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Irish Flute Tutorial

Irish Flute Tutorial

If you wish to learn how To play the Irish uilleann pipes there are three avenues of tuition you can take. This is assuming that you have already acquired a practice set of Uilleann Pipes to play.

The first method of tuition is to get lessons from a teacher in your area. This may sound logical but finding an Uilleann Pipes teacher will depend on what part of the world you live in. As Irish Traditional Music become popular spreading all over the world there are now people interested in and playing Irish music on the Uilleann Pipes in Japan, Australia, Germany and the U.S.A to mention just a few.

If you live in Ireland where the pipes originate it is easy enough to get lessons in Dublin, Cork or Galway. Yet even in Ireland you may have trouble finding a teachers in Donegal, Kerry, or Lietrum. The main Piping association in Ireland is Na Piobairi Uilleann or N.P.U for short. They have a data base of all their members who teach. They also run the piping classes at the "Willie Clancy Summer School" which has one full week week of teaching Uilleann pipes every year. Classes in Dublin through the school term and organize piping weekends around Ireland with the help of their members.

If you live outside Ireland and wish to get lessons from an Uilleann Pipes teacher things get a lot harder. Your best bet is to find out where the nearest pipes club is to where you live. If you are in the Boston area of the U.S.A. for instance there is a Boston pipers club you can go to for lessons . But if you live in Idaho U.S.A. you may have to travel hundreds of miles to find a teacher.

The second way to learn Uilleann Pipes is by purchasing a tutor Book or CD/DVD tutor. For the piper who lives in an area with no teachers this is their main method of teaching themselves. There are now many self teach tutor books for the Uilleann Pipes on the market, This shows how popular the Uilleann Pipes have become in recent years. Some-tutors have been around for many years and give basic to advanced methods of playing the instrument with tunes for you to play.

The more modern tutor book have an audio c.d. included in the package. This has the advantage of the pupil being able to follow the music aurally as well as with the notation. It also helps with tuning the pipes and keeping the correct tempo. Some tutor books also have alternative notation for pupils who can not read music. The tutor with the c.d. included is therefore the one that most teachers would recommend to pupils who have no way of face to face tuition.

DVD and Video tutors are now on the market and these have the advantage of being able to see on the screen how the tune is being played by the performing DVD teacher. As the DVD and Video is recorded in real time you do not get as many tunes to learn as you would from a printed book. You must also be honest with yourself when deciding what level of skill you have before you make your purchase. If you are a beginner on the pipes and buy an intermediate DVD/Video you will get a great shock as you may not be able to play anything on it. It can take many years to get to an intermediate level on the Uilleann Pipes so know you skill level before you purchase. Most DVD/Vidio tutors for the pipes come with notation and finger charts. Therefor you have the advantage being able to see the tutor and read the music. Piping DVD's and Video's are now as popular as the tutor with audio books.

The third method that can help you is on the internet. This can come in many forms such as - tutor and information web sites, uilleann pipe blogs, piping audio and video links. some sites are free while others want a fee. Video of pipers is put up on myspace or Utube and there are many piping club web sites from all around the world who chat and swap tunes with each other over the internet. Some tutors even teach by video conferencing.

With all this help available a budding piper should be able to find a suitable method of tutorial to help them "Learn To Play The Uilleann Pipes.

I am a tutor of the Uilleann Pipes who travels Europe, USA and Canada teaching and playing Irish music.

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