There's nothing like "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes...

[jumpr]

...with a full woodwind complement.

 

[Yossarian]

SPOCK!!!

 

[Saint Nick]

Everytime I hear Amazing Grace on bagpipes it puts tears in my eyes and shivers down my spine.

I can't stand it.

 

[Steve]

I hate to rain on your parade, but those pipes sound pretty flat. They might be pitched lower to accomodate the range of the brass band, but the blowing (and tuning) could be better. The harmonies are too overpowering - personally I think AG sounds best without them at all. I also don't care for the arrangement of the tune - I think it ought to be played the way it is sung (check your local hymnal), same goes for tempo (pipers often play AG too slow. No need to milk it).

What year was this recording made?

 

[GTaudiophile]

NM

 

[jumpr]

Originally posted by: sm8000
I hate to rain on your parade, but those pipes sound pretty flat. They might be pitched lower to accomodate the range of the brass band, but the blowing (and tuning) could be better. The harmonies are too overpowering - personally I think AG sounds best without them at all. I also don't care for the arrangement of the tune - I think it ought to be played the way it is sung (check your local hymnal), same goes for tempo (pipers often play AG too slow. No need to milk it).

What year was this recording made?

I'm not sure of the year, but this performance was by the Air Force Reserve Band.

 

[eXx08]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: sm8000
I hate to rain on your parade, but those pipes sound pretty flat. They might be pitched lower to accomodate the range of the brass band, but the blowing (and tuning) could be better. The harmonies are too overpowering - personally I think AG sounds best without them at all. I also don't care for the arrangement of the tune - I think it ought to be played the way it is sung (check your local hymnal), same goes for tempo (pipers often play AG too slow. No need to milk it).

What year was this recording made?

I'm not sure of the year, but this performance was by the Air Force Reserve Band.

They are gonning to come bomb his place down now.

 

[BrokenVisage]

National Anthem on guitar, perhaps?

 

[chambersc]

yeah, i didn't quite like that version. i think it's much better when all by itself and slow and semi-long.

Originally by jndietz
Everytime I hear Amazing Grace on bagpipes it puts tears in my eyes and shivers down my spine.

I can't stand it.

i hear you man...

 

[thirdlegstump]

I hate that song. I'd love to hear the Russian National Anthem on electric guitars.......maybe I should record my own version.

 

[IGBT]

..sounds good to me. With plenty of bass from the drum. My sub woofer was vibrating the floor.

 

[SVT Cobra]

This song and Greensleeves played on the bag pipes gives me the somber chills.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

You know, bagpipes were first invented as a scare tactic for war :laugh:

But thumbsup to this rendition. Once the other instruments chime in, its really powerful to me.

 

[Ime]

I personally think the Pipe Band of the Royal Tank Regiment does Amazing Grace on bagpipes better. I remember hearing it soon after 9/11 and couldn't keep my eyes dry.

 

[hypn0tik]

It's fvcking awesome. I love it.

 

[Reckoner]

Ehh, I don't like that rendition of it. The version from Braveheart is the best.

 

[computeerrgghh]

Originally posted by: chambersc
yeah, i didn't quite like that version. i think it's much better when all by itself and slow and semi-long.

Originally by jndietz
Everytime I hear Amazing Grace on bagpipes it puts tears in my eyes and shivers down my spine.

I can't stand it.

i hear you man...

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: computeerrgghh

Originally posted by: chambersc
yeah, i didn't quite like that version. i think it's much better when all by itself and slow and semi-long.

Originally by jndietz
Everytime I hear Amazing Grace on bagpipes it puts tears in my eyes and shivers down my spine.

I can't stand it.

i hear you man...

:thumbsup:

 

[deftron]

Try the versions by:

Judy Collins

Mahalia Jackson

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..sounds good to me. With plenty of bass from the drum. My sub woofer was vibrating the floor.

Pipe band bass drums are never that loud, it's probably the mil. band's drum. Pipe band basses are meant to sound like a low, deep but subtle rumble.

 

[jadinolf]

Sounds great on an organ too.

 

[Rubycon]

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[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
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bela fleck?

i was just going to post that i preferred his version on the banjo even more, i have one from "live at the quick" and i cant get it out of my head for days after ive listened to it

 

[drinkmorejava]

Pretty cool arrangement, but IMO not nearly as impactful as the slow, bagpipe only versions

 

[CaptnKirk]

Bagpipes are an amazing instrument - The Army acquires them as a violin built to a MIL Spec.