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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread birl #186431 08/12/2009 7:38 AM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Bill Palmer stranger Bill Palmer stranger Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 A birl is a musical ornament that is used by Scottish pipers. It is similar to the ornament that is called a "turn" by musicians who play other instruments. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: birl Bill Palmer #186436 08/12/2009 3:24 PM Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 rocksan stranger rocksan stranger Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 Birling is also the chorus of this famous Canadian NFB animated short, the Log Driver's Waltz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck "And he goes birling down & down white water/that's where the log driver learns to step lightly..." I never knew it was a real English word, I always just assumed it was Northern Ontario slang! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: birl Bill Palmer #186460 08/13/2009 2:16 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Bill: this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: birl Jackie #186462 08/13/2009 10:29 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Kinda hard to tell from a still photo. In pipe music there is no easy way to separate individual notes if they are the same note as a preceding or following note. To get over this problem the piper produces a series of grace notes that can get fairly complex. Check here for a tutorial Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: birl Faldage #186506 08/15/2009 8:02 PM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Scotland jimat38 stranger jimat38 stranger Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Scotland In piping the birl is a rapid double touch on the lowest chanter hole with the little finger of the right hand. It's kind of onomatopoeic really. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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