Thanks for that Matt. I've often wondered! Why though is it taking so
long for the NPS to correct its error?
In the recent First 30 booklet I'm the only peron to give Jamie Allan
as the name and as my wife pointed out it looks as if I'm the one
getting it wrong!
After all, if I
Dear Colin, John et al.
I think we should be distinguishing between Regional and personal
styles here.
Reels in the most of the British Isles (and elsewhere) have a pulse
which can be interpreted as:
Gob-stopper, gob-stopper, gob-stopper, gob-stopper.
In Northumberland
Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
wrote:
From: Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Information please
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 11:51 AM
On 3/11/09, Anthony Robb [1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote
, whilst treasuring,
and being influenced by styles of the past be they on vinyl or in mp3?
Discuss.
Tim
- Original Message - From: Anthony Robb
[1]anth...@robbpipes.com
To: NSP group [2]...@cs.dartmouth.edu; Richard York
[3]rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Sent: Thursday
treasuring, and being influenced by
styles
of the
past be they on vinyl or in mp3?
Discuss.
Tim
- Original Message -
From: Anthony Robb [3]anth...@robbpipes.com
To: NSP group [4]...@cs.dartmouth.edu; Richard York
[5]rich
@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Thursday, 12 March, 2009, 11:00 AM
On 12 Mar 2009 at 0:46, Anthony Robb wrote.
Hi All,
I have sent Anthony Robb a copy of my e-mail suggesting the genesis of
the tune
Jimmy Allen.
The tune first appearred in print in an EFDSS publication in the early
Thanks for that Philip I agree. That is why my intial request was for
written references to Jimmy pre NPS. Matt replied almost by return to
say there were none. My beef was there is no excuse post 1944 for
conjuring up a name for no good reason. If Barry provides the evidence
that
Touche!
Stiff fingers now but I still do'em for private amusement!
Anthony
--- On Fri, 13/3/09, Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com wrote:
From: Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes
To: 'Anthony Robb' anth
? Is that style
better/truer then other styles currently in evidence? Should any style
be preserved in aspic or should we accept evolution, whilst treasuring,
and being influenced by styles of the past be they on vinyl or in mp3?
Discuss.
Tim
- Original Message - From: Anthony Robb
Hellos apiece
There has already been interest shown in this especially, as one piper
put it, they didn't have the opportunity to hear Joe Hutton play live.
The session as I've already mentioned has a huge number of people
involved - the queue for the pub to open started at 11 am
Hellos apiece
There is a rather important tale to tell here and Chris is
understandbly reluctant to publicise it but hereas the story, as I have
it. I'm putting in lots of background as I think it helps.
Chris was an amazing player even as a youngster. He came up to the
first
Hellos apiece
I'm about to start the copy run for this CD. Please be reminded that it
is not a pipes CD as such. It does let people see how the pipes were
used in dance settings which were the musical lifeblood of north
Northumberland communities. I'm still taking orders if anyone
Hellos apiece
28 CDs done; 20 to do (when I get a new delivery of blanks - next
24hrs.) Kind people are still asking about postage costs etc. So let me
explain. I've given up my daily quota of good red wine for Lent (old
fashioned lad that I am). This will give me a nice wee sum
used the
Hermitage, Ellingham as a refuge.
Anthony
--- On Wed, 18/3/09, Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com wrote:
From: Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: That CD!
To: 'Anthony Robb' anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: 'Dartmouth NPS' nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Hellos apiece
Here's the list of people who should be getting a CD very soon.
I posted the last batch of UK destinations today and will do overseas
tomorrow (I had to wait for some lightweight cases).
Nigel Barlow
Alan Corkett
Richard Heard
John Gibbons
Ross
Hello Richard
It was me that mentioned the stiff fingers business. You probably
havenat heard of me or my playing (apart from, perhaps, the early stuff
on the aCut Drya albums) and I in turn must plead ignorance of your
music, apart from a quick look at a You Tube piece which
Hellos apiece
I apologise for my tardiness in replying to so many enjoyable messages
but weave been away in heaven (aka Glenelg) and are only just getingt
around to emails.
Dick, can I turn to you first and say thatas a great idea. Yes, please.
As for the rant business, for
Hello Folks
Time, methinks, for my twopenn'orth. When I took over The Sage
Gateshead's Weekend School pipes lessons from Jim Hall, Jessica was one
of the participants. She mentioned the Kathryn Tickell connection at
our first lesson just before Christmas 2008 and when I quizzed her
Something may be wrong when playing a given style music (like
playing jazz as if it was classical and vice versa) but describing a
style as wrong in itself can only be regarded as narrow-mindedness -
can't it?
c
I'm not sure it's as simple as this Chris. In order to develop
...@chrisormston.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Lisa Ridley
To: 'Anthony Robb' anth...@robbpipes.com, 'Rick Damon'
rick.da...@dartmouth.edu, 'Dartmouth NPS' nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009, 12:18 AM
Yes, the clip sounded poor and yes, the article itself
Hellos apiece
What, pray, is choyting??
As aye
Anthony
--- On Tue, 14/4/09, colin cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
From: colin cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: Style
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009, 12:27 PM
--- On Tue, 14/4/09, Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Talking of convergence, third time of asking, does no-one have
ANYthing to say about presence or absence of rant rhythm in any of
Peacock's tunes?
Well Matt,
As far as I can remember there are quite a
: [NSP] Re: Style
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu, Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Date: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009, 1:38 PM
On 14 Apr 2009, Anthony Robb wrote:
What, pray, is choyting??
Tom Clough writing to Will Cocks in early 1920s:
When quite a youngster an old piper of last
Hello Adrian
Thanks for that. I'm new to this debate and find it all fascinating.
I'm obviously one of the damned because I find choyting expressive and
beautiful in the right place. The thought of moving on from Billy
Pigg to Tom Clough is as strange to me as moving on from York
@cs.dartmouth.edu, what.me what...@ntlworld.com
Date: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009, 10:22 PM
Hi All,
On 14 Apr 2009 at 12:43, Anthony Robb wrote:
Hello Adrian
Thanks for that. I'm new to this debate and find it all
fascinating.
You have obviously been out of touch
Hello again
The number of people asking me to stay on the list has really touched
me. I did leave but rejoined this morning as Iam convinced there is
much still to be said; in no particular order:
* It wasnat just Barry Sayas contribution that made me question my
: Thursday, 16 April, 2009, 4:47 PM
On 16 Apr 2009, Anthony Robb wrote:
This list can
be a source of genuine information and help to pipers
everywhere but it will only succeed
I don't want to wade into the many and various interesting and / or
contentious directions
Hello Folks
Is it a Society rule that the Chairman can not become the President? If
so, why didn't the committee suggest he stand down immediately in order
to be eligible?
Huge is not quite the word to describe Colin's contribution. He was a
trail-blazer at a time when there was
Hello All
I managed to phone Colin after my last posting and was very interested
to hear what he had to say.
May I be naughty and ask people reading this to email me if they too
think it was an opportunity missed to overlook Colin for this position.
As aye
Anthony
--- On
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Of Anthony Robb
Sent: 21 May 2009 17:09
To: Matt Seattle; Daphne Briggs
Cc: [3]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Colin Ross
Hello All
I managed to phone Colin after my last posting and was very
interested
to hear what he had to say
Hello Folks
You may well have gathered that I've been gallivantin' aboot over the
Bank Holiday. One part of this was playing in th Merchant Adverturers
Hall in York - well worth a visit if you are in the area!
I've returened to find 45 new emails in my piping box and 15 in my
Mmmma| rather harsh Francis.
Anyone could be forgiven for thinking I'd been going around saying
nasty things about the committee and persuading people to sign a
petition to oust them. For those interested in the facts:
AS: When the news reached me that Joyce Quin
oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
Subject: Re: [NSP] F.a.o. Francis others
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 7:54 PM
On 26 May 2009, at 16:53, Anthony Robb
Steve,
That seems about right. Some people (including Kathryn) do attribute
the raindrops epithet to Bill Charlton's Fancy.
Bill C. (who had a wallpaper shop in Bondgate Without, Alnwick when I
first moved up) told me that he pestered Billy Pigg so much about the
tune (regular
Bill was a wonderfully cheery fellow. At my first competition at
Alnwick (1970 Confined Class!) the judges committee emerged from the
dinner (at the pub) hours late and the piping competitions didn't start
till after 10pm. He couldn't at all understand why the competitors
were
Or just too busy making music? I'm involved in a project with Jimmy
Little at the moment. He was one of the ranting Teddy Boys spied by
Louis Killen at Alnwick in the late 50s and learnt pipes from his
father and grandfather in an isolated farmhouse on Alnwick Moor. None
of them
Hello Chris
I think you have made some excellent points but we all have similar
experiences of knowing a tune and then, in a new context, it goes
awol.
I'd reached a reasonable standard and had learnt all of my tunes by ear
when I had my first few tunes with Will Atkinson in his
Hi R M
Lots of good sense there from Rob. Kathryn uses a 15 key set if memory
serves - certainly no top Bb and I think no bottom D#, but as Rob says,
it comes down to personal choice. The more keys the harder the
maintenance and the harder it is to get the best sound. Also
To whom it may concern,
Thank you for keeping me entertained so thoroughly when I'm not
actually making music or otherwise physically involved in it. I am
wondering at this point, however, just how much some contributors know
about the tradition and how accurate their informants
One or two of you might be interested to hear some of the music made
by an international (Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand,
U K and U S A ) band of pipers on the tour organised by the N Z N P S
earlier this year. Snippets can be heard at
Surely worth a go if it means more chance of the name being right in
the publication?
A
--- On Wed, 19/8/09, Barry Say barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
From: Barry Say barr...@nspipes.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: Tune title spelling
To: Nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date:
?
?
-Original Message-
From: Anthony Robb [1]anth...@robbpipes.com
To: [2]...@cs.dartmouth.edu; [3]julia@nspipes.co.uk
Sent: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 4:58 am
Subject: [NSP] Re: Tune title spelling
Hello Julia
Have put a clip of a bit of the Windy Gyle version at
[1][4]http
Here's a bit choyt for the bairns.
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOg93tdh0Ms
Anthony
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Might be of interest -
[1]http://www.asaplive.com/FARNE/Learn.cfm?ccs=229cs=935
Anthony
--- On Fri, 18/9/09, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Whinshields thingummy
To: gibbonssoi...@aol.com
The thing about hornpipes is that there is a big range within the
category. Navvie On the Line makes an excellent clog hornpipe as it
is comfortable to play at a very steady pace. Proudlock's isn't so good
for clogging but fits the Canadian Barn Dance well, as does Roxburgh
I think there is another aspect of this debate worth raising which is,
for want of a better word, aesthetics. It is a source of satisfaction
and pleasure that all of my chanters have at least one key padded with
some superb leather given to me by an ancient Italian shoe-maker
Quick chemistry lesson. The acidic essence of acids (hydoxonium ions)
are very poor attackers of natural materials. I used to demonstrate
this by pouring concentrated hydrochloric acid, fuming and pungent
straight from the bottle into my cupped hand and I'd leave it there for
30
I've received an email from Paul Knox about pipes he is putting up for
sale and wondered if anyone on this list might be interested.
1. Robbie Greensitt F chanter. 14 keys, blackwood and brass. 1250GBP.
2. Robbie Greensitt 17 Keys (down to bottom G), 5 drones, blackwood
and
Is it unreasonable to suggest that there'd be no nsp if it wasn't for
the NPS and there'd be no NPS as we know it without Colin Ross? Just
what can the poor man do now he has been so thoroughly shafted by the
organisation that was a major part of his life?
There is a fundamental
I've had a chance to catch up on my emails. Thanks for all
contributitions.
My point about not getting an understanding and feel for the music
before starting to play might be illustrated by checking out the
following links. In the 1920s the Haka was done by well-meaning All
Here's a wee snippet of Will Atkinson playing some of Madame
B.,Fiddler's Cramp and Mrs Forbes Farewell to Banff. I think we can all
learn something from his clean controlled playing. What think you?
[1]http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson
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1.
not there yet - as Jimmy Little says it takes a lang
time, a lang, lang time!
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Sun, 25/10/09, Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
wrote:
From: Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: Old Guy
To: Anthony Robb anth
Hello Richard
Thanks for that.
Duplicates - me too!
As aye
Anthony
--- On Mon, 26/10/09, Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
wrote:
From: Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Old Guy
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com, NSP
The piano player is Ian Wilson. He has played with a few of the dance
bands from that area over the years.
--- On Wed, 28/10/09, Neil Smith stig.stallybr...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Neil Smith stig.stallybr...@yahoo.com
Subject: [NSP] Old Guy
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Matt, I think we have to be very careful when making assumptions from
sparse written sources. What you say might be true we have no way of
being certain but the evidence I've come across seems to suggest that
Fenwick's selection was not necessarily the best examples of piping at
, the first
and
last verses of which we sang at every prize giving. If the duchess took
too
long to process through the hall and reach the platform, we were
instructed
to sing the first verse again - nobody thought of teaching us the
remaining
90+!!
From: Anthony Robb [mailto:[1
Dave
I did have one but the wheels fell off.
Anthony
--- On Mon, 2/11/09, Dave S david...@pt.lu wrote:
From: Dave S david...@pt.lu
Subject: [NSP] schei greiss
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Monday, 2 November, 2009, 7:23 PM
Wunnerbar eppes vun dei schei
the trick!
--- On Tue, 3/11/09, Gibbons, John j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk wrote:
From: Gibbons, John j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: schei greiss
To: 'Dave S' david...@pt.lu, Anthony Robb
anth...@robbpipes.com, nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date
Just in case anyone might think I'm the clever so-and-so who came up
with those complex jig patterns quoted in a previous submission, I have
to say I lifted them from Stewart Hardy's book Secrets of Jigs
([1]mu...@kirkhousepublishing.com) an excellent publication with highly
What a long, long way we've wandered from my initial point!
No one can take any pride at all in not having a skill and I for one
know no by ear leaner who would not wish to add the skill of
sight-reading to their box of repertoire-expanding tools. For many it
simply wasn't an
Yes, I caught it too.
Very heart cockle-warming at this time of year!
Further to Alistair's contribution, many years ago I used to provide
piping illutrations when Colin Ross did illustrated talks on the pipes.
If memory serves I think he had a slide of a 6 inch bronze of a Roman
Thin ice here,I think, John.
Leaving aside the century in which the unique sound of the pipes was
created and whether the addition of keys improved this sound, there
are real problems, these days, with the appellation Northumberland.
You rightly point out that the Kingdom of
BT tim.ro...@btconnect.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com, j...@millgreens.f2s.com,
gibbonssoi...@aol.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, 6 January, 2010, 16:31
I guess we may have to consider allowing Durham,
CHAPELRY
Not advice just an historical point.
When I was learning the pipes (two pipes teachers down the line from
Tom Clough) I was told that Tom said the oil (olive - the sort for
dissolving wax in lugs NOT premier virgin) should be dripping off
the end of your chanter!
I still use
Hello All
Jimmy took delivery of the Cd's yesterday and is well pleased with
them.
I hope to get copies to sell from my website very soon. I'm tied up
with other projects just at the moment but would do an emergency dash
up to north Northumberland to get some copies if enough
Dear All
Jimmy Little's Cd now on sale at
[1]http://robbpipes.com/HowDoesItGan.html
Cheers
Anthony
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To anyone familiar with Pro Tools LE 8.3
I've spent most of the past week trying to get get this software
working on a new laptop running Windows 7. Like many out there it
won't recocognise the clock from my Apogee Rosetta 200 (even at
44.1kHz) nor does it won't record for more
Both ide and sata harddrives are compatable.
Therefore you may have a problem without a second internal harddrive.
Adrian
Thanks for that Adrian.
I've also been told that fire-wire cards other than Texas instrument
ones can be a problem.
I think I might put the laptop idea on
What a fascinating thread!
The problem I see with an inverted bag is getting the chanter stock
airtight in what amounts to a ridgy hole. It's bad enough with a nice
soft bag with the seam on the outside and the usual leather wedges.
I hate to admit it but the slightly deeper,
Thanks Francis - lovely stuff - it brightened a very grey morning!!
Anthony
--- On Wed, 27/1/10, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: bag shape
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: Nsplist
Barry wrote:
When playing, my bag rests in the crook of my elbow and 2/3 to 3/4 of
my forearm is not in contact with the bag.
I do agree that the forearm shouldn't be used as the main pressure
source on the bag. Get it well oxtered and the upper arm will apply
most of the
Clack-valves often dry out and take on a curve which no longer makes a
seal with their housing. The quickest way to check is to extend the
bellows, block the outlet tube with the left thumb, use the ball of the
right thumb to seal the outer clack valve housing and press the bellows
OK so it doesn't butter your parsnip!
Perhaps the easiest answer is to press the stop button instead
of letting it bother you!
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Fri, 5/2/10, Paul Gretton i...@gretton-willems.com wrote:
From: Paul Gretton i...@gretton-willems.com
Subject: [NSP]
. Don't
let it
bother you! ;-)
Cheers,
Paul Gretton
-Original Message-
From: [1]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Anthony Robb
Sent: 05 February 2010 11:04
To: [3]...@cs.dartmouth.edu; Paul Gretton
Subject: [NSP] Re
...@gretton-willems.com
Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: Gaelic Pronunciation
To: 'Anthony Robb' anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Friday, 5 February, 2010, 17:23
Being cruelly revolting about a ***piece*** that truly speaks to
someone
else is childish.
Just
Hello All
I've just returned from a very chilly but enjoyable weekend in my
phone/technology-free north Northumbrian cottage to find over 50 emails
waiting for me.
I've read one or two about pipes other instruments and would like to
mention that David Hillery used his pipes
From John Dally 9th Feb:
There are not many fiddlers
around here who are interested in playing with NSP, or SSP for that
matter, but it would I like to find one who is willing to tune down
the way Willie Taylor did in order play with Joe Hutton.
Mmm...
Willie Taylor hated
On 6th Feb Julia Say wrote:
That's interesting, Margaret. I remember Joe's views on both Irish
music in
Northumberland, and on Billy Pigg and his playing, from conversations
with him in
the early 90s, at the Rothbury course, at Alnwick, and from playing
bass with him
and
On 10th Feb Christopher Birch wrote:
Never tried Infeld. I'm not too keen on the medium dominants but the
heavies work well for this purpose.
Heavy Evah Pirazzi or Obbligato might do a good job too. I use the
mediums on my normal fiddles.
c
Lots of Trad players didn't move in
On Sat 6^th Feb Paul Gretton wrote:
My objection was to the particular performance referenced, which turns
a great piece of sean nA^3s into something cloying and mawkish,
The repertoire that the song comes from has real GUTS.
Sorry to return to this folks but Paul's words are
Bill's cases certainly do last. I still have 3 in use, the youngest of
which is 41!
It was the bought-in handles that tended to go, but these were bolted
through to the inside and could be replaced easily.
If memory serves Foster Charlton and Colin Ross also made their own
cases
Francis wood wrote:
Unwelcome squeaking can arise from many causes (including mice in the
bag, though I'm not qualified to advise on a solution to that one) and
it takes a good amount of experience to determine what is really wrong.
What should an isolated beginner do in such
On March 18 Francis Wood wrote:
Interesting to hear a bit of background on the reeding on Cut Dry, a
hugely important album. Any further info about the pipes used would be
really great!
Hello Francis thanks for your interest. If anyone else is curious about
these pipes they
On 10 April Bill Telfer wrote:
The only thing to look out for is that vibrations from wheeling can
cause
reeds to become dislodged.
Hello Bill
..and the rest.
According to David Hillery, Tom Clough would always place his pipes
case across his knees whenever they
Today Colin Hill wrote:
Yeah, Dark Island is a nice example of drone clashing. Then again, it
was written for one drone sound so I suppose that accounts for it. Usr
the ones that sound best.
Hello Colin
...or indeed no drones at all!! The tune was originally composed for
Hellos apiece
This is an intriguing idea but I can't help wondering whether simulator
might be too strong a claim? In 35 years of piping tuition, not only in
the UK but also Germany, NZ and USA, I've clocked up over 5000
tutee-hrs of experience and the first (also main and
True, but perfection and beauty are not always found together methinks.
In 1971 I played pipes on the Topic album Transpennine. The track was
Nelly O' Bob's ot Crowtrees. David Hillery changed the key from G to
A on the morning of recording and my pipes wouldn't do A drones so I
I don't oil the bore but do oil the thread/cork on the standing part of
the drone, I also drop oil onto the thread of the plunger (every 6
months or so) to keep it soft and airtight.
Some of this might well spread to the bore.
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Sat, 29/5/10,
Hello All
There's a new link:
[1]http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/images/userImages/misc/wal
lpaper/1024x768.jpg
The wee steading towards the bottom left is Rowhope (Joe Hutton's house
in the early 70s) it's where I had my first session with him and
realised that I
Hello both all,
12/8 is the most accurate way of getting the Newcastle (as James Hill
named it) hornpipe rhythm across (i.e. best for writing
the common hornpipe 2:1 note ratio). The dotted quaver/semiquaver
system gives a 3:1 ratio which is not accurate (as anyone who has used
Yes and no, Helen.
It appeared as a 6/8 march in NPS 2nd Tune Book (1981) but I've never
heard it played as such. Joe Hutton played it as a steady hornpipe and
Robin Dunn arranged it in that form as a duet to play with Neil Smith
on recorder and mandolin. This arrangement was
Hello all
Jimmy Little came down for some tunes last week. In the course of the
session he taught Heather me Kirk's Hornpipe. As per tradition this
was done purely by ear/getting stuck in - the process that has been
used for over 200 years to pass on the music. I thought some
Hello Shiela
La Grande Chaine, also in the first vol of The Portland Collection
where Clyde Curley describes it as a French Canadian Reel learnt by Sue
Songer and Lanny Martin from Footloose, a band from North Carolina.
Anthony
--- On Thu, 8/7/10, bri...@aol.com bri...@aol.com
: neihutch...@yahoo.com neihutch...@yahoo.com
Subject: [NSP] Reeds
To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Friday, 9 July, 2010, 2:59
I posted a question about reeds a while back and got some great
answers. Anthony Robb
suggested that perhaps we should start
about reed adjustment before they move on to reed
making so the offer still holds.
Cheers
Anthony
9/7/10, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
Subject: [NSP] Re: Reeds
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc
:[5]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu]
On Behalf Of
rancis Wood
ent: 09 July 2010 14:00
o: Anthony Robb
c: Dartmouth NPS; [6]neihutch...@yahoo.com
ubject: [NSP] Re: Reeds
n 9 Jul 2010, at 13:38, Anthony Robb wrote:
I have looked at the resources you list but have found that Mike
Hear! Hear!
--- On Sat, 10/7/10, John Dally dir...@gmail.com wrote:
From: John Dally dir...@gmail.com
Subject: [NSP] Sweet Salt Water tune collection
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Saturday, 10 July, 2010, 18:09
Margaret Watchorn's new collection of tunes just
Hello Sheila
More depends on the judge than anything else(!!) and as I'm the judge
at the next NSP competitions I offer the following guidelines:
* First and foremost I'll be looking for a musical performance
* The number of times through, unless otherwise stated in the
On 31 Oct Richard York wrote lots including:
Henry Mayhew in the 1850's interviewed Old Sarah a blind Londonstreet
hurdy gurdy player who was taught in the very early years of the
1800's
to play what she called the cymbal.
Richard
Can't help with the tunes I'm afraid
To John Julia Matt and all
This has been a wonderful interchange and highly enjoyable save in one
respect. The horrible midi noise made as my computer plays the
examples. I can't be the only one who would love to hear the points
made on the instrument(s) the tune(s) was/were
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