Hi Sam. The "tap drag" or "double tap" birl works but there is not enough room to do the "figure 7" birl. Well actually I can do the "figure 7" too but I have a deformed hand from an accident a few years ago, which allows me to do that.
I totally agree with you on the uniqueness of the NSP sound and I am being very particular about getting the traditional style basics down and sticking to them. The birl just sort of slipped out and I liked it. It's not actually a birl in the real sense because of the closed chanter. The popping effect is similar though. I thought I might try to record it and post a link to the MP3 file.. but I'm sure everyone knows what I'm on about anyway. Cheers Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP Birl? > Hi Bill, > > How you can get a birl out within the tight finger hole spacing of the G > chanter is remarkable, as I find the F chanter which is longer than the G, > too cramped to execute the birl or any of the other complex ornaments that > I > love to execute on my Scottish pipes. It is enough for me to make sure I > have only one finger or key raised at a time in keeping with the closed > chanter playing style, and to appreciate the wonderful percussive popping > effects that distinguishes NSP chanter from the Scottish ones. > > Cheers, > Sam > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Carr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:59 AM > To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [NSP] NSP Birl? > > > From Bill Carr > Mysen - Norway > > > My first post here in a long time... I asked this on the Dunsire forums > but > thought maybe I would get a broader response here. > > > I am fairly new to the NSP but have been a very active ghb player for 13 > years. I am currently playing a G set and working through John Liestmans > book. The tune I am working on now is Lambs Skinnet. When I came to the > long > G notes at the end of the second part I automatically did a birl (from > highland technique). It felt natural to put one in there and I think it > sounded pretty neat. I was just wondering. > > 1 - Do any of you NSP'ers who also play Scottish pipes use the Birl on the > NSP? > > 2 - If you did something unorthodox like that in highland piping circles > you > would probably get some crass comments from the conservative corner > (including myself). Is it more accepted to do stuff like that in > Northumbrian piping? > > Cheers > > > > Bill Carr > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > >
