On 27 Aug 2008, Chris O. wrote:
Yes - we have yet to explain how the Cloughs came by their
instruments. How could Henry (I) afford a set of Reid pastoral
pipes, for example
At the time of the Napoleonic wars, many of the miners had enlisted,
and the mineowners were being forced
Imagine if Pavarotti had thrown in the odd yodel in Nessun
Dorma, and you'll get the idea! grin
Ah yes, but no one claims that Pavarotti's is the only way to sing - or even to
sing Nessun Dorma.
My personal pet hates are excessive and misplaced vibrato, conjectural
intonation and pomposity. In
tries to get the e hole to sound in
tune...)
You'll be lucky ;-)
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maybe we should have a society red nose for such players :)
Can I put my name down now.
Count me in
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There were many Folk clubs during the 60's - 80's including a
few excellent
traditional clubs (I ran one - and played my pipes there
Which one was that? I was quite active on the folk scene in Liverpool in the
mid-60s but had only ever encountered nsp on record (played by colin ross
We were quite happy to get rid of him
I reckon to this day he thinks he's a great musician and doesn't realise that
he wasn't being used by the other beatles as comic relief (the perfect voice
for a little help from my friends).
Good drummer, though, and made a serious contribution there.
Oops,
Mainly at Adrian House in Aigburth but that was in the 80's and I didn't
start on the pipes until 1972 although before that we spent several years at
the Lamb Hotel in Wavertree (upstairs, huge cavern of a room with some
buffalo horns over the side stage - coal fires and freezing cold in the
Me too! Used to go to the Liverpool Trad Club at the Cross Keys in the early
80s, and the Baltic Fleet, the Grapes on Matthew Street, and the shorter-lived
Brook House Club, and made occasional forays to the Bothy in Southport. I
mostly played in sessions though at the Cracke, the Nelson on
Ah, I left in 1968 and have not been back much since.
Coach House and Jim Peden's were main venues. Only played guitar (and just
started fiddle when I left) in those days, so sessions were not much of an
option - I didn't want to be yet another annoying thrasher, even if I could get
my head
Tell me about it! I've tried everything from more pressure to less
pressure - even a bit of swearing and, very nearly, a kick but no, it
won't have it - it just wants to be flat and that's all there is to it.
Does anyone have a solution (other than the kicking option, which I'm
Jim and Shirley were usually found at Gregson's Well on a Tuesday (been
there, sung there) along with John ? (his nickname was Yogi) who formed the
Carlton three.
Great traditional performers although I haven't seen them for years (if they
are still alive, of course).
There was, at that time,
On 27 Aug 2008, JuliaSay wrote:
I have just been informed that Bellingham Show has been cancelled. The
field is waterlogged, and it's still raining there. They could not
leave a decision any longer.
Further to which, I had a phone call from Tommy Breckons offering the
use of the Youth
colin wrote:
huge cavern of a room
Were all music clubs in Liverpool Caverns?
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I saw the post for raising the pitch of a note that is flat on a
chanter. How can you lower the pitch of a sharp note. The rest of the
chanter is pretty well in tune.
Thanks
Jack Rawlins - USA
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On 27 Aug 2008, Wright Allan wrote:
Does anyone have a solution (other than the kicking option, which
I'm considering)
Send it back to the maker and tell him / her to put it right.
If this doesn't work find another maker who *can* fix it for you - or
reject the pipes as unplayable and
Not a bad idea, the problem I've got though is I've only just
realised and it's been around 9 months. I know it's stupid, but I've
had absolute pitch ever since I was a kid, which means that
developing relative pitch was something I only recently realised the
importance of (shameful thing
Nope.
My pipes were quite a bit out and it took me around 15 years or more to
realise that they needed some work doing on them as I just couldn't get some
of the notes to sound in tune regardless of pressing the bag harder,
pressing really hard on the holes, blowing fag smoke down the chanter
.. they had no choytce, as it were...?
With solemn apologies.
Richard
On 27 Aug 2008, JuliaSay wrote:
I have just been informed that Bellingham Show has been cancelled. The
field is waterlogged, and it's still raining there. They could not
leave a decision any longer.
To
Allan,
As you have noticed, the small pipes are not tuned to a tempered scale
and the E is frequently deliberately tuned so that it is correct
when playing in A major and a minor i.e. a perfect fifth with the A
(as Colin already mentioned). This means that it is not going to
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