What is a ulliean pipe?

Uilleann Pipes
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What exactly is a uilleann pipe? I’ve never heard/seen the word uilleann before I can to C&F.

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Try this link, it gives a bit of history of the Uilleann Pipes, which are an Irish bellows driven bagpipe.

http://www.pipers.ie/en/history.html

Regards,
Gary

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Rae, you are teetering dangerously on the edge of an abyss with that question! It all starts with whistles, you know, then low whistles (piper’s grip, hint hint), then trad flutes, and then, one day:…oh, yeah, it’s just a harmless li’l practice set. Riiiiight. :wink:

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MUUHUUHUHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :smiling_imp:

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Embrace the evil octopus. :smiling_imp: All resistance is futile. :smiley:

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Check out Patrick D’Arcy’s uilleann pipes obsession site, too:

http://www.concentric.net/~pdarcy/page1/page1.shtml

Lots of great photos and sound samples of this beautiful and challenging instrument.

It’s a shock to most Americans to discover that neither the Scots nor the Irish invented bagpipes.

See

http://www.hotpipes.com/

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thanks, I have a better understanding now. It sounds like an awesome instrument - but not one I would have time enough to learn right now.

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Whew! Another soul saved!.. :laughing:

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:stuck_out_tongue: At least for now.

10

Think Fatal Attraction…

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Oh, to be a simple moth once again …

djm

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flit flitflit flit

flutterZAP :smiley: