Nice one John!
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>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Gibbons, John
>Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:50 PM
>To: Anthony Robb; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; rob....@milecastle27.co.uk
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Concertina Tuning
>
>"Others may not like it but at least you'll be pleasing the most
>important person in this whole process, namely yourself. Which is I
>would argue is the main purpose of traditional music."
>
>Pleasing everyone else in the room might be a priority for
>some, as well!
>
>I have heard too many so-called traditional musicians play to
>please themselves (and nobody else) not to add this health warning.
>You get them everywhere, but I recall the bloke who wound his
>flute up to E flat because that's the key Matt Molloy played in,
>though everyone else in the session was in D, and the one who
>played faster than everyone else because it was more exciting.
>I've been the latter one myself on occasion....
>
>Think about how it sounds for the rest of the world, and you
>will play better.
>
>John
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
>Behalf Of Anthony Robb [anth...@robbpipes.com]
>Sent: 06 January 2011 18:19
>To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; rob....@milecastle27.co.uk
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Concertina Tuning
>
> --- On Thu, 6/1/11, rob....@milecastle27.co.uk
> <rob....@milecastle27.co.uk> wrote:
> It's a case of trying and seeing what you like. The other way round
> this would be for the piper not to play drones ... but I wouldn't
> recommend that approach.
> cheers
> Rob
> Sorry to disagree, Rob, but occasionally switching the drones off to
> let other instruments provide the accompaniment can be
>lovely. I would
> also recommend learning and practising mainly on the
>chanter alone. It
> is the way I was taught and was the Colin Caisley way
>presumably passed
> on from Tom Clough. When Colin Caisley was chairman of the
>NPS in the
> 60s the Society hired out a 'goose' (bellows, bag and
>chanter only) for
> people to try out the pipes.
> Recently I came across an article, from the 70s I guess, written by
> Paddy Maloney who suggests uillean pipers should learn on a
>'goose' for
> 3 to 4 years before thinking about getting drones. The premise being
> that the chanter is where the music is created and so needs to be
> learnt before adding drones or regulators. He also extols the beauty
> and effectiveness of playing parts of a piece on solo
>chanter only and
> then adding accompaniment be it drones or other instruments
>to lift the
> sound.
> On a slightly related topic, people have commented on how
>well in tune
> the 3 beginner pipers in Windy Gyle Band play on the CD and have
> suggested that some digital trickery might be involved. This is
> absolutely not the case. All three have learnt to play on
>chanter only
> and two of them are now (after 3 years) beginning to add drones
> occasionally.
> The drones can add excitement like nothing else to the
>pipes sound but
> they can also mask some of the music at times. So my
>message would be
> follow your ears, try all the options and go with what
>works for you.
> Others may not like it but at least you'll be pleasing the most
> important person in this whole process, namely yourself. Which is I
> would argue is the main purpose of traditional music.
> Cheers
> Anthony
> --- On Thu, 6/1/11, rob....@milecastle27.co.uk
> <rob....@milecastle27.co.uk> wrote:
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