Beautiful pipes Edric. Love the sound of your chanter. Beautiful playing too. Thanks for posting.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Edric Ellis <[1][email protected]> wrote: Ok, here's an audio-only version. Just the first 2 parts of the Peacock setting - setting selected due to limited competence, I certainly intend to investigate the other settings. Tempo mostly constrained by being able to hit the semiquavers with at least roughly right. [2]http://soundcloud.com/edric-ellis/cuddy-clawed-her-1st-sept Played on my new set of Richard Evans NSPs ([3]https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XFdmYBwiF02PrGZOI7Q5TQ?fea t=directlink) Cheers, Edric. > -----Original Message----- > From: [4][email protected] [mailto:[5][email protected]] On Behalf > Of John Dally > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 5:46 PM > To: Matt Seattle > Cc: NSP group > Subject: [NSP] Re: September TOTM > > Thanks for the excellent commentary, Matt. > > Because it was the tune itself and not the particular setting that > aroused the interest of the few pipers who responded, then I suggest we > pick "Cuddy Claw'd Her" as the TOTM, any setting acceptable. That is, > unless anyone objects. > > Pipers are encouraged to make commentary on their performances, > explaining the research behind it, discuss their desicions about tempo, > rhythm, etc. It would also be interesting to include information on > the instrument used in the performance. > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Matt Seattle > <[1][6][email protected]> wrote: > > Cuddy Claw'd Her - OK, if a 'consensus' is reached by three > people!! > But there is little rationale for recommending Peacock's setting > to > players of Border pipes, as it is one of his tunes which are so > obviously 'adapted' to smallpipes by the replacement of all the > low F > naturals - with high e, of all possibilities. > It's not a tune I've gone for so far myself, but Dixon's setting > is > convincing, and one I've heard convincingly played by Pete Stewart > and > Dave Faulkner. The Clough setting is also worth serious > consideration: > it has the authority not only of the Cloughs but of the 'Charlton' > book, presumably from one of John Armstrong of Carrick's mss, and > also > of the enigmatic Reavely ms., presumed to be roughly contemporary > with > Peacock. The very lightly 'unadapted' version is in the current > edition > of the 'little yellow book'. > And yes I'm working on all the tunes but don't have a camera!! > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:30 AM, John Dally > <[1][2][7][email protected]> > wrote: > The consensus for September's TOTM is Peacock, specifically > "Cuddy > Claw'd Her". > This tune can be played on the Northumbrian half-long pipes > (which > I > think should be called the Northumbrian twice as long pipes), > as > well > as the Northumbrian smallpipes. > Remember, you can post any month's tune at any time. I hope > to > have my > NSP "Peacock follows the Hen" up soon. > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2][3][8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- > References > 1. mailto:[4][9][email protected] > 2. [5][10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[11][email protected] > 2. mailto:[12][email protected] > 3. [13]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 4. mailto:[14][email protected] > 5. [15]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://soundcloud.com/edric-ellis/cuddy-clawed-her-1st-sept 3. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XFdmYBwiF02PrGZOI7Q5TQ?feat=directlink 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. mailto:[email protected] 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 9. mailto:[email protected] 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 11. mailto:[email protected] 12. mailto:[email protected] 13. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 14. mailto:[email protected] 15. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
