Uilleann & other?

CJ DIXON · Post by **CJ DIXON** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:41 am

I was wondering how many Uilleann pipers play other instruments in addition to the Uilleann bagpipe. If you wouldn't mind voting and then if you do play another instrument as well, perhaps you could tell us which one(s).

All the best,
CJ

CJ DIXON · Post by **CJ DIXON** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:43 am

I will start off.... I play the penny whistle and harmonica in addition to the UP.

Cheers,
CJ

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:54 am

Fiddle
viola
cello
bass
electric bass
acoustic guitar
electric guitar
Mandolin
Mandocello
piano
pipe organ
harsichord
whistles
fife
flute
didgeridoo
mountain dulcimer
Highland bagpipes

and quite a few more... the list goes on...

texasbagpiper · Post by **texasbagpiper** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:55 am

Scottish Smallpipes, Swedish Pipes, GHB, Whistle, Flute, Border pipes.

Thies · Post by **Thies** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:06 am

German pipes, French pipes, Swedish pipes, whistle(s), piano

BigDavy · Post by **BigDavy** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:35 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:Fiddle
viola
cello
bass
electric bass
acoustic guitar
electric guitar
Mandolin
Mandocello
piano
pipe organ
harsichord
whistles
fife
flute
didgeridoo
mountain dulcimer
Highland bagpipes

and quite a few more... the list goes on...

My God JES you must need a ten ton truck to go to a session with this lot

For myself - Bodhran, djembe, darabuka, udu drum, spoons. I also have whistles, flutes, scottish smallpipes and a lap harp looking at me accusingly, saying when am I going to get played.

David

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:55 am

I play Uilleann pipes almost exclusively these days. Here's what I used to do :

Northumbrian smallpipes
Scottish smallpipes
Border pipes
whistle
wooden flute
fiddle
acoustic guitar
banjo
mandolin
acoustic bass
electric bass

simonknight · Post by **simonknight** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:55 am

I play or try to play:

Uilleann pipes
Northumbrian Smallpipes (just started)
Whistle
Soprano, Alto, tenor, Bari Saxophone
Bassoon
Clarinet

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:05 am

BigDavy wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:Fiddle
viola
cello
bass
electric bass
acoustic guitar
electric guitar
Mandolin
Mandocello
piano
pipe organ
harsichord
whistles
fife
flute
didgeridoo
mountain dulcimer
Highland bagpipes

and quite a few more... the list goes on...
My God JES you must need a ten ton truck to go to a session with this lot

For myself - Bodhran, djembe, darabuka, udu drum, spoons. I also have whistles, flutes, scottish smallpipes and a lap harp looking at me accusingly, saying when am I going to get played.

David

It is not so much a problem of getting around as much as it is a problem of where to put them all when I come back home.

No E · Post by **No E** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:10 am

I play a bit of whistle and harmonica; in a previous millenium, I played French horn back in my school days and was troop bugler back in Boy Scouts (can still do a mean "Taps" when required).

No E

misterpatrick · Post by **misterpatrick** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:32 am

In addition to "playing" the UP's, I play a few other like guitar and piano. I've also been taking delta blues style fingerpicking guitar lessons for the past year. I have played guitar for years and have always avoided learning a particular style, so thought it was about time I worked on one.

I have also recorded and performed music for years that has nothing to do with ITM. We'll, it does drone a bit so it's not entirely removed. Please feel free to enjoy some of my experimental music at:

http://patrickmaun.com/music.html

tommykleen · Post by **tommykleen** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:38 am

Other instruments? Are there other instruments?

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seisflutes · Post by **seisflutes** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:02 pm

Flute mostly, and whistles and just starting fiddle.

Used to play more things but quit the ones I didn't really enjoy or wasn't serious about, like guitars, r*c*rd*rs, harmonicas, digeridoos, bodhrans and so forth.

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:51 pm

I play the Uilleann Pipes plus the following

Tin or plastic whistles High/low
Bodhrán Tuneable double goat skin
Irish Flat back Bouzouki
Acoustic guitar steel and Nylon strung
Button Keyed Accordeon
Irish Anglo Concertina
Flute (bought from Oxfam Shop) Key of A.
Mouth organ
Will learn the fiddle sometime in the Future

Cheers

Ferg

KDMARTINKY · Post by **KDMARTINKY** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:35 pm

In addition to learning the UPs, I play the following:
Low Whistle
Trombone
Baritone
Bass guitar
Drums

LOL just looking at my list I appear to go from one extreme to another..

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Uilleann & other?

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Uilleann & other?