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Metronomes? Meh.

Find yourself a Clareman who plays accordion regularly for feiseanna and set dancing, that'll set you straight.

You're welcome, John! Thanks for the kind words! See ya at the next meeting.

That was sweeeeeeet playing, whoever it was. A fine, fine piper, no question. Thank you for sharing.

That's what I've found, too. The harder I try to vamp on the regs the higher the probability of a crash and burn incident. It's best not to try to think too hard about it, but to really feel the rhythm in the tune in a bodily way and just kind of learn to flick your wrist in time with that rhythm wh...

Is Yngwie Malmsteen teutonic enough for ya?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVC6_OQQ ... re=related

Is this your instrument now, bensdad? If it is it couldn't be in worthier hands. I can't wait to hear you playing it!

I went to work yesterday and put in my time, then went off to the pub to do a gig with the missus and a few friends. It was noisy but fun and we had an appreciative audience of mixed generations - literally 3 months old to about retirement age.

I just figured it out. You have to use the TG4 Beo player. Go to http://beo.tg4.ie/ , click on "Ceol", then on "Geantrai 07/03/10 Pt 1." David's performance is about two thirds of the way through. Fantastic piping and the chanter sounds great. :thumbsup: How's that for a St Plast...

A viable alternative to a case humidifier is a humidifier for your dwelling. I run two humidifiers in my two bedroom condo from late November until April. I sometimes put a few pots water on the stove when needed. I aim for about 50 to 55 percent relative humidity. It suits my needs well. YMMV.

LOL

Grand. I never knew Shoe the Donkey had such beauty in it.

Me too

PC

I know you meant high ranking NPU members. Some of those people lurk here all the time...some of them even post regularly.

NPU's membership is well represented at C&F. Especially on the uilleann piping forum.

Successful pipers don't hold the chanter as if it were a Boehm flute. For every portrait of a piper holding the chanter in that manner there are just as many holding it with flat left hand fingers. I suspect Professor O'Leary was a self taught player with some prior experience on the flute.