Colin, Have you been nobbled by a hockey mom/pig in lipstick??? Chris
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:15:23 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NSP] Re: George Atkinson > > Dear Adrian, > > > Come on let's get?some musical sense into all this. The fact that I have not competed does not mean I do not have any idea of the nature of the instrument. My experience of playing the pipes both as an amateur and semi- professional as well as my broader experience of music other than small piping means that I can put the playing of the pipes in some sort of perspective that perhaps the less experienced in playing and listening to a wider range of music cannot. I fully appreciate the characteristics of closed finger playing that is almost unique to our pipes but the fundimentalist dogma of only one finger up at a time and playing every note detached closes off a range of other means of expression attainable on our pipes to make up for the lack of dynamics that the pipes suffer from and which I have mentioned previously. > > > I am not trying to change the style of playing the pipes that older and now deceased players have established only to feel free to develop varied techniques while retaining the essential quality of the playing style. > > > Be aware that in insisting on this rigid form of playing you are?putting off beginners who feel that they will be derided in playing in public if they cannot acheive this level of expertise and may put them off piping altogether. > > > I have posted this on the list to widen the discussion. > > > Colin R > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: what.me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 0:33 > > Subject: Re: [NSP] George Atkinson > > > > > > Mr Ross,? > > have you competed in any piping competitions? (I do not think so)? > > I have.? > > What are you trying to say?? > > I am playing, now, in a most 'proper' form and you are trying to change it.? > > The correct method is closed fingering; if you cannot do it, give up; or at least try.? > > Mr Schofield ? > > > _______________________________________________________________________ _ > AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
