Buachaill on Eirne / Woods of Old Limerick on Uilleann Pipes

[UilleannOslo]

The fingering on the Uilleann Pipes resembles that of the Tin Whistle. I have been playing the Scottish pipes before the Uilleann Pipes. It took me about two weeks to be used to the UP-fingering, but it could be that my experience with The Tin Whistle in the 70s made this leaning time shorter.

[erconn0r]

@UilleannOslo

You can of course play the pipes with the Tin whistle fingering.... but you should listen to the notes and you will notice that they might be out of tune. I have been modifying my technique towards the closed style to get the notes in tune. What is difficult is to make the Uilean Pipes sound good..

[Irishborne]

This is come by the hills at the beginning. I adore this melody, but to be honest, i think it sounds a bit better on the Scottish pipes.

[donlemc]

A great job...Thank you for posting

[gangstazombie22]

I am new to piping, I was wondering if the Uilleann pipes had the same fingering as Great Highland pipes. Also, where can you get a practice set of Uilleann pipes?

[eriebagpipes]

@gangstazombie22 the fingering is different on Uilleann Pipes than on the Highland Pipes. For me, harder than learning new fingering, was that the holes on the uilleann chanter are spaced differently than the highland one. As for practice sets, I'd check Uilleann Obsession for a pipe maker. Good rule of thumb is to find someone in your area so you're not forced to ship you pipes half way around the world every time they need maintenance.