Irish Jigs from Ryan Murphy on Uilleann Pipes

[FunkadubeDu]

he jam out for sure...very impressive

[apologeticsman]

The Irish saw the rather simple but beautiful Scottish pipes, and said "We can come up with something less portable, 5 times harder to tune, 5 times harder to play and that costs 10 times as much" They proved they could be complicated, but that's about it. I love the sound of the Irish pipes, but in every other way, they are impractical and for $900.00 versus a bargain set of the Irish pies for $3,000 I'd rather just lose the slightly better sound and buy Scottish

[HaileISela]

@apologeticsman or you try one of the other 180 types of pipes that can be found all over europe. even the Scots do have at least four different types. as for the complexity: the French musette is one hell of a sophisticated pipe, too...

[cricket702]

Who makes his pipes?

[katamarigirl93]

His tone is lovely. :)

[clinpsydoc]

Don't give up so easy. I am making the transition from G.H. bagpipes to Uilleann. I got a quarter set to start.

[louis85mac]

well done mate i really enjoyed that, i hope you did too

[gloripine]

cornemusa a great BIG times 2 worrying about timing or beats in a lament and you 've lost all the expression ,I think ,,and I'm only giving my opinion here but highland pipes today with all the drums and massed bands have lost some emotion and expression,.Give me a well played heart felt piobraeched any day

[Mr99Edwardo]

hahaahahahaahahahaha

[SandmanForestwalker]

Damn I am only two years into the highland pipes. No way on the Uilleann pipes. This kid is Awesome!!!

[ILCK131]

He rules the Irish pipes world!

[escibs]

This looks incredibly difficult. So impressed!

[tabbygoth]

6 people are either English or jealous.

[Harp1916]

@tabbygoth Well Put!

[SuBaRu1975100]

AWESOME from germany GREAT BOY

[P0wergl1de]

WELL DONE!! beats skateboarding or video games any day! excellent hobby young man!! please post more! I WILL listen, bravo! encore!

[IshimaruCH]

bagpipes are so cool!

[fiddle4u]

Lovely playing , and a nice speed for Learning - I am going to have a got at it ...

jim,,,

[Eragon2811]

Hmm why do Irish tunes always sound so "uncomplete" at the end?

[tschaknorris]

love the staccato triplets!

[Darkvibration]

Very nice, but your drones are out of tune, man. I meant your regulators, sorry.

[Darkvibration]

Very nice, but your drones are out of tune, man.

[marcuslon]

that lad is fair good i must say a young master

[heelmooiweervandaagL]

8 minutes of instant eargasm-jizzing

[missmary49]

He makes it look so easy!! Amazing

[scoutniagara]

I agree, Kaypiob. Much more to do, but also, you could sing and play them at the same time. :D

[Robinwhiteart]

Very impressive!

[MrHackebeil]

wow....i'm very impressed^^

[mojochessclassics]

good man well played

[IrishEyedBoy]

wow loved every minute

[onearmfrog]

Wow. The playing was soulful and perfect. I wish the regulators would be in tune...

[alalc76]

super instrument tres difficile

[MrJohnered]

JUST PERFECT MATE...CHEERS

[Mainirishairsoft]

10 out of 10 son, you should kneel down and thank the person who pushed you to learn an instrument because you could be the next seamus ennis.

I play the highland pipes, but I would love to play the Uillean pipes, too many bad habbits. Well done keep up the hard work.

[UilleannPiper01]

Fine job, especially the triplets. Just great. I've been playing for years and still can't do tight triplets. By the way, uilleann pipes are spectacularly more difficult than the penny whistle. The payoff is that they are spectacularly more expressive as noted by kaypiob. Keep up the fine piping!

[MrHathouse]

Fantastic piping! The poor piper looks right freaked out at the start though haha

[KeiPyn24]

Two of most favorite tunes. You do a fine job. You should come to Savannah some time for St. Patrick's day!

[RockySkater00]

Is maith liom caca millis

[wxman34]

very nice.

[hixies5]

listen to the best - check out Brendan Mc Auley of The Punchbowl Band playing pipes in Paris (Afternine a lassociation de irlande )

[eddien09]

nice piping my friend

[Thebusanbill]

The Irish weren't allowed to play the bagpipes according to English law so this is what they came up with.

[Amkii]

This player is amazing! Terrific pipes, too. :)

[avroghy]

need use ROACCUTANE for your acne : it will vanish and you'll play much better and enjoy it.....

[hixies5]

these are the bestttt!

[hixies5]

so much nicer than bagpipes ,they are just unbearable .

[phraktl]

The Uilleann Pipes ARE bagpipes. The bag should be a dead giveaway.

[hixies5]

@phraktl --- i mean the scottish ones - which are called` bagpipes` these are called uillean pipes - there is a difference :p

[piperscott081295]

they are both just as great sounding and i know cause i play both

[StMichaelsCrew]

Which one's were harder to learn and play Scott? If you don't mind me asking please.

[piperscott081295]

honestly the highland bagpipes were harder because the reeds are very hard to blow steadly but the fingering is harder on thuileann pipes so they r equaly as hard but in different ways

[pakmanATL]

Uilleann pipes are bagpipes. Many people when thinking of bagpipes only think of Scottish Highland pipes or something similar. They are all bagpipes...Uilleann pipes, however, are native to Ireland

[bagpipeplayer]

Uilleann pipes are a form of bagpipe, just so you know.

[hixies5]

ok we all know that - dont keep on

[mchugh1968paddy]

Nice music Ryan. If you see Jimmy Morrison, ask him to drop me an email. I am Paddy McHugh (from Hong Kong).

[katekakes]

love it good on ye

[thedulcimer]

You are soooooo good! I absolutely love the Uilleann pipes! You are very talented. I would love to learn to play them some day!~

[kaypiob]

I'm a highland piper, and I'll say hands down definitively that Uilleann pipes are 1000 times harder to master. The technique of the instrument alone is far easier on highland pipes: on Uilleann pipes, you're working with your wrists, fingers, elbows, and your knee. Musically Uilleann pipes are also more difficult as there's far more room for expression and interpretation: it seems counterintuitive, but it's not easy to put your own flair into a tune and have it sound musical!

[apologeticsman]

@kaypiob when you are playing with a band or ensemble, you don't need the regulators and drones, just the bag, chanter and bellows.. it is very much like playing a penny whistle, only with a bag not your mouth

[PvtCaboose7423]

@kaypiob ulliean pipes are extremly hard to master but i think the hardest intrument to master would be the therimin just try to master it its two antennas that sense where ur hands are and change pitch and sound based on that unlike most instruments u dont have keys frets buttons or holes to guide u with notes just based on where ur hands are no guidance whatso ever and there has only really been one therimin master and thats Clara Rockmore

[hurricaneajm]

@PvtCaboose7423 you don't seem to realize that the same difficulties face trombone players, violinist/violists/cellists, and singers. a good musician doesnt depend on frets or holes, but merely listens and adjusts their pitch

[apologeticsman]

@kaypiob I disagree, if you can play a whistle, you have the basics for the Uilleanns, the only major difference aside from the extras you don't need is that instead of over blowing with your mouth, you do it with a bag. It is different principle, but not essentially more difficult

[arjantjeee]

@apologeticsman i dont agree, i started playing uilleannpipes now since 5 months, ad its much much more harder than the whistle. playing with youre elbows feels verry unnatural when youre used to blowing with youre mouth.the uilleannpipes are so sensitive to tinymistakes that you can hear every one clearly.

[piperscott081295]

@kaypiob i wouldnt say there harder to master there just hard to get used to but since unlike the GHP theres no strict way of doing things and accenting other things its easier to develope a way in witch you make it sound good.........the wrists do take some practice though :]

[chipper30uk]

@kaypiob Brilliant comment fair play....what a talented wee fella!

[cornemusa]

@kaypiob 1000 times harder ... quite an exagerration, really. The Irish pipes are a different instrument. The only thing they have in common with the Scottish Highland pipes is the bag. Pitifully, for the Scottish Highland pipes, they've been "militarized" since the late 18th century when the British Army began recruiting Scottish Highlanders, and pipers, into infantry regiments. All had to march in time to a 2/4, 4/4 or 6/8 beat. The Celts didn't worry about beats, only musical expression.

[PCHSfootball93]

@cornemusa I hate starting off with a 6/8 beat. Idk why but its just harder for me. Like in Scots Wa Hae, for some reason a 6/8 just messes with me.

[theherpman94]

@cornemusa , I would agree with you. I'm a highland piper, but I have never been taught military or competition style piping, and I don't intend to learn. I play jigs and reels on the pipes for my own enjoyment. I would say that beat is still very important. a piper with no rhythm is awful to listen to. But yes, it is a shame how the highland pipes get treated now as nothing more than a march setter.

[Dagvalda]

@cornemusa what a load of rubbish! Celts don't worry about beats? Slow airs are played just as much as rhythmic tunes - and anyway, Celt is an umbrella term.

[cornemusa]

@Dagvalda Well, let's settle down a bit ... I think I misspoke or mis-wrote when I stated that Celts didn't worry about beats. I think that the comment previous to yours, from theherpman94, more accurately states my position. And my position is this: traditional highland pipe music was altered, significantly, through its introduction to the larger western European tradition which includes ensemble and marching music.

I also know that "Celt" is an imprecise term, much like "Latin".

[Englanistan]

@kaypiob You mean your a Scottish piper, the Scottish pipes have been used in the lowlads of Scotland as much as the Scottish highlands.

Irish pipes are more like flutes.

Scots play the Pipes, the original Great Scottish bagpipes, they sound more like how bagpipes should.

[kaypiob]

@Englanistan No, I mean I'm a highland piper. I play the Great Highland Bagpipes, as they are commonly known. I'm also a smallpiper: I play the Scottish Smallpipes. I'm also a border piper: I play the Border/Reel pipes.

Irish pipes sound like Irish pipes, not flutes. Flutes sound like flutes.

[shannonlad100]

@kaypiob Hey Kaypiop, would love to hear ya play.......Have ya a vid posted??

[kaypiob]

@shannonlad100 Maybe one day when I've got the means to do so. None yet, though. Would likely post it here: kaypiob (dot) wordpress (dot) com before youtube, however.

[seonidh]

@kaypiob irish pipes sound like pastoral pipes without the footjoint

[Lughaidh2]

Highland pipes : one octave + one more note, not 1 octave and a half. I know, I play it :-)

Uilleann pipes are more difficult because you have to move your elbow while playing + push on the stuff on the drones to. But I think the Highland pipes use more complicated grace notes.

[kaypiob]

@Lughaidh2 I wouldn't say Highland Pipe gracenotes are more complicated, just different. Check out the stuff at 2:39.. there's quite a few complicated embellishments in Uilleann piping, plus they've got the same basic gracenotes and strikes that we do in addition to their own stuff.

[cheeriocheerios]

Do you mean the regulators under the drones? i only play highland pipes but think thats what they are anyhoo...

[patcloonan1931]

A cara ta an phort go han maith . go raibh maith agat Keep up the good work . Beannaght dia lat slan go foill ----------pat

[gobbels]

perfect

[CelticMystic100]

Beautiful! such a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for posting this!

[Mainirishairsoft]

A Pleasure to to listen to, well done

[SrNetsWalker]

Iiiiijhaaaa !!

[malcolmsusman]

Brilliant!!!!

[LiftedElephant]

does any one now the difference of play the uillean pipes and the highland pipes?...

[ThiefOfBreath]

Highland pipes are the pipes most often thought of when someone says "bagpipes". They are played with using a mouthpiece and the bag. Uillean pipes use a bellows and a bag. Notice how the piper above isn't using his breath to play? That is the main difference. The uillean pipe also has a slightly wider musical range than the highland pipes from what I have heard. It is capable of pauses in the music, unlike its highland bretheren. Either way, both are excellent instruments!

[barrry9]

Highland pipes have a range of an octave and a half, whereas Uilleann pipes have 2 full octaves and some very skilled players with well made sets have been able to get a few notes from a 3rd octave from what I've heard.

[Otacon144]

Uilleann pipes are fed by a bellows, and the Highland Pipes are fed by a blowpipe. That's about the only difference I can rightly attest to, because it's the most obvious - whether it's easier or more difficult/worthwhile to play one or the other is one I'll leave to the actual pipers. :)

[daviddth99]

Very different, but not sure how you went as I didnt know the tunes.

[tshoebat]

perfect in every note!

[5084204]

Oryginalne i fajne!

[KoolDude576]

I like Ice-cream

[chardie007]

Good Job! The Luck Of The Irish.

Chardie

[drinkalotdevine]

WOW Ryan I love you!!! I want your babies!!!! U put the session back in recession!!!!!!!

[redbike2008]

What's inside the part that plays the melody? Is it like a flute?

[thomasb90]

the chanter with a reed

[seamuslynn]

You're GREAT!

[jimmking33]

Hi Ryan, I really liked the style- you wouldn't have been taught by a scots piper as well ? both styles comimg through -which is great !!!

[jammiebeez]

wonderful playing, thankyou

[hullfc724]

they sound awesome!!!

[pennywhistleman]

It's my understanding that the Irish pipes are even trickier than the Highland (Scottish) pipes to master. You can see Ryan here going to the "regulators" for harmony chords...a whole extra level of play that the Scottish pipes don't have. I love the sound of the Uilleann Pipes though and you don't have to blow into them to keep them inflated. This helps keep...er..."moisture" out of the system too.

[gunitfns]

i dont know anything about the bagpipes so is the uilleann pipes easier to learn than the bagpipe that u breathe into for the air supply. Iam part irish so i want to learn a insurment of my ansentors but i also have asthma so idk if i have enough air supply for it

[Nipponkoku]

It's a harder instrument - but good news!

No breathing needed (except to keep you alive while you pump air through bellows with your arm!)

[thisissparta1066]

Just come back from driving around Ireland, heard pipes carrying on the wind whilst at the Cliffs of Moher.

Great piping.

[jeeror]

great sound, great musician

[alissashape]

Oh wow. That is really cool.

[IrZTRUCIDO]

i love the uilleann pipes....such a shame they arent that common :(

[StevenGSR]

I'd like to learn the uilleann pipes...but a full set of pipes is very expensive :(

[josefgiven]

True - me too. Plus you make yourself more than a bit unpopular with the neighbours for the first few years!

[Aristurtle89]

ive heard 'sport' being played on the mandolin but never on the uilleann pipes :) cool!

[rhorat]

Fantastic Tune and great playing! Bravo!! :-)

[nayrasanul]

I heard he was only 14 or 15 ere! Awesome!!!

[ealumusic]

I'd say i was 15

[mongorich]

You are a very good piper. Keep playing.

[JohnDM1946]

Great piping.