Facile Pipe Tunes

Uilleann Pipes
1

I just learned Lady Anne Montgomery reel and it seems particularly well suited to the pipes. After only a few days I can play more comfortably and at a faster tempo than other tunes I have spent months with.

Anyone else find tunes that seem to want to “play themselves” on the pipes?

2

The Donegal reel seems to fit nicely under the fingers for me. Meaning that it’s way too easy to play it way too fast and way too poorly, but it’s one of those tunes that just make the fingers dance for me.

3

The chanter’s tune ?

4

also called
the song of the chanter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKsWVpmtVGM

another one
the bells of Dblin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNo3Mcf-_Fg&feature=plcp&context=C36b1c14UDOEgsToPDskKr3I_F_N9b2vnVOTmI0paR

5

Road to Lisdoonvarna

6

I wouldn’t think of Lady Anne Montgomery as a pipe tune. Although it’s easy enough to play, it has a bit you have to “fake” as it goes below the bottom note of the chanter.

7

This is a nice tune. What notes would people play to “fake” the 3 note below D?

8

No need to fake, just fold up!

F3D E2FE|DBAB d(BAG)| etc.

9

Thanks.

10

Yeah, I call that “faking.” :slight_smile:

11

Thanks for reminding me of this tune.
I am rebuilding my repetoir after a 3 year layoff, and had fogotten this one.

This is how I play it, can’t remember who I got it from. By osmosis, or off the fingers of a flute paler maybe?
As I recall this version worked fine with fiddles and boxes the last time I played it (some time ago!)

X:1
T:Lady Anne Montgomery (pipes)
C:Traditional
S:Melbourne sessions
Z:donpiper
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
A|FADA FADA|FAdA BAdA|FADF E2EF|DFEF D2AG|
FADA FADA|FAdA BABc|dBAF E2EF|DFEF D2z:|
e|f2fe fede|fedB ABde|~f3e fede|fgaf e2de|
f2fe fede|fedB ABde|fded BdAd|egfe d2z:|


here is another that I find easy to play.
It was played this way at my local session last week:

X:1
T:Green Mountain
Z:donpiper
S:Melbourne sessions
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
B|AF~F2 AFEF|DF~F2 ABde|f2df efdB|Adfd edBd|
AF~F2 AFEF|DF~F2 ABde|f2df efdB|AFEF D3 :expressionless:
e|fa~a2 bfaf|f2 af efde|f2 df efdB|Adfd edBd|
fa~a2 bfaf|defd efde||f2 df efdB|AFEF D3 :expressionless:

Bars 1&2 and 5&6 of the turn may also be played: |fa~a2 bafe|f2 af efde|.

cheers
donpiper