Well-known pipers of the Tight-Style of playing?

fiddlinviolinin · Post by **fiddlinviolinin** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:48 pm

Besides Paddy Moloney, who else is there? I teh lurve the tight-fingering style! It rocks XD

Cheers,
Armand

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:58 am

I have always been impressed by Patsy Touhey. Many of the current tight pipers seem to imitate his style, but usually with more rolls than Touhey used.

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:19 am

Paddy is a very good piper, but I wouldn't call his style overly 'tight' in comparison to others. A good mix of tight ornamentation however.

You may be interested in Brian Macnamara: http://www.piperbrian.com/

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:57 am

Mick Coyne is the tightest piper today, with all the tight and complex triplets too. He learned from Andy Conroy.

Paddy Moloney is marvelously 'tight' but with a standard set of triplets. I've seen him up close (without the group) and it is just fantastic fingering.

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:18 pm

Donnacha Dwyer from Dublin.
Also listen to some RL O'Meally too. Thats fairly staccato too!!
Tommy

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:08 pm

I would have voted Robbie Hannan here, but he seems to be loosening up with age.

djm

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:47 pm

Well, thanks to Chris Bayley I now have all the BBC's old O'Mealy recordings up on

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/music/index.html

as well as a couple of Patsy Touhey's. If anyone's got any more of Touhey's they can contribute, that would be of value for the whole community

Ross

Gio · Post by **Gio** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:12 pm

Robbie Hannan you'd have to look for...

tompipes,
are you sure Donnacha Dwyer has a very staccato way of playing? porb I didn't listen to him so much...

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:06 am

Ross wrote:Well, thanks to Chris Bayley I now have all the BBC's old O'Mealy recordings up on

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/music/index.html

as well as a couple of Patsy Touhey's. If anyone's got any more of Touhey's they can contribute, that would be of value for the whole community

Ross

That is a great collection of tunes.

The Seamus Ennis tracks should be essential listening for anyone interested the the pipes.

Mukade

john · Post by **john** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:49 am

I think that you could add Sean Potts and Joseph McLaughlin to the list. Paddy Keenan can be very tight as well on occasion

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:09 pm

Brian MacNamara

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:14 pm

Maybe it is just me, but, doesn't anybody else find this thread about tight pipers just a mite... well... ummm... ironically redundant?

fiddlinviolinin · Post by **fiddlinviolinin** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:06 pm

How so Joseph?

?_?

Confused in Rhode Island! Help!
Armand

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:53 pm

Pipers are notoriously tight.

Have you ever known one unstrap themselves to pay for a round at the bar?

We leave that to the whistle players.

Mukade

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:16 am

mukade wrote:Pipers are notoriously tight.

Have you ever known one unstrap themselves to pay for a round at the bar?

We leave that to the whistle players.

Mukade

Yeah baby, YEAH!!!