From the playing the tunes on my various sorts of pipes, it seems clear
   that Dixon did play an instrument with a flattened 7th.  But in my
   experience the flat 7th is sharper on Highland pipes than on SSP or
   most BP.  I don't think his fingering was anything like modern Highland
   piping fingering though.  And, personally, I like Dixon's tunes on the
   NSP and SSP best.  That's not a judgement or historical argument, just
   a matter of personal taste.

   On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Gibbons, John
   <[1]j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:

     There is also the question of what did Dixon intend by his blank key
     signature?
     Did it mean 'this tune is in Gmix/Cmajor or Adorian'?
     Or did it mean, as with Highland pipe music,
     'I am not bothering to say what the actual key signature is, as you
     know already'?
     John
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     From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on
     behalf of Matt Seattle [[4]theborderpi...@googlemail.com]
     Sent: 29 February 2012 23:01
     To: Dartmouth NPS
     Subject: [NSP] Re: March 2012 TOTM: "Adam a Bell" selected by Julia
     Say
       On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:33 PM, John
       Dally <[1][5]dir...@gmail.com> wrote:
       Dixon's tunes as transcribed in THE MASTER PIPER are in A
     mixolydian
       and the NSpiper has to take into account that there is more
     involved
       than simply transposing to G major, and in the case of some of the
       tunes he/she might just as well play them as written in THE MASTER
       PIPER.
       It's an interesting viewpoint, John. There is the precedent of
     Billy
       Pigg's 'Skye Crofters' played in nominal A on NSP. In what key do
     you
       play 'Athol Highlanders' on NSP?
       I have to say, it's not a problem for me. I don't play NSP. I have
       enough other problems.
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