[Robin Challis]

Hi Jeff, they’re called the uillean (pronounced ‘ill-ian’) pipes. They have a heart-wrenchingly sweet plaintive sound – nothing like the Scottish bagpipes. Here’s a clip for ye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq3m_R3Lnu4

[Robin Challis]

Hi Charlotte and Jeff,

Here’s a couple of pieces you should check out – Finore by Moving Hearts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xTZcdoOjjs or The Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5McFnKo_L0 – with the great Keith Donald on sax. His website is: http://www.keithdonald.com

I play tin whistle tunes on the sax sometimes. Only slight difference in fingering (assuming you’re coming from a standard D whistle) is you’re playing in the scale of D, so middle key F sharp on the sax versus third hole up on the whistle.

All best

Robin

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