When did you start playing the Uilleann bagpipes?
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Carel, you're only as old as you feel.
24 isn't old at all in reality, but it is just old enough to make playing the pipes a lot harder than it would be for a 14 year old with no job, no girlfriend, and no responsibilities. Consequently it is easier for a teenager to evolve into a professional quality musician then it is for an adult learner. I want to be a professional quality piper NOW, not 10 years from now. That is why I wish I had started sooner.
24 isn't old at all in reality, but it is just old enough to make playing the pipes a lot harder than it would be for a 14 year old with no job, no girlfriend, and no responsibilities. Consequently it is easier for a teenager to evolve into a professional quality musician then it is for an adult learner. I want to be a professional quality piper NOW, not 10 years from now. That is why I wish I had started sooner.
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When did you start playing uilleann pipes?
Tomorrow. :
Cheiftains
I am officially Obsessed with the need to play. It must be a madness as I am going to drive 3 to 4 hrs. to purchase these pipes.
Pimarily I am a fluter/whistler but also guitar, mandelin, concertina just to mention a few.
Cheiftains
I am officially Obsessed with the need to play. It must be a madness as I am going to drive 3 to 4 hrs. to purchase these pipes.
Pimarily I am a fluter/whistler but also guitar, mandelin, concertina just to mention a few.
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Re: When did you start playing uilleann pipes?
What make are you getting??Uilleo wrote: It must be a madness as I am going to drive 3 to 4 hrs. to purchase these pipes.
If you can make Uilleann Pipes, you deserve to.
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Bruce Childress 2004
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Willie Clancy started in his 20s, not sure when exactly...at his best he was a formidable piper when everything worked on his set.carel wrote:Pat, I agree
But talking about this
I wonder if there are examples of great pipers who started at a later age.
Modern days? I'd say Tommy Keane is one of the best, and he started in his early 20s.
It can be done, but you have to work very hard at it. I'm just impatient, and I get a little fed up seeing some teenage hotshot touted as the next Ennis or Keenan every two or three years. Punks.
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I don't know anything about the maker. I just remember the set that was advertised. It looked nice. Good luck with it. Don't get discouraged if it doesn't click straight away. It took me about 3 days to get a steady note out of the chanter. Progress is slow to begin. It helps very much if you know a piper who can give you the occasional lesson.
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PJ Thanks for the advice I hope to find a tutor but it may be difficult to do in my neck of the woods. Texas piper did you sell a practise set to a Gent in a kilt at the Dublin(Ohio) Irish Festival? Just curious as I am a friend of his. He plays GHP's and sold the UP's to buy smallpipes.
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