Made by Dave Shaw - seller lives in York, UK.
11 key set with nickel keys, asking price 650 pounds or best offer
Contact me offlist for owner's details - I have no connection with or
interest in this sale, nor have I seen them. I'm merely a contact.
HTH
Julia
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Francis Wood wrote:
Iain Bain´s excellent article: Thomas
> >and Robert Bewick and their Connection with Northumbrian Piping. In
> >it,
One of the most significant articles ever published in the NPS mag, I
find.
> >http://www.mediafire.com/?
> sharekey=09ff1cf99500a89441446e35a78dc463e04e75f
Hi list.
Anne Moore asked me to post this:
---
Hello all
As lots of you may already know, the Chantry will receive a Royal
visit tomorrow morning - to celebrate the reopening of the building
following last September's floods.
For reasons of space and time, it was not
Dear all
For anyone interested who has not yet joined the NPS discussion list,
a statement is available there, from the NPS committee, outlining
their procedures in respect of the new president.
To see it, contact me offlist, or to discuss it, join the list by
sending a message to discussion-r
On 11 Jun 2009, Ian Lawther wrote:
> Happy Hours was Emile Vacher a French accordionist and appears in Matt
> Seattle's Yelllow Northumbrian PIpers Pocket Book.
I believe that the fact it was available there was a contributory
factor in its omission in the Billy Pigg book.
At the time the BP
On 3 Jun 2009, The Red Goblin wrote:
>Do you perhaps mean Archie's Fancy (AKA Tin Can Polka) which Billy
>Pigg reportedly wrote "in response to the behaviour of Fred Ord's
>two (then small) sons, who rushed about with tin cans attempting to
>catch the drips falling through the par
On 29 May 2009, Francis Wood wrote:
> Some further clarification would be useful. As I read the message, the
> list is to discuss NPS matters, i.e. issues pertaining specifically
> to the Society (NPS) rather than Northumbrian piping items (NSP).
The new discussion list has been set up specif
An alternative or extra mailing list has been set up for NPS members
wishing to discuss NPS matters
Hopefully this will reduce the annoyance to those not interested in
such things.
All NPS members are welcome to subscribe, please send a message to:
discussion-requ...@northumbrianpipers.org.uk
u
On 26 May 2009, Francis W. wrote:
> > Whilst sorting out some cassettes, I came across this BBC programme
> > about NSP, broadcast about 20 years ago, I think.
If it's the one I think it is (haven't had a chance to listen) it was
made in the society's Jubilee Year - 1988.
There are several ca
mittee meeting are available to any
member on request. This has been the case for many years and was
reiterated in the newsletter a year or so ago.
Julia Say
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y simple majority, except in the case of
rule
changes, where the requirement is a 2/3rd majority of members present
and eligible to vote. The chairman of the meeting has a second or
casting vote in the event of a tie.
I think that is sufficiently clear.
Julia Say
NPS Hon Sec.
--- End of
people whose
>names appear are happy.
> Here is
>what I hope to send to Julia next week:
>Julia Say
>Hon. Secretary
Anthony, Bill and others:
If this is something on which you wish me to take action, please re-
send to my secretary address: secret...@northumbrianpipers.o
y years
> now I have NOT been collecting cups, medals and trophies,
Then what's your name doing on the composition trophy that's on my
shelf at the moment??
> To Julia Say: I wish to know if by paying my dues (which are nearly
> equal
> to the cost of a second rate chan
On 21 May 2009, Ian Lawther wrote:
> I had emialed Julia suggesting Colin earlier this week but for some
> reason the email bounced.
Ian - I just tried to acknowledge receipt of this message offlist,
but I too got a bounce message:
SMTP error from remote mail server after
On 21 May 2009, Neil Tavernor wrote:
> And these rules can never be changed!!!
Of course they can be, and there is a due process for that too. The
membership would be down like a ton of bricks if the committee or a
faction of it started to change the rules to suit themselves at any
given mome
This was my response to Bob's post, also sent offlist.
--- Forwarded message follows ---
On 21 May 2009, Robert Greef wrote:
> can you please clarify?
1) will the presidential election be by a vote at the EGM?
No, the EGM is a ratification process of a candidate already selected
by
Bob Greef sent this to me only, by accident, and has asked me to
forward it to the list.
--- Forwarded message follows ---
From: "Robert Greef"
To:
Dear Julia,
As I am sure you are the best person to answer these questions on the
election process, can you please clarify? 1) will the
On 21 May 2009, Hilary Paton wrote:
> Is it not time the NPS set up its own mailing
> list to email members who have supplied an email address
Yes.
This will still only cover about 80% of members (if that). As you
will appreciate, it is a slightly different order of magnitude job to
set up
On 21 May 2009, Paul Gretton wrote:
> All but one of the committee would appear to have a
> computer. I wonder why they would not want to keep track of this list?
All the committee have access to a computer, but one is only using a
work one, which cannot accept large volumes of private mail. O
g stands. This correspondence represents significant
views by members of the NPS, and as such will be reported to the
committee.
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- no other person has
been mentioned.
I will report this to the committee, not all of whom read this list.
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On 18 May 2009, Paul Rhodes wrote:
>'Oh no, here we go again!'
>I'm saddened that you can't support the committee
Obviously what I wrote was not clear, since it has been completely
misinterpreted. I am not "not supporting" the committee - I am
administering its decision, and whether I
ersonally disagree. That is part of the job.
Again I'm not saying whether or not this is the case in this
instance, but don't shoot the messenger - it could be that they agree
with you.
Julia Say
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a their
pipers' society addresses, or their private ones. In Anne's case,
this has recently changed to: anne.moor...@northumberland.gov.uk, due
to local government changes.
This information will also be in the next NPS newsletter.
Please feel free to pass this on to any pipers who
you f
On 1 May 2009, julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
> Does anyone have a current snailmail address for Dick Hensold?
Problem sorted. Thanks, Matt S.
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Hi all.
Does anyone have a current snailmail address for Dick Hensold?
I can't get an answer from him personally, though his email is not
bouncing, and I need to send him something.
Thanks
Julia
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Dear list
I've just been contacted by an elderly gent who worked with Bill
Hedworth many years ago, and has a partial set of nsp he made under
Bill's instruction. He wants to find a good home for the bits at an
appropriate price. He's in Washington, Co. Durham
Drones, bag, bellows completed. S
On 29 Apr 2009, Matt Seattle wrote:
> is it not the case that the Fenwick tutor
> (which I can't check because I don't have it) has respectably
> traditional sets of the Holy Halfpenny and Felton Lonnen variations?
Edition 1 has Coquetside as in N. Minstrelsy, Holey Ha'penny (as in
NPS1 - copi
Just a sideline on the 3 editions of the Fenwick tutors.
All were, it seems, produced "in a hurry" to satisfy immediate needs
perceived at the time.
I have not researched - nor do I have time to at present - JW
Fenwick. He was the only player on a considerable committee of the
C19 society; I s
On 16 Apr 2009, Anthony Robb wrote:
> This list can
>be a source of genuine information and help to pipers
>everywhere but it will only succeed
I don't want to wade into the many and various interesting and / or
contentious directions these threads are taking. I simply don't ha
On 14 Apr 2009, Anthony Robb wrote:
>What, pray, is choyting??
Tom Clough writing to Will Cocks in early 1920s:
"When quite a youngster an old piper of last century and a splendid
performer (Thomas Todd?) gave me very simple and very grand advice:
"If you want to be a good piper, listen to
On 14 Apr 2009, Anthony Robb wrote:
>The pipes were designed to provide a staccato (or at least a
>separated note) foundation to the music. If a person ignores this
>completely from the outset then the product may not be wrong but it
>is certainly misguided. Let pipers take the mu
On 13 Apr 2009, anne corlett wrote:
>Does the London group still meet?
>Are there any tutors in London?
Contact Francis Wood, last active on this list a few posts ago
>Now the stupid question - is there any reason why I shouldn't play
>while pregnant? I am guessing not, al
On 13 Apr 2009, Chris Ormston wrote:
> Andy May, Pauline Cato and I were discussing competitions at the
> Whitley Bay residential course last year, and we concluded that
> judging - a thankless task in the best of circumstances.
Well I for one am extremely grateful for the positive and helpful
ennings playing together exists,
but I can find no reference to it on the web.
I hope this helps
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On 16 Mar 2009, Anthony Robb wrote:
>Here enters the villain of the piece letas call him Cid.
> Chrisas masterpiece was put on the shelf to gather
>dust. Not only did Cid sit on those recordings, he also put an
>embargo on the NPS using him on the aNew Horizonsa album.
A great deal
On 14 Mar 2009, Chris Ormston wrote:
> T:Keelman Brown of Newburn
Presumably this is a dark form of liquid refreshment from the
microbrewery at said location; or have the re-enactors been in?
Yet another good tune!
Julia
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to be commended are the super-efficient band of packers - some
regular and some new to the job - which meant that the posting
operation was one of the fastest ever.
Julia Say
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On 11 Mar 2009, Gibbons, John wrote:
> The other approach, less apparently prescriptive, is getting different
> pipers to record a few tunes each - and stylistic variations in
> rhythm, gracing etc will be there - new pipers can choose who they
> want to try to sound like.
Which is precisely wha
On 10 Mar 2009, john_da...@hmco.com wrote:
> One tune
>in particular, "The Hesleyside Reel", ... Was it
>written for the pipes?
Yes, it was. Question is, which ones. T J Elliott was apparently a
fan of GVB Charlton & family and his tunes were written at the time
the Hesleyside f
On 10 Mar 2009, rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
> I had no experience of using ABC copies of the tunes to
> generate audio copies but it seems to be a relatively straightforward
> way of getting the printed tunes out there to be heard.
>we have most of the other tunes that are in our
> publications in
On 7 Mar 2009, Mike and Enid Walton wrote:
>If tunes (the "first 30" in the current context, but it holds for
>all the NPS tunes) were posted in "abc" format on the NPS website,
Good idea in theory. As you say, booksales are an issue. Remember
also that the web, and abc even more so, ar
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:03:06 -
On 9 Mar 2009, richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Do we mean "oral/orally" or "aural/aurally" ... or perhaps both?
If it's a song, orally / aurally could be equally valid.
A tune is learnt aurally.
Since we appear to be having a light hearted moment I
Hi, list
Apparently there was an obit. for Jim Bryan in Weds. Daily Telegraph.
It hasn't appeared on their website - although others from the same
day have.
Does anyone read this paper, and could supply a copy for the NPS
scrapbook?
Thanks
JUlia
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On 2 Mar 2009, rob@milecastle27.co.uk wrote:
> .. Or rather "How good is my differentiation of tones?"
>
> A friend pointed this site out to me the other day:
> http://tonometric.com/adaptivepitch/
> The test is adaptive
> There are a bunch of other related things on rhythm and musical
On 23 Feb 2009, Chris Ormston wrote:
> Please could you advise what happens to the local gigs - we only seem
> to get requests for long-distance work via this list?
Certainly. Any local ones I deal out geographically, supplying
enquirers with several names if possible. Recently I've had very fe
Is there anybody within range of Perth who could play nsp for a
wedding on 24th Oct. for "About 1-1.5 hours".
PLease contact me if you think you could take this on.
Thanks
Julia
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ghts are with Marian and their family.
Please feel free to pass this on to other players you may know who do
not read this list.
Julia Say
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On 4 Feb 2009, richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> some shots of an
> >unidentified piper in a concert with a harper called Jean Clough,
Probably Basil Clough then - her husband. Without having looked at
it. They produced one LP in the late 50s, called "Dreams of
Northumbria" - I got my co
On 3 Feb 2009, Dru Brooke-Taylor wrote:
> It's very brief, but
> is there anyone who was there or who can say who those present are?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7865518.stm
Robson's Choice. (named after the late Jane Robson)
L to R:
1 Kathy Palmer
2 Richard Cooper
3 (?)Don Brown
4
I am currently getting recurrent spam mail from a "Mr Allen"
offering an idyllic lifestyle
it would seem that Jimmy's spirit is alive & kicking, as I bet that's
what he offered to the various ladies he...erencountered.
Is anyone else getting the same offer??
Julia
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Is there an nspiper available who could play "The Skye Boat Song" at
a funeral in Leatherhead (Surrey) on Thurs 5th Feb.as the coffin
leaves the church.
There is a music industry connection so expenses / a reasonable fee
appear to be available.
Please contact me for more details.
Julia
To
I have been given details of a set of Philip Gruar's pipes for sale
by the original owner. They are in blackwood & nickel finish, and
have a 7 key chanter.
They are in the UK.
Contact me offlist for full details if interested - if not sold by
the end of Feb they will be advertised in the March
On 16 Jan 2009, malcra...@aol.com wrote:
> How does copyright effect performance.?
> Especaillay if an enterance charge is made,
For all "performances", paid or otherwise, and this includes sessions
in pubs, someone is supposed to sit there writing down everything
that is played. This list is
On 16 Jan 2009, julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
But here's a PS:
"Publishing" includes typesetting more than one copy and handing it
round to friends: writing out a copyright tune by hand, copying it by
any means and distributing that:course music of any sort: workshops:
and so on, and so on
On 16 Jan 2009, Barry Say wrote:
> I believe the situation in
> the USA is rather different,
> Also, how long does copyright last?
> Anyone know any good websites?
The first thing about copyright is that it's a minefield.
The second is that it's different from country to country: certainly
US
On 15 Jan 2009, colin wrote:
> When it appeared in
> the NSP tunebook, did it come about from "oh I know a good one" or are
> there any indications as to an older date/source etc. 1964 isn't that
> long ago to some of us.
The drafts & suggested tunes for the 1970 edition of the 1st tunebook
ar
The NPS has a scrapbook of tunes submitted by members for both the
first (1936) and second editions (1970) of the first tunebook, mostly
duplicated - they were circulated to members for the first edition -
but some are in MS.
In some cases, composers autograph MS copies.
I've just been going th
On 6 Jan 2009, Gibbons, John wrote:
> Another one on the publishing agenda might be Lionel Winship's book.
> Roughly contemporary with Bewick, it's on FARNE
I believe the original of this is a private possession: therefore the
question of its publication would rest with the owner.
I agree it is
On 5 Jan 2009, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
>If you can find a copy, Matt's edition of Bewick's MS
The NPS is currently in negotiation with Matt to publish a new
edition of this. No dates promised, but we'll do what we can.
Julia
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I've never found the verbalisations of rhythms particularly helpful -
but that's just me. And I did once know about spondees and trochees
(didn't James Thurber illustrate these rather brilliantly?) but it
became surplus info many years ago.
Faced with a tune that I'm not sure is a rant or reel
Dear NPS members (and apologies to others)
The Dec posting, consisting of newsletter, annual magazine, AGM
notice etc has been posted today, Fri 28 Nov. so should reach some
folk over the weekend, given it went straight to the regional sorting
office.
Cheers
Julia Say
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On 2 Nov 2008, Chris Ormston wrote:
> And, of equal relevance to NSP, The Pogues are at Newcastle Carling
> Academy on 11th December!
Quite. However both are good - I've only seen the Pogues live once,
and that was at Cambridge Folk Festival in the late 80s.
I doubt if I'll be going to the Yor
Kim Bibby-Wilson has requested that we publicise the following:
Pre-Christmas Concert -Music of the Tudors
including the new tune "William Turner´s Jig"
Tuesday 18th November 2008, 7.30 pm
The Ballroom, The Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth, NE61 1LZ
Tickets £8.00 (Concessions £6.00)
Available fr
On 31 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>His grave is green but not wi' grass
>you'll never lie beside him.
>means that he's drowned.
Or killed in action and given a sea burial, gven the press worked for
the navy.
Maybe
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erested or need to know.
Thank you
Julia Say
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On 24 Oct 2008, tim rolls BT wrote:
> Just make sure you play with a group of older females and you should
> be able to keep your end up!
Has someone been telling you stories about Jack Armstrong, Tim?
Meanwhile, as an "older female", it appears I should live in
hope..
Taps finger experim
mpted to play the CD it turned out to be blank.
Tune composition: 1. Julia Say 2. Valeria Madderson3. Peter Dunn (7
entries, 4 composers)
Composition of Variations: 1 Barry Say 2 Julia Say (3 entries, 3
composers)
Nsp:
Novice: 1. Peter Morgan
Beginners: 1. Gill Sergeant 2. Jennifer
On 12 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I was really pleased to read in the newsletter about Colin
>receiving the gold badge from EFDSS for lifelong service to folk
>music.
The presentation is at the Bridge Folk Club 50th birthday party on
Nov 17th - which is already a sell out.
T
Anyone within range of Morpeth next week:
---
NORTHUMBRIAN PIPING CONCERT
WEDS OCT 15 2008
with
Andy May & Hinny Pawsey
and
Andrew & Margaret Watchorn
In St James´ Hall, Wellway, Morpeth
at 7.30 pm
Tickets: £7.50 including light refreshments
Available on the door
---
and the NPS competitions (18 Oct) are all at Morpeth
Methodist Church instead of the Chantry.
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On 2 Oct 2008, Gibbons, John wrote:
> It also stretched higher up the social scale than some people like to
> think. The picture (of Dixon himself?) in the Dixon MS is of a
> gentleman in a rather snazzy coat.
William Dixon was a churchwarden of his (admittedly very rural)
parish. One of his ma
On 2 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think the idea of solo playing in our group sessions is excellent,
> and I can see that it would be very beneficial.
> ... I do mind,
> and find very frustrating, is knowing that on my own at home, I can
> play much better than that.
>
> Of course
On 22 Sep 2008, Richard York wrote:
> in the case
>of a run of semi-quavers on the nsp I suppose it also has the
>possibility of "do nothing extra" ?
Just getting them sounding as they should (peas in a pod), is quite
sufficient challenge for most of us, I think.
Otherwise you cou
On 22 Sep 2008, Ormston, Chris wrote:
> We don't really know what Peacock meant by the trill marks. It's even
> been suggested that Mr Wright, the publisher, was wholly responsible
> for the transcriptions, and, not being a piper, gave it his best shot.
To Chris' comments I'd just like to add t
therefore send it to me rather than Anne.
If it's in the post already, don't worry, Anne is receiving her mail,
and we'll sort something out. But perhaps in the latter case you
could let me know so I can double check I've got everything.
Thank you
Julia Say, NPS sec.
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First of all, Adrian, please get your facts right. Whilst Colin
freely admits he is "not a competitor" he did, in the past, compete.
I do not have records of all competitions available, but he won both
beginner and intermediate classes of the NPS competitions in 1961,
and then in 1964, judged by Bi
Dear members (and apologies to others)
The 80th birthday party concert for the NPS on Sat. Oct 11th will now
be at Morpeth Methodist Church, which is a superb place to play,
acoustically. There are other rooms for refreshments - the only
drawback being that the building is alcohol free, so it'l
Dear list
Thanks to a number of volunteers - Anne Moore herself, Kim Bibby
Wilson & Meg, Susan & Malcolm Craven, Richard Heard, Maureen Davison,
Tim Rolls - and for a short while myself & Barry, + a couple of
others, the Cocks collection & associated material plus all the pipes
in the Chantry'
On 7 Sep 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Here's a question fro the illuminati - will the building be available
> for the concert / competitions in October?
Don't know yet.
The concert was going to be held elsewhere, but according to your
friend's photo collection that building has also been
On 7 Sep 2008, Pauline Cato wrote:
> Just to add to that I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to Anne
> Moore who With help from Kim & John Bibby managed to move all the
> valuables upstairs
I'll second that.
Kim rang again this morning to say that she understood that after
they all went h
Those of you in the UK may have seen on the news that the centre of
Morpeth was flooded, including the area of the Chantry Museum.
On this youtube clip, it looks alarming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQrAKGlAPyk
That was yesterday.
The good news is that the flood defences held at the Chantry,
On 30 Aug 2008, Bill Telfer wrote:
> that come here to breed hurdums or durdums, huliments or buliments,
> hagglements or bragglements, or to molest this public Fair,they shall
> be ta'en by order of the Bailie and the Toun Cooncil, and their lugs
> be nailed to the Tron wi' a twalpenny nail,
N
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 g
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 Hos
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
On 26 Aug 2008, Ormston, Chris wrote:
> should the audience at
> competitions throw custard pies to create a general sense of hilarity?
> :)
Only at the judge!!!
Isn't this a game of verbal custard pies we're having?
Julia
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On 25 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I liked the idea that some one had that Clough thought that some
> players of the small pipes sounded like pit canaries used to test for
> firedamp.
My recollection is that this came from Thomas Todd (1827-1903) - and
in essence was that canaries cho
On 24 Aug 2008, Chris Ormston wrote:
> Forster Charlton's description
> tells us that learning our instrument was taken as seriously as any
> classical instrument,
Tommy Breckons told me that competition pipers should expect to
practice 4 or 5 hours a day. He was taught by both GG Armstr
On 24 Aug 2008, Chris Ormston wrote:
> .and while I'm on a roll, can someone please explain the benefits
> of squaddies playing the Northumbrian pipes? The GHB went down that
> road years ago, with well documented results!
I'll leave the 4 TA nsp players to defend themselves.I think at leas
On 22 Aug 2008, Ian Lawther wrote:
>Clough ... was critical of choyting that was emerging in the early
> Northumbrian Pipers Society which was Newcastle based.
And most of whose founding officers & committee were Highland pipers
before they took up nsp. The large "promote the half-longs" factio
On 23 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Basically
> The less we know about our musical culture the more it is potentially
> open to misinterpretaion.
Which, IMO, brings us nicely back full circle to:
"The chief aim of any player is to produce good music. Now this can
only be attained by
On 22 Aug 2008, Ian Lawther wrote:
> From first hearing the word "choyte" I have assumed it to be
> onomatopoeic.
I have always assumed it was pitmatic. It also appears to be a word
in both French and Punjabi (thanks, google).
I'll try it on the neighbours
Julia
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On 22 Aug 2008, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
> What about Dargie (Spelling?), or am I just playing it wrongly -
> choyting away to my heart's content :-))
Usually Dargai, I believe, but we know what you mean
I quote from a recent offlist post about choyting by Mr Ormston:
"Essentially it means
On 22 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Earliest example of anyone going over the top re plaid I can think of
> was Sir Walter Scott
It was he who 'orchestrated' George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822,
insisting that all the 'Highland gentlemen' should wear appropriate
tartan. Most of them
On 22 Aug 2008, Paul Gretton wrote:
>>>>I've been told the weave was different in each valley
>But being a canny lass, you thought "pull the other one!"
I don't know. It *sounds* plausible enough. But it's nowt to do with
piping.
> >Me meself persunelly, I like the traditional l
On 22 Aug 2008, Ormston, Chris wrote:
> I may have imagined this, but I've a feeling GGA was involved in
> George Atkinson's tuition.
Ah. I thought so, but couldn't place where I'd heard it.
> Thanks for getting me going about piping ensembles too - was it
> intentional???
No, it just sort
On 22 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I remember reading somewhere (possibly in Boyden's book on the history
> of violin playing,)
>From the same book, which I'm currently reading / ploughing through,
I have bookmarked a small paragraph which remarks (of violinists in
the C17), that the
On 22 Aug 2008, Ormston, Chris wrote:
> it's not just a Clough
> thing. Joe Hutton's playing clearly demonstrated detached fingering
> and contained few open gracings, and I'd urge readers to listen to his
> earlier recordings . George Atkinson's name appears again and again on the
> competiti
On 22 Aug 2008, Gibbons, John wrote:
> Not executed properly? But isn't it meant to sound like that?
> The cry of the curlew, bleating of sheep etc
I withdraw that comment - possibly it's the piper doing it who should
be executed properly.
Julia
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