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In December of 2005, I began learning the Irish bagpipes-typically called the uilleann
Paste Magazine 2008
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In December of 2005, I began learning the Irish bagpipes-typically called the uilleann
Paste Magazine 2008
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In December of 2005, I began learning the Irish bagpipes-typically called the uilleann
Paste Magazine 2008
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Mick O'Brien from Dublin playing The Morning Thrush on the uilleann pipes posted by John at 3: 23 PM
GOP Confronts Its Future Viability John 2009
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Mick O'Brien from Dublin playing The Morning Thrush on the uilleann pipes posted by John at 3: 23 PM
Some Piping for the Weekend. . . . John 2009
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Formed in 1997, Flogging Molly is a seven-person group that incorporates traditional Irish instruments such as tin whistle and uilleann pipes with the familiar power tools of rock and punk, including churning electric guitars and sing-along choruses.
Songs of Detroit, via Dublin John Jurgensen 2011
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Can't say I; m an expert, but I'm fairly confident they'd be uilleann pipes.
Watch John Wayne in The Quiet Man: live! Andrew Pulver 2010
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"Harrigan and Braham's songs relied on a pit orchestra," Mr. Moloney said, "and I knew the instruments we play today in Irish traditional music — fiddle, accordion, whistle, uilleann pipes — were fine for the project, but I also wanted a flavor of vaudeville and variety theater in the mix."
Songs for Kellys and Cohens Earle Hitchner 2010
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"Harrigan and Braham's songs relied on a pit orchestra," Mr. Moloney said, "and I knew the instruments we play today in Irish traditional music — fiddle, accordion, whistle, uilleann pipes — were fine for the project, but I also wanted a flavor of vaudeville and variety theater in the mix."
Songs for Kellys and Cohens Earle Hitchner 2010
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"Harrigan and Braham's songs relied on a pit orchestra," Mr. Moloney said, "and I knew the instruments we play today in Irish traditional music — fiddle, accordion, whistle, uilleann pipes — were fine for the project, but I also wanted a flavor of vaudeville and variety theater in the mix."
Songs for Kellys and Cohens Earle Hitchner 2010
manilamac commented on the word uilleann
There’s got to be an interesting story behind this word. The word uilleann is recent to me as applied to the Irish bagpipes (powered by bellows pump as opposed to breath).In the past, the much more common word Aeolian was used. Was that right or wrong? Aeolian, in the sense of musical scales, generally applies to the ancient Greek untempered scale that was based on “perfect” mathematical relationships. I always found that use of the word (re: the Irish pipes) unsatisfactory, because I knew the pipes didn’t use that scale (almost on one does these days). So comes the question, was Aeolian used in the past as a substitute for uilleann? Why? Because Greek is respectable but Galic less so? Whence the word uilleann anyway? Has an increase in the popularity of Irish music brought the word back into usage? Have I just been reading lousy sources for the last twenty-five years?
August 11, 2009