Amazing Grace

**thescot** · 16th March 08, 08:32 PM

Just wow. I must say that she is a true jazz artist, and i've never heard a bagpipe sound like that.

I liked it.

**SFCRick** · 16th March 08, 11:38 PM

that was nice

**Splash_4** · 19th March 08, 04:52 AM

Ok, I will be the downer here... I really did not enjoy that. She has talent, for sure, but I just did not like the rendition.

**David Dalglish** · 19th March 08, 01:14 PM

I thought it was Rubbish--A great tune ruined.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 19th March 08, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by David Dalglish

I thought it was Rubbish--A great tune ruined.

Ah !!!! Finally the typical reaction I was waiting for !
Pour your hearts out lads !

I just thought the fenomenon interesting and wanted to share it.
Next time I'll want to share something more "classic", I promise.
But nevertheless, I dig all the different opinions. It shows that piping, like food, like, perhaps, ...kilts , bring about extreme reactions.

Fascinating.

**northernsky** · 19th March 08, 03:26 PM

I enjoyed immensely. Like it or not, it took great skill and finesse. Neither of which I have...

**Draelore** · 19th March 08, 03:54 PM

I'm with the appreciated the talent but did not care for the music crowd

**beloitpiper** · 19th March 08, 06:37 PM

She's talented, but I enjoy neither the song nor the rendition.

**Jack Daw** · 23rd March 08, 03:20 PM

I've always thought that Caber Feidh could cross over as a jazz tune. I wonder if she's tried an arrangement of that.

She's a natural musician, but I'm thinking only a part-time piper. It may be easier for her to play those pipes if she tucked the bag closer to her ochter (excuse me) and used a better fingering technique because she acts like she's struggling with them. I hope she's struggling with them b/c I can't stand for musicians to pretend that they are playing something really difficult when it really isn't, just to show off. It was ok to listen to.

**wgority** · 23rd March 08, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

It may be easier for her to play those pipes if she tucked the bag closer to her ochter (excuse me) and used a better fingering technique because she acts like she's struggling with them. I hope she's struggling with them b/c I can't stand for musicians to pretend that they are playing something really difficult when it really isn't, just to show off. It was ok to listen to.

Jack, her fingering technique is spot on for French chanter based pipes. As to the struggle with the drone, I've seen many French and Flemish pipers who tie their bass drone forward over the bag neck to prevent just such drone sway as you see in her video. While her version of AG is not to my tastes, I think you're seeing her playing one thing and thinking it's quite another - very much comparing apples and oranges.