'The notes should come out like peas' Chris has pointed out that in the pod, the peas are separate, but touch or almost touch. So we are talking about 'poco staccato' not 'staccatissimo'.
Adrian used to practice staccatissimo, but it's not very musical, and he doesn't play that way. -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Shaw Sent: 28 April 2009 11:22 To: Dave Shaw; Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Re: nps Hi all, I seem to be missing out on some of the posts on this subject. However, futher to the Fenwick gracing advice I've checked the 1931 reprint as well as my 1974 edition and it has the following words below the section on stacccato; "The learner should note that the staccato style of playing should not be overdone. Excessive cutting of the notes though at times lending a meretricious brilliance to a performance, is not in accordance with good small-pipe style" It is interesting that this was left out of the '74 reprint. Cheers, Dave Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles www.daveshaw.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
