Merry Christmas From A Young Scottish Bagpiper Playing Music On Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a young Scottish Piper wishing you all a Merry Christmas and playing bagpipe music for you during December 2020 visit to the city centre of Perth, Perthshire. The Great Highland Bagpipe or Piob Mhor, is an instrument with opposing harsh shrills and graceful tones, meant to be played outdoors, in the open countryside and it is well suited in inspiring Scotsmen, and women all over the world. In the Scottish Lowlands, pipers were part of the travelling minstrel class, performing at weddings, feasts and fairs throughout the Border country, playing song and dance music. Highland pipers on the other hand, appear to have been more strongly influenced by their Celtic background and occupied a high and honoured position. It is considered that by the 1700s the piper had started to replace the harpist as the prime Celtic musician of choice within the Clan system. As a musical instrument of war, the first mention of the bagpipes appears to date from 1549 at the Battle of Pinkie, when the pipes replaced trumpets to help inspire the Highlanders into battle. It is said that the shrill and penetrating sound worked well in the roar of battle and that the pipes could be heard at distances of up to 10 miles away. Due to their inspirational influence, bagpipes were classified as instruments of war during the Highland uprisings of the early 1700s, and following the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the government in London, England, attempted to crush the rebellious clan system. An Act of Parliament was passed which made the carrying of weapons, such as those dangerous bagpipes, and the wearing of kilts a penal offence. Although the Act was eventually repealed in 1785, it was the expansion of the British Empire that spread the fame of the great Highland bagpipes worldwide. I had not seen many buskers playing during the coronavirus pandemic

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