Think it's explained by what follows. Or, as argued by the sleeve notes to Carnlough Bay (aka The Road to Dundee) on Battlefield Bands's 1986 On The Rise album:Nanohedron wrote:That's an interesting point of view. How do you mean?bogman wrote:...but possibly the Americans have accidentally got it right.
On which note (heading off at a slight tangent to the OP) I must say I sometimes struggle with the overbearing 'Irishness' of C&F (folks apologising for discussing other stuff as if 'ITM' was the only true trad. etc.) when there's actually remarkably little set down to justify that...Battlefield Band wrote:Which of the two came first we don't know, but as Scottish and Irish music could be justifiably seen as being two sides of the same coin anyway, we don't think it matters.
So see the Chiff & Fipple home page? It says:
And see the forums? Loads of them, with exactly four mentioning 'Irish' in their titles and/or descriptions:C&F Home Page wrote:Welcome to Chiff & Fipple, the ultimate guide to
the instrument known as the tinwhistle, pennywhistle, Irish whistle, or just plain .whistle.
These terms are, for our purposes, interchangeable & refer to a simple 6-hole end-blown flute popular in many lands, perhaps most famously in Ireland, England, and Scotland.
- Flute Forum
The Chiff & Fipple Irish Flute on-line community. Sideblown for your protection. - Uilleann Pipe forum
A forum about Uilleann (Irish) pipes and the surly people who play them. - Irish Traditional Music Forum
For all instruments -- please read F.A.Q. before posting. - Irish Language
Tá Failte Romhat! For all conversation about the Irish language. Scots Gaelic discussion welcome.