Gods gift to the novice: encouragement

Uilleann Pipes
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Something Magical has happened.

The weather was humid, the air was cool, the reed was happy.

I started practicing sixpenny money and sea maiden.

I had some sort of uilleann epifany and my hands just knew the songs. I played all through sixpenny once, at tempo, with out error. My fingers flew through the song seemingly involuntarily so i could focus on pitch and pressure. Not sure how it all happened but i played sixpenny once all the way through almost perfectly.

In the words of Homer Simpsons: “WOO HOO”

Cheers!
-alex

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Your first experience “in the zone”, huh? I remember my first time listening to myself as if it were someone else, playing and feeling all your hairs raise. Magical indeed!

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Hey Alex… where’d you go? The session is Thursdays, now at Wild Oats, San Mateo and Academy, 6:30-9:30. Hope to see you there again. Take care.

– Harlow

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… my first experience in the zone was chemically induced, fun, but I confess getting there through piping has its advantages. :smiley: Good on you Mr. Clever!