Right....what about this !!!

Legatto & Staggato Piping (forgive the spelling). Argue the difference between the both..Is it style, Is it ability, is it what you've been taught in your area ?, maybe its a different approach to the speed & stlye of music in general. Tell me the diffrence between Liam O Flynn & Paddy Kennan. Planxty & The Bothy Band, Willie Clancy and leo Rowlesome....

Here's my ten bobs worth !! Keenan's style is fast just like Davey spillane..but O Flynn's is more relaxed matured.. Your can here the roll or Cran approaching you during the tune and its dileverance is timely and excuted without faulter to every section of the grace note. To the untrained ear, Keenan and Spillane excute their deliverance in a more rushed, but yet exciting fasion. I can here their excellance, but it's there and gone to quick...Like a Long Pint of Guiness..it should be there to be savoured and drolled upon.

I was taught the better side of whistle by two people..Billy Mc Cormack (Piper Kilfenora Co. Clare Ex Belfast)and Leslie Bingham (Belfast). I won an Ulster Championship at 17 and never feel I matured to my full potential (life's other commitments.) Having played and sung in several groups I always maintain the fundamentals that these two people shared with me. Do it ..do it right..Spend 2 years perfecting your rolls , Crans and triplets wityhout learning a tune and your playing will be so much improved.. For me it's O'Flynn..hands down. He's a god to all I was taught.. only wish I could even match half of him !!

What Do YA Think ? Yea or Nea

Colin Ballygally