Irish Hornpipes - Rubber Legs and The Pumpkin's Fancy

[lardjunky]

lol i was thinking of one more tune to go with pumpkins fancy and i heard rubber legs and searched for the sheet music and called it plastic legs.

[BagpipeHero98]

if your in the Great Lakes pipe band: Do you know Michael Crawley?

[xgrenadelauncherx]

great job!

[apologeticsman]

this guy is very good, very polished, but there is something to be said for a non traditional (i.e. non classroom) pipe instruction... the wilder the more enjoyable I say

[david5492]

you are good!

[d1v4dPwnz]

240p? wtf thats possible!? :O

[jeanmarcify]

est-il possible d'avoir la partition de rubber legs

[jeanmarcify]

I' am a french piper where i can find this tune?

[jeanmarcify]

i'm a french piper where i can find this tune? THANK you to send me if you can

[DoffDave]

@jeanmarcify Merci, Jean. Quelle air cherchez-vous? Je pense que tout les deux sont dans les livres de Terry Tully. Je ne suis pas sûre quel tome.

[J2OLDS]

An inspiring performance !!! Thanks for posting !

[astartus2]

I love it !

[miscot36]

Very much enjoyed the performance. I have trouble with the slurred doublings in Pumpkins Fancy-(on B and C)(G grace on C, E grace on C,close to lo G and back to C---or B) Anyhow, any tips on how to get this rhythmically correct?

[DoffDave]

I always tell anyone serious about learning anything on the pipes (or other instruments too) to SLOW DOWN the tune until you can play what you want to learn. Then SLOWLY increase tempo as you improve. Never be scared to stop and slow down AGAIN if you hit a difficult spot. Just hard work and you have to be VERY self critical (one of the BIGGEST omissions I have found in solo piping in the EUSPBA). Above all, HAVE FUN PLAYING!!!

[restolad]

wow Dave gr8 playing - your pipes sound magnificent.

love Irish jigs & hornpipes .

[flexohhh]

hey do you belong to any pipe band?

[DoffDave]

Just joined Great Lakes in Ohio grade 3. Will compete in UK with my old band The Pride of Murray (grade 3) this summer.

[piperboystruan]

Sorry to bother you again,

But could i get music for the Pumpkins fancy, if i give you my e-mail?

[Stanman94]

just go to google, and go to pictures, and type in pumpkin fancy, you'll find it.

[unclephil440]

If you didn't get the music, I have copy that I can give you

[piperboystruan]

Ah it's ok thanks, i did find it!

Struan

[Nesizen]

@unclephil440 do you have a copy of pumpkins fancy u can send to me??

[Nightwish0r1987]

wtf? Amazing

[Killian102]

Very nice :D

[bjc97]

Dave: Thanks for that- fantastic playing. If that's "average" piping, then my piping can only be classified as something somewhat below total crap!

[piobrach]

What grade do you compete in ?

[DoffDave]

EUSPBA Open Grade, CPA grade C

[romoly22]

Dave- Brilliant playing and great explanation of what's going on in training new pipers. Hate to tell you, you can't be "average" and an Open piper! You're obviously much better than average. To expand on the rudiments element of your critique. Proper posture and fingering is also learned at an early stage. For instance, my original piping tutor (the late Bob Gilchrist) had me play with popsicle sticks rubber banded on to my B, C, and D fingers which improves the note clarity tremendously.

[FrozenEMT]

do you find any benefit to learning a tune by slowing it waaaaaaay down and then building speed or do you just jump it. Remember I cant read music and no one has ever been able to pound an understand of time signatures into my head.

[DoffDave]

Dear Steven - I have been playing for over 30 years and consider myself an average piper. However, my initial training was very strict wherein we had to learn ALL the basics to a certain level BEFORE getting on to playing tunes. After a certain number of tunes was memorized, we got onto the pipes. This trainig has stood me in good stead for many years and I feel that if circumstances allowed I could play for a grade 1 band. However, this is NOT the way I see training happening today especially

[DoffDave]

in the USA but not uniquely so. When one learns the rudiments at the beginning and then is confident and comfortable with playing them, these can be applied to ANY tune type be it slow airs, piobaireachd or hornpipes and jigs. When one tries to learn the pipes and the tunes and the rudiments ALL together, I see people battling with all three areas - tunes, rudiments and blowing. Nowadays people want in the band ASAP or the band wants them ASAP and training is rushed. Once in the band the

[DoffDave]

training should continue but more often than not this doesn't happen as memorizing the tunes takes precedence over everything else. During this time people develop BAD habits and a fear of many rudimentary movements or specific phrasings. This becomes an issue because people then choose NOT TO PLAY certain tunes because they contain these "scary" things. It is sad, really, because it is hard, if not impossible, to go back and CHANGE these habits!!

[DoffDave]

Sorry to be so direct but now onto your questions: The slide is produced by starting (in this case) on B and instead of lifting the middle finger as normal, we slide it upwards, uncovering the C hole from the bottom up. As you may know, the further the hole from the reed, the flatter the pitch so we are creating from B through B# to C making this unique sound. The secret is keep the slide slow and controlled as too fast will sound like a normal change. Very effective from Low G to A also.

[DoffDave]

Yes, sir - you are correct in assuming that one needs to slow way down in specific instances. However, going back to basics, most piping tunes include the same "phrasings" or note sequences which the brain and fingers memorize and develop. When one encounters a tune with a new sequence OR wherea sequence has become sloppy, it is often best to slow way down and OPEN UP ALL grace notes and rudiments as much as possible so that the brain/fingers can remember. The time it takes differs from piper to

[DoffDave]

piper. However, in my experience the majority of pipers who "just jump it" as you put it make a mess out of it. To be good at ANYTHING you have to be your own biggest CRITIC - don't let yourself get away with little things or the big things will soon follow. The difference is between HOPING you'll play it right and KNOWING you'll play it right 9 times out of 10. A lot of pipers still play by ear and this shouldn't limit you at your level so don't let it bug you also time signatures! Be cool, man

[FrozenEMT]

As a former and hopefully soon to be again student of the pipes, i have to say this set makes me quake with fear and the line "we're not worthy comes to mind." I sold my pipes (doh!) but still have my Naill practice chanter. Can you tell be how you achieve the "slide" sound starting at about 1:39 or so...I assume thats the transition into pumpkins fancy but I never ever played a set except the Scotland the Brave standard set. Slide fingers off instead of snapping them? Amazing! Alba gu bragh!

[coccocol]

Outstanding very controlled playing, solid fingering and good sound, well done my man!

[gaelicpiper]

You are very good and there are very many great American and Canadian.I saw SLOT live not that long ago and you have just played Mr.Tully's tune very well.

[starkid]

You transitioned into Pumpkin's Fancy perfectly. Most of the pipers I've heard take a pause before going in. Yours sounded wonderful.

[sgknexmaker]

How do you get those note bends so perfect and consistent? Certainly something to aspire to. :P

[zodri]

ui interesting blowpipe

[TheHighlandPiper]

10 **********

Great Piping!

Kindest regards!

[sgknexmaker]

That was very, very good. Cleanest fingering on all of youtube. :P I may have to ask for those bww's one day too...

[Ballisticmonkey3]

Thanks for posting this. It's a joy to listen to quality piping on YouTube.

Your Piobaireachd vids are a breath of fresh air.

[BH0617]

beautiful!

[yondlisch]

Nice job on those hornpipes!

Why don't you play some of your own?

[bill5812]

Good Job! you didn't embaress bagpipers across America... you play with a band?

[DoffDave]

Thanks for that! Not intending to embarrass anyone but myself (if I do) but try hard keep the finger work in!! I played until recently with Cincinnati Caledonian but not playing with anyone at the moment! Cheers

[Thehalfpiper]

Hi Dave,

Good Play, i like very much The Pumpkin's Fancy, i'm not yet ready for learn it, i play the peles too open in the last gracenote.

Regards, Diego

[metlguy69]

What's your setup?

[DoffDave]

I play David Naill pipes with CROZIER drone reeds. My chanter is standard 2007 McCallum with, me thinks, a Ross reed. I have a Ross bag as I'm quite a wet blower. Thanks for asking.