Short D cran...??

Uilleann Pipes
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Hey all,

I was wondering if it is possible to play a short D cran??.. This probably sounds funny. In one of the Cheiftain cd’s, I heard Paddy Moloney doing something of the sort in Cherish the Ladies on the fourth part of the tune when it goes down from a to d. He was playing a d cran extremely fast to fit it into the timing of a short roll. It sounded sooooooooooooooo amazing!

Andreas :slight_smile:

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Sure it’s possible - err, for some people anyway, mine’s a bit rough around the edges!

I suppose there are several variants, but one method is to use the usual “three cuts” approach, making the first cut a “lead in” to the start of the D, rather than sounding the D before starting the cuts. Ennis’ “standard” cran usually front-loads the cuts too, so a truncated Ennis cran could be said to be a type of short cran as well.

{a}D{g}D{f}D or similar, the exact rhythm would depend on the context. I don’t have the Chieftains album in question so I can’t comment on what PM actually does there.

Bill

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As Bill says there are several ways to do this.

This is what I tend to do in Cherish the Ladies (I’ve not heard Paddy Maloney’s version.)

Hope that is some help.

Apologies for the size, when I try to reduce it the some of the bar lines vanish. Any advice on this is welcome.

David

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Thanks for the info. I suppose than that to play one you just do it faster??
It will take awhile to get it smoothe and all together, but I can do it.
Paddy Maloney playes it on his Cheiftains 4 cd. He does it so well while adding a little hard d to it that it is the most pleasing sound. Just amazingly nice.

Andreas

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Hi Andreas, Paddy does a simmilar technique described on the Santiago album. Have a listen to Duelling Chanters. Also have a listen to Paddy Moloney playing a refrane of the Dusty Miller in Water from the Well for another example. Leo Rowsome also plays a similar technique in Within a Mile of Dublin. I’ve never actually heared this track, but I have “The Leo Rowsome Collection of Irish Music” and it is written as such (see p65 for an example). This is how it is literally written A{a]D{g}D.

Cheers L42B :slight_smile: