Uilleann pipes / Píob uilleann
Aproximately pronounced “peep illin”
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT IN THE
WORLD
The traditional Irish bagpipe, the
most complex existing bagpipe. It’s blown through bellows, not by mouth. Comes
in more or less complex sets : practice, half and full sets.
Famous
performers : Davy Spillane, Liam O’Flynn
Best Kate
songs : Night of the Swallow, Jig of Life, Rocket Man
Other works : albums by
Davy Spillane, “Riverdance” or “The Seville suite” by Bill Whelan, “The siege
of Carrick International Airport” (Kíla – Tóg e go bóg e), “Heaven’s here on
earth” (Tracy Chapman – New beginning), etc.
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Here are photos of the full set
uilleann pipes played by Martin Nolan and Tommy Keane, a close-up of the full
set regulators, and 2 photos of me playing a practice set on a stone circle in
West Cork, Ireland.
