Book Description

(Waltons Irish Music Books). Designed for the complete beginner, here is a comprehensive tutor from one of Ireland's best known and most innovative pipe players. With a book full of history, photos and music, Spillane makes this challenging instrument a joy to learn. Davy Spillane's instinctive feel, love and understanding of the uilleann pipes and traditional music forms places him apart as a musician. In this book he dispells the myth that they are one of the most difficult instruments to learn. He explains simple piping for the beginner and progresses step by step through the problems a beginner may experience. Songs: Garrett Barry's * The Dawning of the Day (Fainne Gael An Lae) * The Humours of Tulla * The Kid on the Mountain * The Battering Ram * The Twopenny Bit * The Sligo Maid * Paidin O' Raifeartaigh * The Kesh * The Liverpool Hornpipe * The Rights of Man * The Sally Gardens * Heather Breezes * The Stack of Barley * Coppers and Brasses * Hunting the Hare * The Copperplate * The Traveller * The Wise Maid * Drowsey Maggie * Saddle the Pony * The Green Groves of Eireann * The Honeysuckle Rose * The Rambling Pitchfork * Hardiman, The Fiddler * The Boyne Hunt * The Mountain Road * Donnybrook Fair * The Clare Jig * The Silver Sphere * Drops of Brandy * Kiss the Maid Behind the Bar * The Boys of Bluehill * The Lark in the Morning * Star of Munster * The Cup of Tea * The Harp That Once Through Tara's * Hallolling on the Ryegrass * Gander in the Pratie Hole * Harvest Home * Morrison's Jig * The Butterfly.