Recorded at the Irish World Academy with uilleann piper Cillian Roche. I believe the names of the tunes are as follows: "The Promenade" hop jig/ ‘The Dusty Miller’ hop jig/ ‘The Holly Bush’ reel ** Try earphones for more bass :P
Have goosebumps from neck to ankles. First time I heard the pipes as a child my face was covered in happy tears. I was so deeply stirred my parents were alarmed. I didn't have the words then (too young) to explain to them.
After watching how you move your left hand on the back of the bodhran, I understand much more how important this is to change the tone of the drum. You make it look so easy. Excellent piper too. I recently purchased a new bodhran and assortment of beaters from a company in Dublin. Able to get a lot more different rhythms and sounds from them. Cheers, Steve.
Thank you for your kind messages and support! I believe the names of the tunes are as follows: "The Promenade" hop jig/ ‘The Dusty Miller’ hop jig/ ‘The Holly Bush’ reel.
That is some smooth bodhran playing very well done. And the piper to, I play the pipes myself and im going to use this video to learn this tunes, he played them perfectly to be used for learning :)
Thank you Nicolle, PLEASE MORE, pleeeaaaaaaaase ... 🙏 Those two instruments together it's just perfect, and the slight smile on your relaxed face shows that you live and enjoy the music from the inside, more ...
This year marks my 30th. year of playing the Bodhran. I am self-taught. Learned from books and listening to tapes and CD's. You are the only other person I've ever seen who plays the same way I do using the off-hand to get a variety of different tones to follow/complement the melody. Some other players use a simpler version of this technique, such as the great 'Ringo' McDonough, to great effect; but you are the only other person I've ever seen using a more developed version of it. One major difference is that I play in the older 'Kerry' style using both ends of the tipper, while you play in the Top-end style. Great to see someone else playing like this, Thank you for the video!
Hi Hare deLune Great to hear you are still playing!! listen to Jim Higgins and Martin O'Neil - among others, they are amazing at their tonal-hand! I mostly play Top-End Style too. I just have a different grip but my I do most of my triplets with both ends! Happy Tunes!
i can tell when you both close your eyes it just flows! like you actually feel the music :D it's awesome the both of you working together as one!!!!!!i can tell tht you love doing what you do!!!!! please never stop!!!!!! :D
I absolutely love how deeply involved both are in only the music. Cillian is great but the Bodhrán player kept my attention how she felt every upcoming beat. Well done to both.
I had to listen 6 or 7 times to it before I was able to write a comment. It ist absolutely stunning what you did there, you interact in a way that becomes hypnotic and pushes one into trance in a few seconds. Never heard something like this. Thank you for sharing!
So glad to hear and see two young people beautifuly maintaining the uniqueness and diversity of their culture. Long may it be so with all the World's different traditions and cultures.
I love this. As an ancestor of the Indigenous peoples of North America Navajo,Toas Comanche and Tlaxcala this drum so resonates with me. I am trying to learn how to use your drum! Thank you for the videos!
It is a pleasure to hear both together and I'm mesmerized by the bodhran playing. She is given over to the music, or in a meditation. I 'm glad to know she is listed and not just the piper alone
I love this session!!! It starts out slow and builds. It's so great, she has me taking bodhran lessions from her videos...and of course I love the pipes, whether Highland or Irish.
Seeing that a single instrument can be played in so many ways. Wow! I may not know much about both the instruments here, but I really like this very much.
the great highland pipes sound incredibly powerful and nothing raises the hair on the back of your neck like being around a pipe band, however the Uilleann pipes have a gorgeous sound that i think suits the solo player more, at least for certain things
I think it's all personal preference. I was born and reared on the mountains of Mourne, and my grandfather was a fantastic accordionist, and when he and his friends played together, the Uillean pipes felt like they plugged us in directly to the ancestors... the energy they generate in me is simply electrifying, and to me at least, feel like God himself comes to speak with me whenever I hear our magical Irish pipes being played...❤❤❤
In Ireland the Bagpipes were known as Píobaí Choghaidh/War Pipes. In WWI 1500 Bagpipers/Warpipers were killed "going over top" - the majority of them were Scotish who would have called their pipes Highland Pipes. In Ireland the Uilleann Pipes (Elbow Pipes) were non-military.
my goodness you are both amazing. you really should do more videos together please, this was fantastic and powerful. thanks for introducing me to this instrument. your playing reminds me much of the way indian tabla players can slide or move their hands around the drum to change the tone produced.
Funny enough, it's wonderful to my ears, the way the electronic limiting of the recording equipment here, causes the bodhrán to compress the pipes in just such a wonderful way. it's a great "ducking effect" sound, PERFECT for beat-heavy dance music.... Think of the late Martyn Bennett. ❤
