![]() There are no reeds, strings, keys or buttons to assist you. You will use your 2 hands and fingers just like all the other instruments discussed but you also have to produce the sound. This instrument is in my opinion the most difficult to master. Again both hands/ fingers used will sound a tune if used correctly. The whistle standard or low produced a sound when you blow into it. However once the technique is mastered the sound or note is produced by allowing air to pass through the many reeds. ![]() There is no denying that the pipes are complicated as you have to coordinate the bellows and the bag with the chanter, the drones and the regulators. A combination of buttons pressed will also produce different notes and in such a sequence a tune. The box and concertina for instance produces a sound when you press a button which allows the air to pass across a metal reed which makes a sound. The fiddle produced a sound when you draw the bow across the strings. Nevertheless once you pluck the strings a sound is produced. It requires lots of practice to achieve an acceptable sound especially the banjo. If you take all stringed instruments you either pluck the string with your fingers or a plektdrum and this makes a sound. As for the bodhran there are many different views on this drum. The mandolin, and bouzouki a Greek instrument introduced into trad in the 1960s by Johnny Moynihan of Sweeney’s Men also adds sweetness to the overall sound. Of course other instruments enhance a session such as the pipes, concertina, the piano and I was recently sitting beside a harpist in a session which was beautiful. The bosca ceoil, the fiddle and the flute are and to this day and not to forget the banjo. To deviate slightly on this theme we can also consider which was and now is the nicest and best instruments to play in a session. You will still see Ceili bands playing especially for the various set dancers. It then, with time became popular to play together and form a session. If we look at the origins of trad music we can see that it was primarily played for the dancers. Now to expand on this and discuss the most difficult. I think it goes without debate that the tin whistle is, as practically every child in school in Ireland learned the penny whistle. Well there were quite a few opinions last week on the easiest instrument to play.
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