Airs played by non-Irish pipers

Time to go take your meds.

Hey … it’s San Diego! I can see my house from here!

Is this it ? :wink:

Whit do ye personally recommend? :wink:

Alas, no. But the Hotel Del Coronado is within spitting distance … if you’re a really good spitter. :laughing:

Any thoughts on following a slow air with… say… a lively Scott Joplin number? Yes?.. No?..

How about with a Nine Inch Nails tune? Hello?.. anybody?..

You can go back as far as Patsy Tuohey to hear recordings of an air followed by a reel, e.g. Brian the Brave/The Gardener’s Daughter.

djm

Bear in mind that there are plenty of airs that aren’t associated with any songs, they’re just pieces of music that are played slowly.

I appreciate airs from the sean nos tradition, but I honestly do not see why it would be such a big deal following such a piece of music with a tune. Now, of course, it would be different if the air was actually sung; a reel or jig after a “sung” air would seem a little out of place to me… just my 2 cents.

Don’t you think it would be a good idea to give a translation of the Bulgarian? It means ‘Slow Song’ or slow air – the equivalent of the topic of this thread.