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The "BONES FROM THE BEGINNING" instructional
video features 80 minutes of comprehensive, "Hands On" educational
entertainment focusing the viewer on playing, preserving and understanding
the tradition of ancient Irish Bone playing. Starting at the most basic levels
and continuing on to advanced formats, one hand or two, this video shares and
unfolds the timeless secrets needed to play one of the oldest instruments in
the world using simple language phrases to convey complex and simple rhythms
on the Bones. The video displays music and culture in a setting that is both
enjoyable, educational and fun covering basic and advanced Celtic music forms
such as Jigs/Reels/Slipjigs as well as multi-ethnic musical styles. Mr. Plunkett
is one of a few select players who has developed a method so that the pitches
change while playing, and his unique sound and abilities have afforded him
many soundtrack recordings such as the epic film, THE TITANIC, where you can
hear his featured Irish percussion tracks the Bodhran (Celtic Drum), Spoons
and Bones.
You may purchase this with or without a pair of high quality wooden bones to
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Aaron Plunkett's Irish ancestral heritage and devotion
to Celtic music have inspired him to study traditional Irish percussion in
Northern Ireland with Eamon McGuire, Michael O'Suilleabhain and
Mel Mercier from the South
at the University College Cork. He did intensive study of traditional Irish
music with a focus on percussion to authenticate and perfect his playing. Aaron
is one of a select few players who demonstrates a two-handed bones playing style
and has further developed that method so that the pitches change while playing.
Mr. Plunkett has performed with the legendary Celtic master of the Irish
uilleann pipes, Paddy Keenan, a driving force and one of the founding members
of the Bothy Band who forever changed the face of Irish Traditional music.
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