Want to learn
Want to learn
Hi, Redwolf directed me here when I wanted to know about learning the UPs. I want to learn UPs for a major project that we have at my school. The only problem is that I am living on a teenager's budget and will only have about 6 months. I fully realise that I will not be able to play UPs very well in 6 months, but I want to learn as much as I can. Redwolf suggested just getting a chanter and using it. I do want to continue playing after this project, but I have no idea what I could accomplish in 6 months. Does anyone have any suggestions about the cheapest and best way to do this?
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Bearing in mind that I don't know if you can learn on a practice chanter for uillean pipes as you can for highland pipes, but I figured this was the best possible place for paidin to get the answers he needs.
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You can't use a practice chanter it doesn't exist you start on a Practice set which is Bag, Bellows, and Chanter your best bet would probably be one of David Daye's sets http://daye1.com/pennychanter.html or Patrick Syk's sets http://www.patricksky.com/ I have heard (from other members of this site) these are the good budget sets take my advice with a grain of salt I don't actually play yet but have researched this in depth.
try Tim Britton's rebuilt pakistani pipes...they should be gotten to you in your budget/timeframe. start with a practice set for the cheapest route, but if you KNOW you will continue and will one day purchase a full set, you might want to spend the extra dough and get the full rebuilt set. even though you won't be using the drones or regs yet you'll get used to having them there and they'll look real cool on your lap
in addition, you can send me a private message and i'll send you my email address...i can help you tweak the full set once you get it (it will need further tweaking, but nothing major...just some BluTak, superglue, and clear nailpolish in places...
in addition, you can send me a private message and i'll send you my email address...i can help you tweak the full set once you get it (it will need further tweaking, but nothing major...just some BluTak, superglue, and clear nailpolish in places...
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or, check out these two threads... no waiting time
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=24614
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=24843
$600 and $700 respectively
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=24614
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=24843
$600 and $700 respectively
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Páidín,Can ye not get the school to buy a practice set,Ye can then do your project(for the school) get to try the pipes,either buy them from or hire them from the school and at a later date the school can pass them on to someone else to hire ...that way it is low cost to yourself,the school benefits and hopefully other students will benefit!!
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Or a penny on teaching aides or pay packets either I bet.... seems to be a popularity contest to meirishduffy wrote:Yet a local high school of mine has invested over a hundred thousand a year in football :roll: And not a dime in rugby to add.
priorities are priorities I guess.
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Re: Want to learn
where are you located; there maybe a piper or club with a spare practice set.páidín wrote: I want to learn UPs for a major project that we have at my school.
As to Pat D'Arcy's comments on teacher aides and all; don't get me started; my wife is a former (retired) grade school teacher and I could rattle on and on and on but I won't, HAH!!
Hope this helps
Re: Want to learn
I'm in Western North Carolina. My school will hardly give enough money to the band as it is, much less my a set of UPs that will probably never be used again. :roll:fel bautista wrote:where are you located; there maybe a piper or club with a spare practice set.páidín wrote: I want to learn UPs for a major project that we have at my school.
As to Pat D'Arcy's comments on teacher aides and all; don't get me started; my wife is a former (retired) grade school teacher and I could rattle on and on and on but I won't, HAH!!
Hope this helps
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Want to Learn
In my opinin, be sure your reason for learning is correct. To learn because you want to learn is one thing, but to learn because it seems to be a unique project is quite another. Having taught Highland pipes for several years, those who have a real interest will sometimes stick with them long enough to learn. Those who seek novelty usually give it up after a couple of weeks. I find that the UP's are completely unique and about the only skills that translate from other intruments are the ability to read music and the ability to train your fingers to do something different.
Someone on this net once wrote that you must go through a perod of 'obsession' in order to learn the pipes well. The pipes are wonderful, but not exactly the easiest instrument to learn. Plan on a minimum of a couple of hours per day to play acceptably in six months. An instructor would be nice if you can find one. A budget of several hundred dollars would also be necessary.
Go for it, but don't fool yourself. It will be a lot of work, but you will have a life skill when you've finished. I only wish I had started when I was your age.
Rick
Someone on this net once wrote that you must go through a perod of 'obsession' in order to learn the pipes well. The pipes are wonderful, but not exactly the easiest instrument to learn. Plan on a minimum of a couple of hours per day to play acceptably in six months. An instructor would be nice if you can find one. A budget of several hundred dollars would also be necessary.
Go for it, but don't fool yourself. It will be a lot of work, but you will have a life skill when you've finished. I only wish I had started when I was your age.
Rick
When I went to the "Festival of Nations" at Dollywood (Dolly Parton's themepark in Eastern Tennessee), there was a band from the Aran Islands who had a Uilleann Piper. I immediately fell in love with the sound and the instrument, but when I went to search the Internet, I discovered how much they cost. I said that one day when I had enough money or a definite reason to start then I would. For this project I have enough money (not a tremendous amount, but enough) and a definite reason. I needed the reason for my parents sake (i.e. they wouldn't let me buy UPs unless it was for some reason). I play the piano, trumpet, and tin whistle and am fully aware that it takes a long time to learn any instrument, but I definitely want to learn.
When I found that my piano teacher knew a man that plays Highlands, it suddenly clicked that I could do UPs for the project. One of the requirements for the project is that we have a mentor, and even though a Highlands piper couldn't teach me UPs (I don't think), he could still be my mentor because both instruments are bagpipes.
When I found that my piano teacher knew a man that plays Highlands, it suddenly clicked that I could do UPs for the project. One of the requirements for the project is that we have a mentor, and even though a Highlands piper couldn't teach me UPs (I don't think), he could still be my mentor because both instruments are bagpipes.