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- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: An Annual Brownnosing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7283
Re: An Annual Brownnosing
Seconded. Just dropped in after several years' (or was it decades'?) absence. Nice to see the forum still going strong, even if I only recognise a handful of names. Your little project has created a great community, Dale, and the good stuff outweighs all the ups and downs. May it have many more year...
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Practice Regime
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3385
Re: Practice Regime
A slightly different approach to the question. This is something I put together early in Covid lockdown to try to discipline myself to practise specific techniques and loosen up before i start practising tunes. The funny thing is that, shortly before it happened, I had resolved to concentrate on &qu...
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:45 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Music Theory for trad players
- Replies: 51
- Views: 55515
Re: Music Theory for trad players
They have the same conversations about Flamenco. And even cante melismatico gets a mention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5ibrgmu5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5ibrgmu5Y
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Long pipes case
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9137
Re: Long pipes case
I found a rifle case in the local fishing/hunting shop and the set fits, although the padding needs modification. It only set me back £60 but I felt a bit awkward and self-conscious buying a gun case -- "Er...it's for a musical instrument..." I'll have to cover it with bumper stickers. It...
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:13 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: John Keenan Snr.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8197
Re: John Keenan Snr.
I got my first practice set from John Senior in, I think, 1971. At the time, John was spending some time with Matt Kiernan learning about pipe-making, and he certainly made the bag and bellows. He was very proud of the bellows: he told me repeatedly "That's a bellows that'll last you a natural ...
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:45 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Ebay Items
- Replies: 1850
- Views: 1187114
Re: Ebay Items
So did I. Amazed you remember :oops: (or that anyone noticed at all), probably haven't worn it since 1994/5, still have it though. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/MagrittePipe.jpg/300px-MagrittePipe.jpg I spend too much of my time on Twitter, and have been neglecting my duties ...
- Mon May 07, 2018 12:09 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Liam O`Flynn R.I.P
- Replies: 57
- Views: 29373
Re: Liam O`Flynn R.I.P
I didn’t expect that from Mr. O’Flynn @46.42! Some people have such dirty minds, he's talking about the four legged variety of course. RORY If you listen carefully, you'll notice that he calls it "An *phuis* fhliuch", which does indeed refer to the four-legged variety. I wonder was this i...
- Tue May 17, 2016 4:41 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Frozen R...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1683
- Tue May 17, 2016 3:54 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Great afternoon at the South Downs Uilleann Pipers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2992
Re: Great afternoon at the South Downs Uilleann Pipers
McVitie's dark chocolate half-covered digestive biscuits. Polyorgastic.
- Mon May 09, 2016 5:39 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Lady Pipers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2276
Re: Lady Pipers
If you want to watch the prog, do so soon, as they only stay up for a limited time on the TG4 website.
- Mon May 09, 2016 4:59 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3437
Re: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
Here's a link to the issue of An Píobaire devoted to Éamonn Ceannt: http://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1095&mediaId=26935 I have scoured the interweb, but the TG4 documentary is nowhere to be found. The last couple of episodes of the series are still on TG4 viewer for a few days, but the e...
- Sun May 08, 2016 3:31 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3437
Re: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
*scrapes egg off face* Realised that today was the 8th! I misread the date on my watch on Friday, and plead in mitigation that the light was poor when I read it. So this evening, to atone, I played The Kid on the Mountain. There were wreath-laying ceremonies in Kilmainham Jail this morning for the f...
- Fri May 06, 2016 4:39 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Ebay Items
- Replies: 1850
- Views: 1187114
Re: Ebay Items
... Michael's post featuring the unconsciously ironic comment "No idea if I paid too much or got a steal". Ouch!dunnp wrote:There is an email contact (or pm) for Michael the apparent new owner of the Gallagher pipes
in this very thread on page 55
- Fri May 06, 2016 4:22 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3437
Eamonn Ceannt ob. 8/5/1916
Today is the centenary of the death of Éamonn Ceannt, who is mainly known as one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, executed in the aftermath of the Easter 1916 Rising. I only became aware within the last year or so how important he was in the preservation of the living tr...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:48 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Spruce Chanter Reed (demo)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20189
Re: Spruce Chanter Reed (demo)
Oboe plaque : https://www.google.com/search?q=oboe+plaque&tbm=isch&imgil=iHsnPIPP3xvykM%253A%253BAplfSOnJI7OWqM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.amazon.com%25252FRigotti-Oboe-Reed-Plaques-Plaque%25252Fdp%25252FB001KII6MA&source=iu&pf=m&fir=iHsnPIPP3xvykM%253A%252CAplfSOnJI7OWqM%...