There is no doubt that KT can play as accurately as anyone, when/if she chooses to. But as she has got more 'popular' the style has got more open - lots of choytes, still against an otherwise closed background. She's obviously trying to add contrast. Too many choytes for my taste, though.
The closed end chanter may be more than a century older than Peacock. Remember the thread about the Talbot MS? It was keys that came in in his time. John -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu Sent: 27 May 2009 11:55 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: smallpipes Dear all, Very interesting, and thanks for the link. A choyte at 00.02 and again at 00.09, a slurred, or near as dammit, low f# grace note at 00.07 (and similar things near the beginning of the Keel Row - e.g. the very first two notes and the F# to G at 01:37). JA's accompaniment to BI is downright bizarre but I rather like it. some obvious open fingering? Or am I more cloth-eared than I thought? and what tuning system is he using? All very traditional - honest! ;-) Shame about BI's vocals. Some nice spiky crisp playing from KT (with the odd tasteful choyte to liven things up, not to mention the impeccable intonation - she's the most in-tune piper I've ever heard, and is excellently matched in both this respect and stylistically by Andy May on duets on her "Back to the Hills" album). Richard Butler being (to my cloth ears) rather naughtier (in Rothbury Hills) than KT has ever been guilty of where lazy gracing is concerned. I still like the noise he makes tho and it's a nice flashy BC's Fancy (idem on KT's latest album). What is the tradition? It depends which one. A few hundred years back the tradition would been have what prevented us from developing closed-end chanters and keys like that upstart Peacock ;-) (running for cover!!!) chirs To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
