I played this piob in my Grade 3 piob contests. Pretty much the pacing here is what I was taught. Needless to say: still... soothing. Almost makes me want to play this nice tune on the pipes, again.
Hey Sam! Thanks so much for posting this! It’s truly beautiful, but if I may make one small suggestion? The tempo in the variations should increase ever so slightly (about 3%) between urlar and singling, and again to the doubling, then slow slightly to the crib singling, and increase again. It’s very a very nuanced tune and to my ears you nailed the breabach in the crunluath variations. Keep up the good work! I look forward to hearing more of these!
Great question! Piobaireachd does not really have a "meter--" you can't play with a metronome, or tap your foot to it. So, any attempt to write it on sheet music is only approximation, and can't give a good understanding of how long each note should be played. That's why it's important to work with a teacher and/or listen to a recording when trying to learn!
I’ve got your point but it seems confusing, because the particular sheet music which you use definitely and deliberately has its peculiar meter (first bar has dotted notes and 1/16 “a”). It seems that the following sheet music fits better with your singing: ruclips.net/video/fLsXa4c-atk/видео.html Would really like to know your opinion on that.
I’ve listened to this about 25 times in the last week along with listening to it on the pipes an equal number of times. Just now I was trying to write it out so I can learn to sing it and it seems like in the second measure of the fourth bar there are two different syllables sung for the same note. Che appears to be E following a G grace note and later in that measure Hi looks to be sung to the same note. Is there an easy explanation for that? I’m interested in learning canntaireachd but I’m having difficulty finding resources for a beginner
Hey! If you'd like the full transcript of the "lyrics," they're in the description, along with a link to the sheet music I made to go with it. For the different notes: the vowel "E" is for the note E on the chanter. The ch- to make "Che" adds the G grace note in front of it. For introductory cadences, the G grace-note and E take the syllable "Hi-" and are combined with the note they are going to-- in this case "en" for the low A. Other examples would be a cadence to B- (Hi+Hio) or a cadence to E- (Hi+Ho). An interesting note to further confuse things is that the H- prefix on "Hio" and "Ho" usually is for a G grace note, but in introductory cadences, they represent the D grace note. So a cadence to D would be Hi+a, since there's no D grace note, and cadences to A can take the form of either Hi+en *or* Hi+hin, depending on if there is a D grace note in the cadence, which varies by tune for cadences on Low A. Hope this helps!
@@samcwiley awesome thanks! I always forget to expand the decryption down when I’m watching on my phone. Thanks for the explanation too. I can’t wait to dig deeper into this
Playing this on pipes and I love having this to listen to as inspiration. Thanks for posting!!
I played this piob in my Grade 3 piob contests. Pretty much the pacing here is what I was taught.
Needless to say: still... soothing. Almost makes me want to play this nice tune on the pipes, again.
Nice Sam! Made me 'hear' the beauty of this tune.
Awesome Sam!
Hey Sam! Thanks so much for posting this! It’s truly beautiful, but if I may make one small suggestion? The tempo in the variations should increase ever so slightly (about 3%) between urlar and singling, and again to the doubling, then slow slightly to the crib singling, and increase again. It’s very a very nuanced tune and to my ears you nailed the breabach in the crunluath variations. Keep up the good work!
I look forward to hearing more of these!
Impressive. Really special
Sounds great! I have been interested in learning Canntaireachd. Where did you learn or how did you learn.? Online, in person? Thanks for video.
Glad you liked it! I have been learning online, though I think I am going to make an instructional video at some pointt
@@samcwiley What web site did you use? I have found examples of it but nothing for instruction.
@@fftoto Sven Axelsson has some great stuff to get started!
svenax.net/site/canntaireachd/
Is the buzz in the background feedback from the sound system or a simulated drone?
100% certain that is a simulated drone. It's similar to how drone systems are used in Indian music.
Hi! According to the sheet music “o” and “a” in the first bar are of the same length.
Why is “a” longer when you sing it?
Great question! Piobaireachd does not really have a "meter--" you can't play with a metronome, or tap your foot to it. So, any attempt to write it on sheet music is only approximation, and can't give a good understanding of how long each note should be played. That's why it's important to work with a teacher and/or listen to a recording when trying to learn!
I’ve got your point but it seems confusing, because the particular sheet music which you use definitely and deliberately has its peculiar meter (first bar has dotted notes and 1/16 “a”).
It seems that the following sheet music fits better with your singing: ruclips.net/video/fLsXa4c-atk/видео.html
Would really like to know your opinion on that.
I’ve listened to this about 25 times in the last week along with listening to it on the pipes an equal number of times.
Just now I was trying to write it out so I can learn to sing it and it seems like in the second measure of the fourth bar there are two different syllables sung for the same note. Che appears to be E following a G grace note and later in that measure Hi looks to be sung to the same note.
Is there an easy explanation for that? I’m interested in learning canntaireachd but I’m having difficulty finding resources for a beginner
Hey! If you'd like the full transcript of the "lyrics," they're in the description, along with a link to the sheet music I made to go with it.
For the different notes: the vowel "E" is for the note E on the chanter. The ch- to make "Che" adds the G grace note in front of it.
For introductory cadences, the G grace-note and E take the syllable "Hi-" and are combined with the note they are going to-- in this case "en" for the low A. Other examples would be a cadence to B- (Hi+Hio) or a cadence to E- (Hi+Ho).
An interesting note to further confuse things is that the H- prefix on "Hio" and "Ho" usually is for a G grace note, but in introductory cadences, they represent the D grace note. So a cadence to D would be Hi+a, since there's no D grace note, and cadences to A can take the form of either Hi+en *or* Hi+hin, depending on if there is a D grace note in the cadence, which varies by tune for cadences on Low A.
Hope this helps!
@@samcwiley awesome thanks! I always forget to expand the decryption down when I’m watching on my phone. Thanks for the explanation too. I can’t wait to dig deeper into this
Played too slow,it is a salut not a lament ! It lack of life,too clinical.
yo this is dope as fucc