[NSP] Re: technique etcetera
The first tune I ever did this with was Crooked Bawbee, as suggested by Bill Hume. It worked well for me, I didn't get bored with it. Helen Yup, great tune and one that like even the way I play it myself. It's a healthy exercise on the tightrope between beauty and sentimentality/kitsch - and I mean this in a positive, not sarcastic, sense. You can get away with a few slurs too ;- I think the meatiest I've ever got into in a big way is Jackie Layton (variations) - a bit of everything in there to keep you busy for a good while. Csírz To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Technique (etc)
Chris, 1) Viols: apologies (silly, subjective choice of words) 2) Nasty synthetic reverb: you have good ears, I agree 3) Jacky Layton: excellent tune but it might be a big ask to get it in your head quickly John, Yes, it takes ages and some bars need more ages than others. In my doldrums days I was asked to play The Shipley Set with Alistair Anderson at The Chantry Museum. We had a number of rehearsals (me playing largely by ear aEUR the dots were hand written (I'm being kind) on 6 sheets of manuscript pasted on a large piece of cardboard aEUR a challenge even to a seasoned dots reader as not all parts were named or in the correct order). One particular bar in the Rant refused to flow. I remember Alistair's words vividly, Right we'll play this bar till we drop. I counted the first 84 times through, lost count and after another minute or so looked pleadingly at Alistair, he replied Kidda, this is what we call work and we carried on for another 20 or so times through the bar. An eye-opener to put it mildly! Re choice, it depends what your main interest is. Choose a tune you like that you have on tap, listen to it until you can sing it in your head and then you're ready to start and work on it. Miss Forbes' Farewell to Banff could be a good one as you already have it on disc and the dots have been published I think by NPS. If any one is interested in more formal methods I can send them the exercises that I give to my Caedmon class members. Not every one's cup of tea but there are two sheets, one for the keyless chanter which gives some preparation for Peacock tunes as well as general fingering, the other concentrates on key-work and should help with tunes like the Barrington. I hasten to add these are nothing special but they are ready to go and might help a bit. The other approach to help with technique is to use a good easy-to-understand-the-pattern tune like Banjo Breakdown. This is excellent finger exercise and accessible enough to get beyond the dots quickly. It went down well at Killington this year and again I can send the dots if anyone wants them. Cheers Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: technique etcetera
Helen, Good choice for a starter. The beauty with that tune is it can be tried: a) as a very free air, b) steady waltz, c) faster Circle Waltz, to keep interest up. Cheers Anthony --- On Wed, 22/12/10, Helen Capes helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz wrote: From: Helen Capes helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera To: John Dally dir...@gmail.com, NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 7:50 Quote from Anthony Robb: May I suggest picking one tune that really speaks to us but isn't yet inside us (this includes brain, heart and fingers) and devote half our practice time each week to that single tune for 1-6 months (depending on time allocated to practice and complexity of tune). Which do you suggest? The first tune I ever did this with was Crooked Bawbee, as suggested by Bill Hume. It worked well for me, I didn't get bored with it. Helen To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: technique etcetera
When I first started David Burleigh kindly pointed me in the direction of the first four tunes in Derek Hobbs' Folk in Harmony, Book 1: Morag of Dunvegan Leaving Lismore Queen Mary Believe Me Highly recommended for beginners. C -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:23 AM To: NSP group Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera Helen, Good choice for a starter. The beauty with that tune is it can be tried: a) as a very free air, b) steady waltz, c) faster Circle Waltz, to keep interest up. Cheers Anthony --- On Wed, 22/12/10, Helen Capes helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz wrote: From: Helen Capes helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera To: John Dally dir...@gmail.com, NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 7:50 Quote from Anthony Robb: May I suggest picking one tune that really speaks to us but isn't yet inside us (this includes brain, heart and fingers) and devote half our practice time each week to that single tune for 1-6 months (depending on time allocated to practice and complexity of tune). Which do you suggest? The first tune I ever did this with was Crooked Bawbee, as suggested by Bill Hume. It worked well for me, I didn't get bored with it. Helen To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] The Crooked Bawbee
One thing I would like to mention w.r.t. this tune is watch out for the Scotchy snaps in bars 29, 30 31. The one in bar 28 is nice but the rest over egg the pudding for me and could be near disastrous if you were doing the tune in waltz style! Cheers Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
