious themes and traditional sound. My other question is do you know any Amish/Mennonites that play the bowed psaltery or mountain dulcimer? I ask because the areas in which those instruments are played overlaps with their territories.
I apologize for the specificity of my questions. I plan on asking the Amish myself I just haven't found the right opportunity. I really appreciate your wisdom on this.
This video definitely exceeded expectations. I can kinda see the thing with Amish liking country and harmonicas. It just suits them I guess. Amish with bass speaker in their buggies is not what I expected though XD
The similarity to Gaelic psalm singing is really uncanny. It makes me sad that many on my Gaelic side of the family have lost this musical tradition, especially religious-style.
The Old Order Amish I know in Lancaster County also love Daniel and Emma Lynn Glick and the various Mennonite acapella singing groups. The first family I met also has a full-size battery powered keyboard that the older children learned to play in 14-year-old school. That surprised me, but they lean toward the liberal side of the OO church so... :)
Great video! Would be great to hear about Amish pets (dogs, cats, or etc)
Thanks! Nice idea I'll think about that one some more
I figure that if God gave you the gift of being able to play an instrument, then why waste that gift. I'm glad He gave me the gift of playing the accordion, of which I mostly only play at church.
I would have expected to see the Amish using the violin and the Mountain Dulcimer as well as the guitar.
I had to look up mountain dulcimer. What a neat instrument
My husband and I were in Lancaster this weekend, and we were in Bird In Hand and this young man about 15 walked past my car and I would have sworn he had ear buds in his ears. I wonder now , but I'm thinking it may have been. Now I'm wondering what he was listening to. Lol.
I did want to mention to you, I paid attention and noticed, lots of kick bikes, this weekend, which had gorgeous weather. Also , the buggy ARE grey. I was so excited, I was yelling out to my husband, look grey, they are grey. Lol. I love Lancaster, there was a huge benefit sale Saturday, lots of Amish selling all kinds of things. I think it was for the church. Bought whoopee pies, but no snitz pie 😢
Great one!
ken i am a japanese.
[ brandenberger family] is my favorite bluegrass and gospel amish family. line-up of members are father victor(guitar), kids angela(fiddle),bethany(mandolin),melanie(bass ),alex(banjo).
they seem to live in grabill, indiana. please tell me if you know the details.
Hi Ken - I've seen their videos before, great music. So Brandenberger would be an Amish surname, and though uncommon, it is found in that Grabill-area community. They have a general Amish appearance but going by the fact they have this RUclips channel I would guess that this family is no longer with the church, though still maintaining Amish customs (clothing, etc). I don't know their story, but that's my best guess here
@@AmishAmerica
thank you for your quick reply. i understood the general situation.
i understand that the interaction between the amish and non amish world includes delicate and complicated
issues. thank you very much.
@@AmishAmerica
(p.s)i`d like to ask you about relaitionship between brandenberger family and grabill amish community. we can think of three caises.
1 they are already off the amish community in grabill.
2 the amish community in grabill has acknowledged their music activities.
3 the kids are allowed to play music because they are in moratorium before being baptized.if they are baptized ,their music activity ends.which case does it fall into?
I like the idea of regulation technology and living a simpler life like the amish do but i am a Brazilian classical musician and i play many instruments such as trumpet and flute and i m learning the guitar. And i really like classical music and brazilian choro, and im not religious so amish isnt exactly what i would go for but many things about the amish i find very interesting and i have lots of respect for you
I know the Mennonites visit and sing, Maine.
Could amish plays banjo?
What do the Amish think of other similar groups like the Mennonites? And also other Amish groups?
Good question or really two separate questions, thanks Jacob. I already have a vid planned for #1 but your second topic might make a great video too. In a nutshell Amish tend to get along with Mennonites and even cooperate on some levels (eg joint Amish-Old Order Mennonite schools in Lancaster Co), though "Mennonite" covers a wide range of people. Amish views of other groups within the Amish can vary, though there is a shared sense of identity - generally. But identity is definitely tied to the individual group and differences can be pretty stark. For instance the very plain Amish might look at the more progressive Amish as "closer to Mennonites" while the more progressive Amish can at times look down on the plainest. Not saying there is antagonism but there are natural "tribes" within the Amish and it's most evident in places where starkly different Amish groups live in close proximity. Hey come to think of it I might just use this comment as the startpoint for that video :)
@@AmishAmerica looking forward to the video.
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Do they sing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God."
Would an Amish come to church with me?
Why do you say"omish" instead of "Amish"?
If you're saying it "Aimish", then that's the odd way. I've heard it pronounced like that from time to time by people from the northeast
Also amish are not suposto be recorded no face pics or vids
And plz tell them clean their horse shit off the rds because bikers r slipping in it and crashing
1500s! Probably true. I see the Japanese have influenced you as well! Modern!
I found this channel a few weeks ago and have been enjoying them. I became interested in the Amish several years ago having worked around them. Then more so when I became a Chaplain at Belmont Correctional Institute. I was excited to hear you mention John Schmid who was a volunteer for our Chaplaincy program. All of our residents loved John, especially the Amish. I too loved to hear John. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Brad! Neat to hear you know John. I didn't mention his prison ministry in the video but glad you did here.
The harmony is beautiful 😍
My last name is Amish , Haldeman. My ancestors settled in Bucks, Lehigh, Berks , Schuylkill and Lancaster counties. We are indirectly related to the Leiningger family at the Penn’s Creek Massacre. The Haldeman clan came here with Jacob Aman in 1727, Nicholas was the leader from Emmental River Valley , Switzerland
That church sounds like lining out, which interestingly sounds a lot like Ethiopian Christian hymns.
I really enjoy the acapella singing when they harmonize. I don't think I would be happy if I couldn't play the piano though.
I thought that church singing was absolutely beautiful. I don't know if I've ever even seen an Amish person playing even harmonica now I have seen a small child out at Hidden Valley Greenhouse one of the grandsons he was just a little was walking around with a toy one. And I know that at the store that's right there they actually sell harmonicas in there they have toy ones and actual playing ones but then again a lot of English go there. And I will definitely be looking up that gentleman and thank you for a very nice video.
Thank you Debbi! I really enjoyed putting this one together with the music clips. John Schmid's songs put an automatic smile on my face, he's so good and really captures the humor and culture. The one friend I mention in this video, his small boys would get their own harmonicas too
@@AmishAmerica I hope they get to play with their dad a good bit and I did look up that gentleman and I just got done listening to the Amish wedding song in all honesty I was waiting for for him to say mischler but he did say Miller in that was Grandma Edith maiden name. It is a very funny song I'm going to go listen to some more what he has to say at first I couldn't find the music but I did find his page for prison Outreach and then I just went on the search menu in put in Amish wedding song and there he was. So I want to thank you for sending that piece of joy into my day you have yourself a nice evening.
Thanks, Eric. I have to tell you this is my favorite of your video channel so far. I appreciate the hymn book names and props for John Schmid. Grateful for this info!
Could not get this to post as my own comment. Sorry
@@AmyLouiseDens oh honey it's fine you can post on whatever
@5:22 Is Rocky Top really an appropriate song for the Amish?
The Amish definitely know how to sing well! I like your new hairdo! I assume it is?🤗
Great to hear the Amish girls singing “Rocky Top”. A song about distilling illicit moonshine. Bless them, they probably didn’t know……..or did they?
Good question. I tend to think they knew. But Amish people also have a sense of humor...and are not saintly beings as people might expect. In any case looks like their dinner guests were entertained
Corn from a jar!? Drinking mentioned?🤨
Yep, a bit risque tune choice but maybe shows Amish are not as stuffy as might be perceived :)
My mom has some Amish friends that were made at a country music festival. A couple and a few friends who were not yet in the church and spent a handful of years living outside the community. They would always go to this yearly concert together until they eventually returned to join the church and be married. I find it weird that you can live with the great luxuries of life and then just walk away from it forever. That's some mighty willpower.
The local Mennonite church used to come carol for my elderly grandmother every Christmas season while she was living. It was a highlight of her holiday.
it’s not surprising that the Amish favor harmonicas and guitars: they’re two of the oldest instruments in existence, alongside and kind of flute(which I was surprised wasn’t mentioned)…it’s interesting that they have progressed enough to allow the use of the instruments at gatherings but i can see the main church services avoiding the use but allowing it afterward and with family
Do the Amish dance or have community dances?
I raised a scandalized eyebrow at "Rocky Top" 🤣 I think I've mentioned the book about a little Amish girl that I read when I was about 9 years old. It took place probably in the 1950s (I read it in the late 1960s). A teen neighbor boy in the story got in trouble when he was caught singing "a song about a robin." I'm guessing it was Rockin' Robin. He apparently heard it illicitly on the single battery-operated radio they were allowed to keep in a barn to monitor the weather after a tornado had swept through the community the year before, causing loss of life. The boy was supposed to be monitoring the weather reports on the dedicated farming weather station, but got a bit bored and curious and changed the dial. As I listen to your descriptions and explanations, naturally I compare it to the descriptions in that book. It's interesting what's changed through the years and decades. Knowing that the bishop or elder makes the decision for each small community, based to the best of his fidelity to his interpretation of the Bible and the works that are considered holy in the Amish tradition, it would be interesting to sit in on the arguments that lead to adopting new items. Like with the adoption of the battery-operated radio, where the loss of life devastated the community, not just emotionally, but to the load of work on the farms, because they relied so heavily on one another. If the blacksmith was suddenly killed along with the son who was his apprentice, they were all in a tough spot for shoeing the horses. It would be like not being able to fix flat tires, leaving you stranded. But knowing that the warning system is available to notify the community to shelter in basements and get animals to safe shelter, it was decided that it was testing the Lord to shun the broadcast weather report. As I've mentioned elsewhere, that's not the wording that was used in the child's book I read at age 9, but that was the argument, and it was really interesting to learn how to discern decisions in life. It's actually been useful to me all these years, which is possibly one reason the story has stuck in my brain. I'll probably mention other bits and pieces of it in comments on your other videos. Don't consider replying - I'm sorry, but I never get notified of replies, and rarely think to go back to look for them. You don't even have to read my long comments. I never feel bad about typing so much because it helps your algorithm to get it out to more people. 😁
Thanks KA! I enjoy your comments, interesting stuff. I wondered if anyone would catch that line in Rocky Top 😉
Thanks for a link to John's music and I must say in the opening of this and with some of their church singing has a very much resemblance to slave field work songs and their church singing of the Era also had that sound to it