Lunasa - Tommie Cunniffe's

[kipthecourtjester]

No bodhran needed...guitar provides all you need. Pretty fantastic!

[Moonriverlady1]

you're so cool! *****

[SkyDK1]

I saw them up in Alaska a few years back!

They were some of the first people to inspire me to start

indulging into Irish fiddle as opposed to texas swing! :)

Thanks!!

[Xerxes4242]

This reminds me, they have a new album I've been meaning to buy..

[rharmaning]

Amazing set, by amazing musicians! Must. Learn. All.

@METALFREAK03 - they are the Irish or Uileann ('illen') Pipes. Belows-powered (no mouthpeice for blowing), a softer, sweeter and more complex sound that the Scottish bagpipes that you've seen and heard.

[METALFREAK03]

what is the man playing in the middle? is that a half bagpipe or what?

[Sindini]

@METALFREAK03 Uilleann pipes!

[barrry9]

@METALFREAK03 The Uilleann pipes actually have more parts than the Scottish ones :p

Scottish bagpipes have a chanter (melody pipe) and three 'drones'. a full set of UP's has those AND 3 'regulators'. On UP's the drones lie across your lap and the regulators go over the top of those. You see the pipe that rests on his left arm? That's the bass (lowest pitched) regulator.

Hope you enjoyed the info (y)

[crossEyedMary69]

@barrry9 I simply cannot understand how he can play Uilleann pipes just only with two hands and one head :-)

[barrry9]

@crossEyedMary69 Well I'm learning them as well - you basically build them up in 'stages'. The stage I'm at - 'Starter' - you have the bag, the bellows and the chanter pipe. Then, after x-many years you add the drones and make a 'Half Set'. After that, if you want, you can add the 3 regulators to make it a full set - that'll probably be about 30 years after you started learning haha ^_^

[crossEyedMary69]

@barrry9 so good luck Barry. You are pretty young to become master .... sometime

I'm so glad to be just a whistler :-P

[TheSerialbatteur]

nice



[buttermilkpiper]

Cool.....learned the first jig from Cillian last summer at Swannanoa. He was actually calling it "Billy Rush's". MMc

[barrry9]

@buttermilkpiper yeah - Billy Rush's is another name the jig is known by - the old thing of one tune havin several names can be confusing haha

[Buckeye67]

Great stuff! Kevin gave us the second jig in the set last year at Swannanoa. :)

[Buckeye67]

Heck, going back through the tunes, he gave us the third as well. :p

[Leeuw1962]

Great!

[generiatric]

What a third jig.. :)