I can’t believe I’m failing at a boolean search of the Uilleann forum to fine a thread dealing with Christmas tunes…
I’m wondering are there any beginner/intermediate level tunes you folks know of that can be played on a set of the little beasties?
Cheers!
Rich
ps I have a half set
Eric Rigler recorded a few CDs of Christmas music on the uilleann pipes. Do a search in Amazon.com
nice.
not so sure the uTube bit was what I’m after tho…
pretty gals..
I should have clarified I’m looking to play some stuff tomorrow at a party…maybe..
so no time to go out & buy…
Try,
“I Saw Three Ships”. It may be on JC’s tune finder:
http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind
Jim
How about “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”?
or
“We Three Kings”?
Both are easy to play and sound good on the pipes.
Ailin
rgouette
all these and more are possible on the UP:
Angels We Have Heard on High (in 2 keys)
Noel Nouvelet
Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Deck The Halls
The First Noel
The Angel Gabriel from heaven came
Lo How a Rose e’er blooming
Von Himmel Hoch da komm ich herr
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoyce
Good King Wenceslaus
Greensleeves(What Child is This)
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
The Holly and the Ivy
I Saw Three Ships
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Joy to the World
Jingle Bells
Let all mortal Flesh keep silence
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Tannenbaum
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Personent , Hodie
Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer
Silent Night
Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle
Piva, Piva
Wassail Song
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Auld Lang Syne
CHasR. is that all you can come up with?!
no, thanks gents.
Rich
you asked! 
happy holidays, rgouette 
thanks lads.
I decided to not play the pipes today.
The reed is giving fits, and I’m not gonna risk embarrassing and the craft myself in front of a office party.
Same old story: your reed shuts down, keeping you from playing at the office Christmas party, and the next thing you know you are having way too much punch, telling people off and photocopying your butt.
I mean…don’t you go ahead and do that
t
wow
well, I spose…what else does one do in St. Minneapaulis!
I sometimes use this as a Christmas tune.
… Ed
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Piper in the meadow straying- great holiday tune
How about “The Holly She Bears a Berry” from the Chieftain’s X-mas special “Bells of Dublin”
Also, many other good tunes to choose from on that CD.
If you are in the US you can listen to the complete track here:
http://play.rhapsody.com/thechieftains/thebellsofdublin/othehollyshebearsaberry?didAutoplayBounce=true
Cheers!
/MarcusR
The Holly She-Bears a Berry? Sounds like some Christmas Mondagreen.
Here’s a good one. It has piping in it so as not to be too off-topic:
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
My tulip sent to me:
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lawyers leaving,
Nine lazy Hansons,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven warts on women,
Six geezers laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a cartridge in a pantry.
t
There is a tune in my head that I think is called “The Day after Christmas”. I think it is a polka. Nor exactly a Christmas tune but there you have it.
Also I recommend:
The Wexford Carol
Pat-a-Pan
When collecting possible tunes for a small Christmas show last year I found a reference that says there are a couple of dozen Wexford Carols. The one I think most people might recognize though fits well on the pipes.
Pat-a-Pan is a nice, simple minor-sounding tune and, unless you have better half-holing control than I do, gives you good exercise with the G# or Fnat keys depending on what key you play in.
A buddy asked me to help him record Pat-a-Pan last week. It went form a simple pipes and guitar thing to pipes, whistel, guitar, mando, bass, bodhran, high-hat, rocked-up thing. When I get the final mastered version I’ll post a link.
What about The Wexford Carol. Fits nicely on the pipes if you have an F key, or can half-hole the note. Boys of the Lough did a nice version, as did Paddy Moloney, on Bells of Dublin (I think) with Derek Bell on harp.
You want more Christmas carols ?
Check here, thanks to Jeff:
http://uilleannforum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=824
Enjoy the ride… Ed
I’m all set lads, thanks!!
& Cheers!
Rich