does this translate
- jenaceae
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does this translate
I am taking my first lesson next week from a woman who plays the small and the Highland pipes. My goal is to learn Uilleann. Will this translate eventually? In other words, will I be able to translate what i've learned on the small pipes to uilleann when I find the right teacher, get the right set up? Does it matter what chanter I begin on?
cheers
Jenn
oh, and if there are possible pitfalls in this trategy, what might those be? Its all a matter of lack of funds AND time.
cheers
Jenn
oh, and if there are possible pitfalls in this trategy, what might those be? Its all a matter of lack of funds AND time.
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They are two different beasts entirely.
Small and GHBs play 9 notes (one octave plus a flatted 7th below the tonic) and the UPs have two octaves. Fingerings and gracings are entirely different.
Get a whistle, learn some tunes and build up your chest and shoulder muscles while you wait for your practice set from your pipemaker to arrive.
See the FAQ FAQ FAQ for more and better advice.
Small and GHBs play 9 notes (one octave plus a flatted 7th below the tonic) and the UPs have two octaves. Fingerings and gracings are entirely different.
Get a whistle, learn some tunes and build up your chest and shoulder muscles while you wait for your practice set from your pipemaker to arrive.
See the FAQ FAQ FAQ for more and better advice.
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strategy?
Jenaceae wrote:
Those many of us trying to start learning the UPs in "midlife" (I'm 46, and I know FancyPiper has me beat) feel the strong tide of time pulling against us; if it takes 21 years to become a piper, we had best cut right to the chase!
Now that misspelled word could be strategy, or could it be tragedy? TommyK is right, you've come to the right place for a truckload of advice, mostly discouraging at this point. But I only want to reply to one of your comments; if you really do have a "lack of time" to devote to piping, you should consider your course carefully! Learning the UPs takes a *lot* of time and effort, and I assume the same would be true for Highland, Lowland, great or small pipes . . .if there are possible pitfalls in this trategy, what might those be? Its all a matter of lack of funds AND time.
Those many of us trying to start learning the UPs in "midlife" (I'm 46, and I know FancyPiper has me beat) feel the strong tide of time pulling against us; if it takes 21 years to become a piper, we had best cut right to the chase!
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Re: strategy?
Its not 21 years anymore. It is actually 28 years , since you have to now add "7 years waiting for your pipes" to the saying.vanfleet wrote:...if it takes 21 years to become a piper, we had best cut right to the chase!
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That quote from Séamus Ennis about the 21 years to learn the UPs gets taken out of context a lot. You have to take into account the year that the quote comes from, and realize that those are 21 years in imperial measurements. To convert this to metric, you have to mulitply it by the weight of Royce's bag-sealing compound and then divide by the price of airfare to Willie Week, and only then do you add the seven years waiting for your set to be built.
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I thought it was actually 3 years, the 21 years being counted in "piper" years. Similar to "dog" years at a rate of 7 to 1.djm wrote:That quote from Séamus Ennis about the 21 years to learn the UPs gets taken out of context a lot. You have to take into account the year that the quote comes from, and realize that those are 21 years in imperial measurements. To convert this to metric, you have to mulitply it by the weight of Royce's bag-sealing compound and then divide by the price of airfare to Willie Week, and only then do you add the seven years waiting for your set to be built.
djm
I've only been playing for 5 months and my family already feels like its been years!
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Thanks to those that gave me constructive advice/opinions. My time issue has to do with getting off my butt and finding a teacher that I can afford, making an appointment, assessing whether I can afford to add yet another teacher, etc... I was hoping to take a few lessons while I was searching for a teacher-unless I found out through the above post that it didn't really matter what type of chanter you practiced on for the first 6 months. I still don't quite know the answer to that except that if I plant to play UP I should just start that way. For the moment, its just a little easier said than done.
So here is another question: I live in the Berkeley, California area. Any rcommendations for good UP teacher for the beginner?
thanks
Jenn
So here is another question: I live in the Berkeley, California area. Any rcommendations for good UP teacher for the beginner?
thanks
Jenn
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You should contact the San Francisco Pipers Club. They'll be able to hook you up with someone. Their website address is:jenaceae wrote:So here is another question: I live in the Berkeley, California area. Any rcommendations for good UP teacher for the beginner?
thanks
Jenn
http://www.katzwerk.com/sfpipers/
Gluck!
Patrick.
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Re: does this translate
If you're that broke and short of time, the chanter you start with should say, "Generation" have a blue plastic cap on it, and be pitched in D.jenaceae wrote:I am taking my first lesson next week from a woman who plays the small and the Highland pipes. My goal is to learn Uilleann. Will this translate eventually? In other words, will I be able to translate what i've learned on the small pipes to uilleann when I find the right teacher, get the right set up? Does it matter what chanter I begin on?
cheers
Jenn
oh, and if there are possible pitfalls in this trategy, what might those be? Its all a matter of lack of funds AND time.
Royce
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