On Fri, 20/5/11, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu <christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu> wrote: I think the most likely explanation for the pipes would be that Alice was playing a chanter in concert F sharp. In nominal terms this would put her in F, with B flat the only "unusual" note.
Honestly Christopher, it was a concert pitch G chanter - I'd reeded it and set it up for her. Watching her perform was strange because she didn't look as though she was playing at all - her fingers barely moved - her thumb was whizzing around doing 20 to the dozen. Karen (her mother) said often when she watched Alice play in Folkestra it was a similar thing. Certainly there was a big concert at The Sage Gateshead when Alice just looked as though she was smiling sweetly at the audience but the notes were pouring out nevertheless - from the sides and back. When I first started teaching her the school asked me to set specific technical exercises for her. The first one was Troy's Wedding in the (nominal) keys of D, C, G and A on her F chanter she was 11 years old at the time. When, after a couple of weeks, I said they're starting to come, she said what you mean Anthony is that they'll need at least another 20 hours work. When I replied yes or even more, she said fine and asked me to always give my comments to her straight! She's an amazing lass! Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
