or as the translation from the greek goes,
" Be of good cheer" John 16:33 et al (wonderful combination, the internet
and the bible.)
I think Chris is far too pessimistic and lacking in self confidence. I may
be well off the mark here, but I'd guess in the first half of the 1900s
there were only a few dozen people carrying on the traditions and tunes of
NSP. Now there are hundreds. possibly thousands of people playing the pipes
all around the world, and a good many of them are aiming for the Gold
Standard, so there are quite possibly more people playing, or trying to
play, the pipes the traditional way than ever before.
Regarding the traditional Northumbrian tunes, it's known that many of these
were lifted, or have migrated from Scotland and Ireland, and Keep your feet
still Geordie Hinny and the Rowan Tree at least, were known under different
names by my father-in-law playing the melodeon in Norfolk over 50 years ago.
We should accept this cross fertilization as an invigoration, I've no doubt
many Northumbrian tunes are played on Uillean pipes, and the playing of
other forms of music on the pipes widens their audience and brings more
devotees into the fold,( if that's not a mixed metaphor.) I thoroughly enjoy
Chris's playing, but I enjoy trying to play the fiddle too, and back beat
and syncopation does it for me.
I am not ashamed to say that KT first brought my attention to the pipes,
although she was a young lass playing the fiddle when I first saw her.
Without her more broadly accessible/commercial/populist (call it what you
will) style and repertoire, many people would never have come to the pipes.
That may have been a good thing or not, who's to say.
Whatever, I don't think traditional playing is threatened, but is becoming
available to a wider and wider audience with the advent of the internet.
Discuss.
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Seattle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Robert Greef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: More code?
I'll spell it out
A pint of Guinness (or similar stout) is the image, symbolising or
alluding to .....
Ireland, and by extension, in the context, Irish music. Chris's post
was an amusing (to me and presumably others) comment on the perceived
dilution of the Northumbrian piping tradition. It contained references
which would be picked up by many on this list, whether or not they
agreed with the underlying opinions, but you can't please, or amuse,
everybody.
Cheers
Matt
On 10/7/08, Robert Greef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This posting makes my point more emphatically, because even with this
extra
commentary the passage is still meaningless dribble. Say what you mean!
Or
is this whole farrago totally content -free?
Cheers,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Seattle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:52 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Threat replies are in
I suspect there has been some misunderstanding of Chris Ormston's post -
"The new threat is from another species imported from
Ireland and Scotland. This beast has a stout black body with a creamy
white head, and has taken root in newcastlegateshead."
A pint of Guinness (or similar stout) is the image, symbolising or
alluding to .....
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