You shouldn't try to copy pipers' ornamentation, which is specific to pipe fingering. They can do things we can't, so you must look for simpler ornaments which can be just as effective. Pipers need ornaments to articulate the melody and give rhythmic drive. We make the rhythm with the trompette, so we don't need elaborate ornaments. And the essence of a pibroch is a slow melody, not clever finger tricks - well, not for us. I would be interested to see a list of Scottish tunes you find effective.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Minstrel Geoffrey Sent: 01 January 2008 03:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] Hello Well I hope to ne at the next "OTW Festival" in 2008 and perhaps by then, with any luck, enough of is will have learned a FET Scottish tunes, that we all van harmonize together and really put on a sight, perhaps even time down and up to get those tasty quarter stops that sound amazing with at least 4 players Sent from my iPhone On Dec 31, 2007, at 2:14 PM, "Maria/Joel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I too am interested in the Scottish tunes, and that is one of the > reasons I > bought my HG, misguided as it may be! The snaps will be a challenge > but I > also play the wire-strung harp and had to learn them there, so I > hope to > develop a passable ornamentation technique for my HG over time. > Now, the > really fancy ornamentation that pipers use, I have no delusions that > I'll be > able to do it all. But for the simpler stuff I figure it's just a > matter of > getting my fingers to work fast enough, because the inertia of the > keybox -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1205 - Release Date: 31/12/2007 15:32
