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Favourite tune of your repertoire

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What's your favourite tune on the pipes? It must be part of your repertoire - YOU have to be able to play it.

Mine's Dunphy's hornpipe. It's a great tune when played tight with simple ornamentation.
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Alexander's hornpipe
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That's funny. I usually play Alexander's immediately after Dunphy's.
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It's funny, my latest fav is Moll Rua. Not really a tough one but it's just really fun to play! I think my favorite jig (at least now) though is the Friar's Breeches.
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The Dublin Reel - always has been since I first heard Planxty. Can't play it for beans, but I still enjoy hearing others play it well.

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It's always changing but lately it's been the Humours of Ballyloughlin.
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Post by MikeyLikesIt »

misterpatrick wrote:It's always changing but lately it's been the Humours of Ballyloughlin.
Definitely in my top 3. The most frequently played tune for me lately has been probably Jenny's Welcome Home to Charlie. Some much ghost d, gotta love it.
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Bocannaí Uaráin Mhóir.

Favorite slow air at the moment is An Bonnan Bui as played by Brian McNamara on A Piper's Dream.

Been working on The Morning Thrush, definitely one of the greatest tunes in my book.
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My repertoire on pipes is still quite limited so favourites tend to be the tune I'm currently working on. Right now I love to play "An Phis Fhliuch" even though I'm far from doing it justice. The 3:rd and 4:th parts have a very nice feel to them and the tune sounds great on pipes. Otherwise I have always thought slip jigs to be tricky when it comes to get the rhythm to come through right.


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Sometimes, I like to play others tunes better, but I would say my all-time favourite is The Black Rogue.
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The Gold Ring.
There's just so much to do in there.

I first heard it played by Liam O'Flynn on his solo piping CD.

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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
wi variations and regulator ornamentation
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Sounds like a "bouncy" tune there Uilliam... :lol:

Any relationship to Planxty's "Good Ship Kangaroo"?
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Post by Cathy Wilde »

As a rank beginner I'm up to a whopping six tunes I'm sort of solid on now (the simpler versions of course), but I'd have to say for me it's Boil the Breakfast Early, with Lambert's Jig a close second.

We got Dunphy's from Mike Rafferty in a flute class. It's a swell tune, though I think it'll be a few years (like, 20) before that makes the transition for me. Those high B's :boggle: :boggle: :boggle: :boggle: :boggle: :boggle:

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