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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 2

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 2

Speech with Music: Untitled [Willie Clancy's background in music; mother played concertina; began playing the whistle at the age of five; was over 20 when he began to play the pipes; got first set of pipes from Felix Doran; the Moloney brothers, pipemakers in Co Clare; Garrett Barry used to send to a place called Toin an Bhothair, in Co Clare, to get reeds made; Clancy was helped in learning the pipes by a local musician, Hugh Curtin; the components of a practice set; fingering technique on the chanter versus that on the whistle; is it an advantage in learning the pipes to have played the whistle?; the difficulty of unlearning bad habits; demonstration of the range of the chanter – two full octaves; adapting tunes to suit the pipes

Clancy, Willie - speech in English
O'Donnell, Michael - speech in English

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 4

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 321 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 4

Speech: Untitled [The reason for the strong music tradition in Clare; Clancy's opinion of musicians in Sligo; young people in Clare taking an interest in traditional music; the accordion: a problem instrument; the difficulty of acquiring and maintaining the pipes and of learning to play them; Clancy's advice to learners on the pipes; it is best to learn when young; the slow air is the cream of the music]

Clancy, Willie
O'Donnell, Michael

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