The closeup of the pipe fingering is a treasure that may not have yet been fully exploited. These pipes are not standardized; what works on one may not on another. There are multiple ways of making similar tone effects on some notes but for 2 different techniques to give the same effect, as I see on Back D [1st octave thumb note] vibrato, only some of the numerous melody pipe designs would respond this way.
Speaking as an Englishman, this is so joyful and life-affirming.
This is probably an English song
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It doesn't get any better than this.
A great posting - The Merry Blacksmith is one of the best Irish tunes ever :-)
Ive watched this for about 34 mins stating after each view "Just one more"
cheers for posting this gem. i have a old tape from 74. still as good today as it was then .
Bravo with the pipes!
And thé banjo!
Beautiful thanks so much for posting this is thrilling
What a gift, this new batch of Planxty video from the glory days. Thanks, Bilko. Never feel the need to stop posting these, please.
I really love Planxty
The closeup of the pipe fingering is a treasure that may not have yet been fully exploited. These pipes are not standardized; what works on one may not on another. There are multiple ways of making similar tone effects on some notes but for 2 different techniques to give the same effect, as I see on Back D [1st octave thumb note] vibrato, only some of the numerous melody pipe designs would respond this way.
RIP Liam
It's indeed the Merry Blacksmith
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And the second one is The Merry Blacksmith. Good tunes, but definitely not the Humors of Ballyloughlin, which is a four part jig.
that's kitty gone a milking first. then the merry blacksmith.
Kitty Gone A Milking / Music Of The Forge
Bilko1234, I for one would like to buy you a pint!