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Thank you, Blackhawk, for all the links you provided for the slow airs, laments and ballads of the past posts. I saved them all to peruse at my leisure, thanks to you!!

best wishes,
Baen

Hello again, well, I looked at these practice sets on the Song of the Sea website: http://www.songsea.com/uilleann.htm I know that Tom Hall suggested the pracitce set made by the Boston maker, but I'd prefer a set that I can add the drones and regulators to over time. Also, having a set made from th...

Well, I suppose there are some positives about being single! :) There isn't anyone else who'll have to put up with my piping efforts. Although that could change... In terms of dwelling, I am in a house now, but will probably be in an apartment at the point that I begin practicing. Perhaps I should t...

Hi everyone, I'm usually on the whistle board, but I come over to the pipes board from time to time. I've only been playing the whistle for a couple of years, but am really hoping to eventually start down the Uilleann Pipes road. To me, nothing sounds so wonderful! My question is: how long should I ...

Yes, the day when more of the world's people are equal in terms of quality of life and opportunity--that will be a great day. And, actually, the wealth of the world is being spread out a bit more-unfortunately, this usually means that the masses of people are still desperately poor, while the rich i...

I've read Irish history, and was very saddened by the long suffering by the countless numbers of the population. Many exports were going out of the country during the potato famine, cattle and other livestock in addtiion to grain crops. And of those who emigrated, thousands died on the "coffin ...

Many thanks, cowtime, for the insightful comments. It started me thinking about whether I really want to learn to read music, or just want to play it? I'll have to mull that over. I suppose each has something to recommend it. I will keep that in mind, though, to make sure that I'm not just wanting t...

If you've been playing a year or so, and made it to playing the tunes in the back of Bill Ochs' tutor Thanks for the reply, cowtime, and the welcome! Actually, I have just gotten the tune "Drummond Castle" in the Bill Ochs book, which is still fairly beginning ( I'm a "beginner in the...

Hi everyone, glad I found this board! Sometimes surfing the web for hours pays off in gold, doesn't it? You all sound like a great group of people! I'm starting on the tin whistle path at the late age of 40 (have been playing on and off for about a year, actually). Perhaps I shouldn't admit this, bu...