Forum: Music
04-19-2020, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 553
Re: O Canada
A decent reference. This particular rendition requires a minor 3rd and a flat 5th - the former of which is possibly doable on the highland pipes, the latter not
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
04-19-2020, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 844
Re: Learning Uilleann Pipes - a YouTube series
Yes, I have noticed that. Indeed something I need to keep working at, especially since I've adjusted where the bag sits below my arm
I definitely experience both of these - good to know it's...
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
04-18-2020, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 844
Re: Learning Uilleann Pipes - a YouTube series
Hey Jeff! I'm sure that's true - Leah is a bandmate so I'll take your word for it.
Yes, with the experience of becoming moderately proficient at the highland pipes (and remembering how long that...
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
04-18-2020, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 844
Learning Uilleann Pipes - a YouTube series
Hey all!
It's been a hot minute since I posted about this so for those who might have missed it, I'd like to introduce you to a YouTube series I'm making that documents what the process of...
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Forum: Beer Tent
04-03-2020, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,658
Re: The reverse hands challenge
Done!
https://youtu.be/8hmSVZFbOl4
I did about 30 seconds of prep before filming this - just wanted to get the finger placement right.
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-16-2020, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,278
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Forum: Music
01-15-2020, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 820
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
12-31-2019, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 409
Happy New Year!
I'm a moderately skilled smallpiper and a nascent uilleann piper and couldn't help myself today by banging out this personal arrangement of Auld Lang Syne (https://youtu.be/_NMAZWD0onE) on both...
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
12-23-2019, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 930
Re: Learning Uilleann Pipes
Thanks!
Still have to remind myself every time I pick them up
Yeah, I know. I have a whole new slew of crossing noises to learn how to eliminate. After 5 years of highland piping, I...
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
12-20-2019, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 930
Re: Learning Uilleann Pipes
I don't, although I am also aware of what you mention. I'd like to pick up whistles some day, but that's probably an endeavor best saved for a good year or so from now.
Thanks for following!
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Forum: Music
12-18-2019, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,057
Re: Lament at funerals
My favorite is Gordon Duncan's The Sleeping Tune but when given the choice by the client I will also often opt for Going Home or Hector the Hero
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
12-16-2019, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 930
Learning Uilleann Pipes
I've just started learning this wonderful instrument and decided to record the process for posterity and will be uploading videos once or twice a month to my Youtube channel. First episode was just...
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Forum: Music
10-14-2019, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 951
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Forum: Competing Pipers
09-28-2019, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 849
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Forum: Competing Pipers
09-26-2019, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 849
Do results transfer between PBAs?
I was recently in Tulsa for the 40th annual ScotFest and competed both with my band and as a soloist. The competition was sanctioned by the MWPBA and the results have been posted...
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Forum: Music
09-17-2019, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,377
Re: New 6/8 March: 1,000 Hours
Thanks!
It's not the first thing I've written, but it is the first full tune!
Previous efforts include a Suo Gan arrangement w/harmony (music (http://bit.ly/PeterPiperSuoGan)|audio...
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Forum: Music
09-17-2019, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,377
New 6/8 March: 1,000 Hours
I just hit 1,000 hours of practice after starting piping some 5.5 years ago. I was noodling on the PC and this melody just came out and the end result is 1,000 Hours (http://bit.ly/1000Hours68March),...
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Forum: Music
09-04-2019, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 903
Re: Jazz standards for GHB?
All the references* I pulled show you need a full octave below the first note - given that we don't have a low F, how do you handle this?
* I even tried playing along with Ella...
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Forum: Music
09-03-2019, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 903
Jazz standards for GHB?
Hey all,
This weekend I had the great pleasure to join the house band (https://www.facebook.com/PeterBaileyBagpiper/videos/939244639758273/) at a fantastic jazz bar near where I live. We played...
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Forum: Music
07-02-2019, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 965
Re: Can anyone identify this tune, please?
Steve,
Thanks for that info - with that I think I found the video you're talking about - or at least a recording of the same march off
https://youtu.be/xlLToRheRJA?t=84
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Forum: Music
06-24-2019, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 965
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Forum: Beer Tent
05-31-2019, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,278
Re: Taps on pipes?
I'll play it if asked but I don't market myself in that way.
So far I've only done so once - a Veterans Day event where I also played a bit of a parade/processional before the ceremony - I'm...
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Forum: Competing Pipers
05-10-2019, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,619
Re: Learning to march
Ok - interesting - what's the goal here? Put me off balance?
In terms of the "back and forth" my current practice is
- 4 beats forward
- 4 beats marking time
- 4-6 beats turning
- 2-4 beats...
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Forum: Competing Pipers
05-09-2019, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,619
Learning to march
Hey all!
I'll be attending my first solo competition in about 4 weeks time. I feel pretty good with my material but two of the events are marches - 2/4 and 6/8.
I've found that I struggle with...
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Forum: Music
04-10-2019, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,205
Re: New Suo Gān arrangement & harmony
Hey - thanks for the nice comments. No, the workshop didn't cover that because it was only 90 minutes and he had to start from the beginning - keys a GHB chanter can play, etc.
However, I do have...
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