As we say in the local venacular, garsh. Thanks for the kind words, Anthony, but I feel I'm still just approaching the rant rhythm. The first two bars of Hesleyside are easier, as you pointed out, to play even. I'm still working on that phrase and probably will for the duration.
cheers, John On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Anthony Robb <[1]anth...@robbpipes.com> wrote: Hello John Thank you very much for giving us those two tunes and taking on the rant rhythm which brings back so many memories of nights shared with the old guys. That particular set (done in reverse order) was a turning point for me in my piping career when I attempted to join in with Archie Bertram, John Armstrong of Carrick. Joe Hutton, Will Atkinson and Willy Taylor and, if memory serves, John and Kevin Doonan at Archie's house 35(?) years ago. The room was lifting, the tunes were pulsing and thanks to a mixture of surprise, excitement and inexperience with that style I floundered my way through them. Until then I hadn't a clue as to how the Hesleyside reel was played on home turf so to speak. I vowed then to get to grips with that way of playing 'reels' and to be quite honest it has taken me an awful lot longer than it seems to have taken you. Congratulations! Anthony -- References 1. mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html