Thanks Chris...Would love to have a tour of your instrument and perhaps talk about the maker. Most people don't realize how complex the Uilleann Pipes are.
I've wanted to learn this beautiful instrument for a long time, thanks for the great video, Chris. Please upload more, it would be awesome if you could do a song tutorial. :)
Thank you, Chris! I have thought for a long time that I might like to learn the Pipes someday. This let's me stick my toe in a wee bit, even if I'm too poor to buy a set. : ) Also, nice to hear your voice.
very helpful! I've been wanting to learn for years, but hesitated without having access to quality instruction where I live. This has me looking at practice sets again!
I to play the highland pipes and was highly discouraged by both family members and a music teacher at school. they thought I would get confused by the 2 different fingering systems. but actually, Uillean pipes are actually easier to play than highland pipes. they require a lot less physical demand and their is hardly any aunimentation and gracenotes and throw-ons doublings and all the other awkward fingerings. the only major difference between Highland pipes and uillean pipes is the price.
Hello Chris very good video, i am a french piper ( highland bagpipes ) and I am leanring Uilleann pipes but in my plaice there is no teacher of uilleann pipes... Your video will help me ;-)
Nice tips here for the high a and b, nice to hear it's normal to struggle a bit with these. Looking forward to part 2😀 Also reminded me I can practise my bag technique when it's not possible to play due to volume 👍🏿
Hi Chris, I have been wanting to learn the Uilleann pipes since I saw Davy Splane many years ago on the Irish Song contest, I think it was 1993. I will get my pipes very soon.
Excellent tips here. I'm not a complete beginner - I sometimes try to play along with you on your RU-vid clips. I did say try. But looking forward to watching this develop.
You’re right. It’s a completely different instrument. The very superficial similarities between Highland pipes and Uillean pipes begin and end with the bag. The chanter reed, chanter bore design, chanter scale, chanter playing technique, design and placement of the drones, the addition of regulators…it’s a vastly different creature. It’s like comparing a medieval shawm to a modern orchestral oboe.
Great video Chris, especially the tips on lifting the lower hand when hitting the high A/B. Having a lot of trouble getting consistent in hitting those high notes when not walking up to them from a lower note, will try to incorporate that.
Thank you, Chris. I just wrote a long lament featuring the Uilleann pipes, not knowing what was/is possible. Now, I'm trying to catch up in knowledge with the composition.
I really enjoyed your video, Chris, thank you!! I have been struggling to get my upper octave notes at times as I'm new to Uilleann pipes. Your video was most welcome, showing some flexibility in fingering to help achieve the high G, A, and B. I'm going to try it out right now! Very grateful! I'll be watching your other videos too. :)
For someone who might be interested in getting started on the instrument...what might you recommend as a starter set? I know there are practice sets....
Hello Chris, This is your Scots-Irish brother in Tennessee. Love your videos. I'm a total beginner and can't wait to get started. I notice you have several silver keys. Is this a 3 key chanter? Can you play the pipes without the drones, and do you recommend this at the beginning? Can you recommend a book with pictures or a finger chart. ? Cheers.
Thanks for this. I'm going from Scottish pipes to Uilleanns, can anyone please advise on this.... I've noticed we (Scottish pipers) tend to hold the bag much more up under the armpit for control. We do the much same for bellows blown smallpipes. But I've noticed most uilleann pipers hold the bag a lot lower, not under the armpit, but rather the pressure coming just from the elbow to the forearm. I've even seen uilleann pipers hardly touching the 'belly' of the bag at all, and instead seem to be applying pressure to the neck! or at least where the neck meets the belly of the bag... So whats the best way?? does it matter?? Most importantly, will this effect your ease of use of regulators later on?? Thanks for any advise!
If we're applying more pressure to sound the upper octave, one would expect the drones being affected by raising pitch, is that just something that goes hand in hand with Uilleann pipes? Presumably the impact is small enough that one can live with it (I'm a scottish smallpipe player where constant pressure is really the name of the game, but then we don't have the possibility of a second octave)
Hi! I love your video😊😊😊 I can’t play the pipes but would like to try….. is it possible to get just the chanter (no bag or bellows etc.) and practice with that first? I have played lots of wind instruments but the pipes look scary and a bit like a bag of plumbing spares….. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but I much prefer the sound of Irish pipes to Scottish ones 🎉🎉🎉
Chris I’m a competitive highland piper who would love to get into this pipe, any thoughts on making the change? I k ow the fingering is totally different and the wind production is know where close. What are thoughts on making the change?
Hi there, I follow you for a while on YT, and Im glad to say that I finally bought an half set Uilleann Pipe. I play the flute and so I dont have already the knowlege about the Uilleann. The thing is that I have differents reeds and I would love to know how to place them on the set. So there is drones ones which are made of can reeds (2 for the bass drone, 2 for the bariton one and 2 for the tenor one). I also have classic reeds. How should I do ? Thank you by the way :)
Hey, I have been in contact with a maker lately to perhaps get me my own set, but I've been wondering: I noticed you didn't use any keys here, so what would you need to use your F and C keys for? Neither seems to have been used in the lower two octaves, are they really something that rare? Thank you for this great lesson, I will definitely be rewatching it once I do get a set of my own.
I find that, I use the C, F natural and G sharp keys the most when playing. The B flat key only a couple of times. Generally I would go for the C and F natural. I hope this helps 🙂
@@ChrisMcMullan Definitely helps! Compared to the C and F (which I have heard multiple people call the main essential ones to get), how often do you find yourself using the G# key though? I can really only think of one E major tune (MacArthur Road), is it common to hear more these days?
What set or starter set do you recommend for beginners who want to get started with Ulliean Pipes and live in the US, and don't have $3k+ to spend on getting started, been wanting some for decades after growing up listening to IONA! I already have a Low D Irish Whistle I've been learning piping with but what I really want is to learn Ulliean Pipes!
Wow! Thanks so much! I've wanted to learn the Illeann pipes for years but have always been too intimidated to take the plunge. Since watching your video, I think I will take the plunge and start with a practice set. Do you offer Skype lessons?
Don't own bt luv the sound/music of the Ullieann, so luvd ur beginners setting up post. Want to buy am in New Zealand; do u know where best 2buy on line? Every grateful for what ur doing!
My full set is currently with Andreas Rogge in Germany for service. I wonder how I should be sure to get the whole set going? Do I have to add the drones and the regs one by one, and not start with the whole set at once?
Hi Chris. I've always loved the Uilleann pipes. I play the bagpipes now. Is playing the pipes a benefit when it comes to learning the Uilleann pipes, or more of a hinderance because I'm already used to playing a different way? I would love to try them.
Experienced Uilleann Piper here. GHB/piob mor experience isn’t much help at all. Honestly you’d probably be better off learning to play trad Irish and Scottish music on the whistle or flute, as their fingerings are closer to uilleann pipes, although not the same by any stretch.
There is ways to get a set that don’t break the bank. Lots of clubs have loaner sets on offer so you can see if it’s something you want to purse. There are also makers that have budget friendly sets.
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