Cuts, taps, pats, rolls, crans... ornamentation in Irish music
Blog 70,000The music I most listened to was Rock. It wasn't until Riverdance came out in 1994 that I started listening to Irish music. Actually, that's Irish music 'watered down' and not real traditional Irish music. From the video, I was blown away by Uilleann Pipes and wanted to learn that instrument.
Since I didn't have any background my research was extensive and after a few thousand in vested in handmade pipes, I started a journey. the one thing I ignored was 10 years or so playing a tin whistle. That would have been the essential basis for the ornamentation to make the colorful sound heard on Irish music.
Prior to that, I had some woodwind experience in oboe and saxophone, and none of those instruments were considered traditionally Irish!.
After 5 years, I decided to give up pipes and head back to something more familiar.
I hit a link today that reminded of the pipes played in the Irish style, with a touch of metal sound. But first a tutorial on getting the ornamentation parts they describe as Cuts, taps, pats, rolls, crans.
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