Are there any books available for beginners learning to play the Uilleann pipes?
Yes, though they may be a bit harder to find. Highly recommended is H.J. Clarke’s “The New Approach to Uilleann Piping”, which comes with an accompanying cassette. Another somewhat less thorough tutor is Leo Rowsome’s “Tutor for the Uilleann Pipes” (first published in 1936). Two other tutors for the UP are “The Tutor: Irish Union Pipes, A Workbook”, Denis Brooks, 1985 (available from the Irish Pipers Club), and “Learn to Play Uilleann Pipes with the Armagh Pipers Club”, Eithne and H.B. Vallely, 1981 (also available from the Irish Pipers Club).
