Needs more fingers than I have (or anyone else, for that matter). For slower stuff, I enjoy playing anything that sounds well on bagpipes (ie with drones) whether Irish (Planxty Irwin is nice), Welsh or anywhere else. However, personally, I don't think they sound as good on HG as on other instruments (ie a bagpipe tune sounds better ON bagpipes). That's purely personal, of course, but I don't play much "Celtic" - as defined by Alden - on the HG (although I do on other things) and I don't think it brings out the best in the HG generally speaking and maybe that's why. You want something that brings out the beauty of the HG and not make it do something that doesn't. The same applies to the Small-Pipes. They sound best (again, to me) when playing regional music not when trying to play something they were not made for (again, there is an overlap). Colin Hill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Lofthouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [HG] Celtic Music
Andy Irvine (planxty et al) occasionally plays one, mainly to accompany songs, dont think he has a trompette though, i have never heard it buzz. If you are using the broad definition of celtic music ( ie acoustic pan-european folk music) then several spanish groups use it. If you are using celtic music to mean traditional irish music, then no, it isnt used much, I am sure Gilles and Patrick could do a great job on reels, but they are damn hard to play on the gurdie for us normal humans. derek ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:41 PM Subject: [HG] Celtic Music Dear HG List, Call me crazy but I don't have a sense of the use of the HG in the area of Celtic music. Have I just been looking (or listening) in all the wrong places? Or, is it a tuning issue? Thanks, Jay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.
