Saddest Tune

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:54 pm

My Dear Irish Boy is the saddest.

Ceili_whistle_man · Post by **Ceili_whistle_man** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:44 pm

I have heard many beautiful airs/laments over the years, but when I hear Finbar Furey playing 'Ned of the hill' on Uillean pipes it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stick up and puts a lump in my throat.

sjcavy · Post by **sjcavy** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:30 pm

I vote

Brown Colleen (The Star of The County Down)

played very slow, with a lot of slides on a Low D.

Kinry · Post by **Kinry** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:40 am

May I suggest the Manx tune Ny Kirree Fo Niaghtey (The Sheep Under the Snow), a very old Dorian air which, although rather difficult to play on a whistle as it covers almost 3 octaves, is exceedingly beautiful when played well.

ChaplainBlake · Post by **ChaplainBlake** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:53 pm

Hector the Hero...not just the tune, but look into the background on that one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_the_Hero Not technically Irish, but a sad tale and tune/song nonetheless.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_1?i ... ital-music

try #2...I bought it after listening to that clip.

--Blake

Bothrops · Post by **Bothrops** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:17 pm

I find "The South Wind" rather sad, although I don't know if I would name it "THE SADDEST"...

Emmet · Post by **Emmet** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:09 am

I'm a newbie on the whistle, but on the pipes Cha till Mac Cruimein segued into The Unknown Warrior is my favorite, followed by Flight of the Eaglets and Ranger's Lament.

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:35 am

I'm not sure sad is the right word for it, but the theme to the documentary "The Long Journey Home", a setting of Raglan Road played by the Irish Film Orchestra is a good one.

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:54 pm

Coilsfield House
The Troubled Child

Cullivan · Post by **Cullivan** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:56 pm

An Raibh Tu Ag An gCarraig? (Were you at the Rock?) is the saddest piece of Irish music I've come across. As far as non-Irish whistle friendly music goes, "Goin' Home" (sometimes known as, but not identical to, "Largo" of Dvorak's New World Symphony) is plenty sad.

mman · Post by **mman** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:19 am

The Unst Boat Song.

Why? Not just because it's about fisherman perishing in a storm.

Because it's in Norn, a language of which so little was preserved, it can never be revived.

I hate it when that happens.

bonnieb · Post by **bonnieb** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:49 am

I have to say "Hector The Hero" also. It is a sad song about a very sad ordeal. Aly Bain plays is beautifuly.

Bonnie

MacNeil · Post by **MacNeil** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:39 pm

Try playing "Road to Lisdoornvarna" very slowly...

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:47 pm

She Said No

Paddyman · Post by **Paddyman** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:28 pm

bradhurley wrote:She Said No

Yeah, that gets my vote! I downloaded this when you first posted it, and then that computer died and I've been wanting to hear it again ever since. Thank you for posting it.

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