Lunasa - Tommie Cunniffe's

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Lunasa - 'Billy Firsts Jig', 'The Burning Snowball' & 'Road to the reel'

[@SkyDK1]

I saw them up in Alaska a few years back! They were some of the first people to inspire me to start indulging into Irish fiddle as opposed to texas swing! :) Thanks!!

[@kathykitten6]

Beautiful and Joyous!

[@Xerxes4242]

This reminds me, they have a new album I've been meaning to buy..

[@Buckeye67]

Heck, going back through the tunes, he gave us the third as well. :p

Merci Brian mac namara pour avoir presenté cette video!! en fait c'est mon prof préféré !!

[@Buckeye67]

Great stuff! Kevin gave us the second jig in the set last year at Swannanoa. :)

[@barrry9]

@METALFREAK03 The Uilleann pipes actually have more parts than the Scottish ones :p Scottish bagpipes have a chanter (melody pipe) and three 'drones'. a full set of UP's has those AND 3 'regulators'. On UP's the drones lie across your lap and the regulators go over the top of those. You see the pipe that rests on his left arm? That's the bass (lowest pitched) regulator. Hope you enjoyed the info (y)

[@danmetcalf695]

I like guitar accompaniment

[@McPiper1914]

Cool.....learned the first jig from Cillian last summer at Swannanoa. He was actually calling it "Billy Rush's". MMc

[@lndoxyl]

Nice!

[@rharmaning]

Amazing set, by amazing musicians! Must. Learn. All. @METALFREAK03 - they are the Irish or Uileann ('illen') Pipes. Belows-powered (no mouthpeice for blowing), a softer, sweeter and more complex sound that the Scottish bagpipes that you've seen and heard.

[@johnarrow]

Brilliant!

[@Leeuw1962]

Great!

[@barrry9]

@buttermilkpiper yeah - Billy Rush's is another name the jig is known by - the old thing of one tune havin several names can be confusing haha

[@kipthecourtjester]

No bodhran needed...guitar provides all you need. Pretty fantastic!

[@estrellafugaz301]

Strangely, guitar is not an irish instrument, bohdran is.

[@barrry9]

@crossEyedMary69 Well I'm learning them as well - you basically build them up in 'stages'. The stage I'm at - 'Starter' - you have the bag, the bellows and the chanter pipe. Then, after x-many years you add the drones and make a 'Half Set'. After that, if you want, you can add the 3 regulators to make it a full set - that'll probably be about 30 years after you started learning haha ^_^

[@PyroGhost913]

After 7 years I'm finally getting my regulators in a few months. I'm excited! How are you coming along?

[@METALFREAK03]

what is the man playing in the middle? is that a half bagpipe or what?

[@TheSerialbatteur]

nice

[@balddonaldcerrone7930]

2:36

[@lesleymoore1699]

Sure is a bit of good time music. Where is my beer?

[@crossEyedMary69]

@barrry9 so good luck Barry. You are pretty young to become master .... sometime I'm so glad to be just a whistler :-P

[@crossEyedMary69]

@barrry9 I simply cannot understand how he can play Uilleann pipes just only with two hands and one head :-)

[@Sindini]

@METALFREAK03 Uilleann pipes!

[@AustralianInSiberia]

Makes me want to go to Western ireland, where my clan was resident for 800 years.

[@balddonaldcerrone7930]

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE QUANTA then got sent to Australia as punishment for a crime im guessing?

[@Dclinch321]

The uilleann (il y un) pipes are unique in that they play over two octaves. They also can produce simple chords across the regulators. They are unique in this respect too. Can they be unique twice???

[@balddonaldcerrone7930]

David Clinch of course they can

[@JahRasta01]

How the hell is he playing that bagpipe?

[@balddonaldcerrone7930]

Magic

[@ruudvantiel725]

+JahRasta01 Its actually not a bag pipe but a Uilleann Pipe

[@JahRasta01]

+grey array Damn, I just got learnt good. Awesome instrument