I note that our latest copy of the New Internationalist has a cover
story tag for The Rise of the Killer Drones.
Is this an aspect of piping we should be discussing?
Richard.
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As an aside, my wife found long ago that they go well together as a
sequenced pair with a story to tell, on small harp!
Richard.
On 13/09/2011 17:54, Francis Wood wrote:
The note accompanying the fine tune 'Farewell to Whisky' appearing in the Gow
5th collection states:
This tune alludes
On 08/09/2011 10:07, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
I used to suffer from dustmites all year round until a suitable treatment was
found.
I wonder when someone will develop the double action bellows - one to
inflate the pipes, another to fit a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if
you
Would we get round to organising them, though, Julia?
Happy diverting-from-whatever-you're-supposed-to-be-doing :)
Richard.
On 08/09/2011 11:17, Julia Say wrote:
On 8 Sep 2011, Richard York wrote:
Sorry, how can you tell I have far too much to do today and am seeking
diversionary
' songs. A friend advised her to take the gig, play her own
material, and call them cowboy songs. Of the audience he said Hell,
they ain't no ethnomusicologists.
Just a thought.
Barry
Richard York wrote:
Please may I thank all those of you who, both on and off-list, have
sent such a wealth
Please may I thank all those of you who, both on and off-list, have sent
such a wealth of ideas.
I knew this group was a helpful bunch of people, but have been really
delighted by the quantity of great ideas, and the time you've taken to
put them together.
The service our friend is conducting
Our band is playing for a Harvest Festival in a church in MK later this
month, partly to accompany their hymns, and partly to play a few
seasonally relevant tunes at some point.
Other than the obvious Harvest Home h'pipe and one or two others, I'm
not finding many good tune titles
Yes to both, and the acoustic doesn't help at all.
And a curious choice of drone, which on my headset seemed to be the
subdominant.
I admire anyone, though, who can honestly say they've never played too
fast when confronted with a recording device, and mangled good
intentions, when nervous
True 'nuff! :)
On 30/06/2011 10:20, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
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Could have done another take?
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On 21/06/2011 17:00, [1]si...@leveau8.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
I assume all this food based music will be played on a crumpet or a cornetto
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To: 'Francis Wood'
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Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf
Oh the perils of using a short-hand term carelessly!
OK, I shouldn't have called it staccato, I was merely characterising
the general sound difference between piano and plucked keyboard
instruments to make my point, a dangerous and un-scholarly thing to do
:)
And all you say is
There are many tunes, especially slip jigs, and quite a few Peacocks,
which as written, end on a note that implies we're about to go back to
the beginning and start again, but isn't really in itself an endi-
...
Many players stop there on the last time through, and don't play the
Yes!
Richard.
On 17/06/2011 10:49, Matt Seattle wrote:
Lotsa fun here - Adrian's inspired '6 classes' made me laugh out loud
As for 'tradition', it is a neutral, value-free term, there are good
traditions and bad - human sacrifice was traditionally practised in
some cultures..
Yes!
Richard
On 17/06/2011 10:49, Matt Seattle wrote:
Lotsa fun here - Adrian's inspired '6 classes' made me laugh out loud
As for 'tradition', it is a neutral, value-free term, there are good
traditions and bad - human sacrifice was traditionally practised in
some cultures..
Sorry, Julia,
Sorry - I got in late yesterday, read a few, but hadn't seen that you'd
already done this one!
Richard.
The oil of the little known Ont Rhubbledwarterz tree may be suggested.
Richard
By the way, does anyone have any good ideas about the right kind of oil
to
Hello Francis,
Quite so, but, playing devil's advocate for a minute, (and loving
tradition except where it becomes tribal), does the fact that we can
play staccato and 99% of other pipes can't, mean it's all we should do?
The harpsichord, after all, could only really play staccato or slightly
The oil of the little known Ont Rhubbledwarterz tree may be suggested.
Richard
By the way, does anyone have any good ideas about the right kind of oil to use?
Francis
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I love the helpful way that this site has a union flag pointing to its
English translation version.
The descriptive text is still in French, as far as I can see, but
helpful bits like You are reading the website of... and the name of
the auction house are given in English.
As are the links to
I haven't seen the www site for a while, so was impressed to note it's
looking a lot better: congratulations - it's a lot of hard work!
Please could the NPS newsletters, which are in the main presumably seen
by members, perhaps have the password printed somewhere in the contacts
list, so
Thanks!
Richard
On 29/05/2011 10:20, Tim Rolls wrote:
The members' area password should appear in the next newsletter.
The members area doesn't yet contain a lot of items. but we hope it
will grow. If anyone has any ideas for items for the site, in or out of
the restricted
The only competitive element in some melodeon circles is to be the one
who can play louder, which thankfully is not normally an issue in nsp's!
Hence the expression Wall to wall melodeons.
But there are more and more superb box players out there, including some
quiet ones.
Love and piece
Hi,
I've just got back from a week away to find this lot, and would really
like to listen to Alice Emily's sound.
Sadly when I click on the link the RealPlayer box duly pops up, takes
ages to load, then sits there refusing to do anything.
It's probably something very computer
Hello all.
I've just enjoyed re-reading Francis Woods' excellent article, In
Praise of Old Pipes, in the 2010 Vol 31 NPS Journal.
There he refers to the myth [which] holds that instruments inevitably
deteriorate if they are not used. [...] what really wears them out is
using
And given that an instrument's design is (literally) instrumental in
shaping its own repertoire, would it even be at all appropriate to do so?
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 23/03/2011 11:15, Dru Brooke-Taylor wrote:
I've a recollection that adding all the keys to woodwind instruments
wasn't
Forgive me, but methinks that's a rather unhelpful response to a
reasonable if admittedly diplomatically difficult request, John.
Perhaps people who like their own pipes might answer Gordon off-list?
Richard.
On 23/03/2011 14:35, John Dally wrote:
You want us to recommend a maker? ha, ha,
Interesting... would it actually be easier, with all keys and
therefore all fingers [] available
to hit keys ?
As it is I'm still teaching my fingers when to move to make all the
notes faster, and still letting my thumb little finger learn which
position is which, but most of the
Thank you must hugely to you who were part of the Halsway event this
weekend past -
To Alan for organising, to Andy, Chris, Chris and Francis
(aphabetically speaking) for tutoring; and just as much so to all who
went, and made it such a fantastically nourishing weekend. Yes, the
Thanks all for these responses.
I'm trying in vain to remember the name in a BBC Radio3 programme some
while ago about the Italian composer, just before Gesualdo, who devised
the most amazing system to mean that all intervals were perfectly in
tune, but the instruments, and singers,
I am sure I'm not the only person here who gets different feelings
about different keys. G always feels fairly stable, A is a bit more
exciting, Em is darker than Am , and so on.
When playing an A minor tune I wrote for nsp's on the piano to see what
harmonies it wanted, I was
Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard York
Sent: 16 January 2011 22:54
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: Rotting of The Cotton Threads
In fact I'm sure it would have made more sense with the sections in
reverse order. But there you
Arduous research in dusty attics and archives has revealed, Francis,
that I regret it's not a strathspey, more a sort of rhythmic unravelling.
I couldn't find anything called The Rotting of the Cotton Threads as
such, but this obviously fairly corrupt version called The Rotting of
the Threads,
Will whoever's taking any NPS etc shop items to the March Halsway
pipers' weekend be including the new Matt Seattle Bewick book, and the
excellently well reviewed Rob Say CD, please?
Looking forward already to a good weekend.
Best wishes,
Richard.
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While we're here, what oil would you recommend for mouth-blown
woodwind instruments, either pipes or recorders, which have no moving
parts but need the wood feeding?
I'm never sure what to use. Almond seems nice on recorders, and hasn't
yet appeared to go rancid, but I'd welcome more advice,
I also found it really confusing when trying to teach traditional
music in this system to French speaking groups.
Given that tonic solfa allows a movable doh (Or should that be Doh!?
) it's a very helpful system for singing with, as long as you indeed
don't forget which of the arbitrary names
Hi Mike,
You have the right man in Colin Dipper!
A very Rolls Royce of concertina tuners, who 25 years ago rescued my
lovely anglo from a botch job someone else had done, and has looked
after it from time to time ever since.
And on the other hand, you probably already know that unless there's
Please can John's advice be etched on metal plates, and nailed to all
bodhrans ? ;-) [Cajons too]
Richard, (among whose dearest friends was once a superb bodhran player.
Just a few are out there.)
On 07/01/2011 09:41, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
Nice one John!
c
We've been at risk of straying onto the which instrument is best?
territory here, methinks, but Jim's points are right, to my mind.
And they bring me a few more thoughts which I hope are useful and not
merely pompous!
Some instruments are easier to make an acceptable sound on than
Na - keep it up! Far better than a boring silence and complacency :)
All this reminds me of a sermon we once heard preached at a massed
Morris event, by Father Kenneth Loveless, the concertina (previously
owned by Wm Kimber) playing Rector.
The essence of it was that Spirit was the most
(I've missed a day on this, while I was daft enough to honour a gig in
Hampstead: 1 hr 40 there, 7 hours 20 back. The joys of the soft south!)
You're absolutely right, John.
It is, to adapt an earlier comment, pointless comparing apples and potatoes.
But since we've mentioned it
I was
I'll think more on what he meant when I have more time!
For expression - I quite agree with you on fiddle tunes.
On the other hand, there are expressive tunes written primarily for
pipes, surely, where they sound superbly best on pipes?
And it is truly hard for anyone to make them work with
The only fitting response to this seems to me to picture the Charlie
Brown cartoons - the image of Charlie with a sort of horizontal but
wiggly line for his mouth - know the one I mean?
Richard.
On 15/12/2010 12:09, Francis Wood wrote:
On 15 Dec 2010, at 12:05, Gibbons, John wrote:
But
, and it's hopefully a thin end of a
wedge.
OK, back to the washing up.
Salutations.
Richard.
On 11/12/2010 21:18, Richard York wrote:
And a truly smashing hour it was! Cheered up our evening no end, it did.
Stuff like this really is what we need now, it was truly inspiring.
The 60's Folk prog
And a truly smashing hour it was! Cheered up our evening no end, it did.
Stuff like this really is what we need now, it was truly inspiring.
The 60's Folk prog which followed was a right trip down nostalgia lane :)
What's happening to TV? - all this, and last night the super programme
by the
, but may help
towards a part answer to your question, have a look at the book essays
in musicology ---page 150
regards
Dave Singleton
On 11/25/2010 6:50 PM, Richard York wrote:
I was listening recently to a trio playing 17th/18th Cent. divisions on
La Folia on the radio
Hello.
Sorry, I'm wandering off the smallpipes topics again, but lots of
people here have fingers in various musical pies and valuable experience.
- and I do plan to be introducing smallpipes into our ceilidh band
soon, so it's not entirely off topic!
Please has anyone experience of the
I was listening recently to a trio playing 17th/18th Cent. divisions on
La Folia on the radio, and was struck afresh by how similar are some of
the things appearing in the nsp variations.
(And yet different.)[Special aside for Round the Horn listeners :) ]
Divisions on viols or
Thanks, Ian, for this link.
Really useful, especially when it leads to Jakob Nielsen's pages, where
I can feel virtuous about some bits my own site's design and learn that
others need changing quite seriously!
Richard.
When I have had problems like this I often go back and re-read and
Greetings from the rainswept Midlands!
Radio 3's Words Music last night was from the Sage, largely with
NE theme, and three Tickells much in evidence, including some piping,
singing, words, local choir, etc.
[1]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vf5cn/Words_and_Music_Free_T
Greetings from the rainswept Midlands!
Radio 3's Words Music last night was from the Sage, largely with
NE theme, and three Tickells much in evidence, including some piping,
singing, words, local choir, etc.
[1]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vf5cn/Words_and_Music_Free_T
Me too!
And while between the day job taking up silly hours, and workmen
knocking the house about, I haven't had time to more than gloss any of
this last part, yes please - go on.
I look forward to getting time, and a lack of thunderous hammering, to
play this material this w/e - on pipes I
you asked about.
Does it lie as well under the fingers on a hurdy-gurdy as on NSP?
John
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Richard York [rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk]
Sent: 04 November 2010 18:42
To: NSP group
Subject
And to complete the circle, there's a recording of both nsp's and
gurdy at http://www.richardhaynesmusicservices.com/page6.htm
I'm not saying it's state-of-the-art playing on either, but it's a very
interesting and rather nice sound combination.
It's only fair to read his comments first: it's
.. that's a cunning way of reminding me that while I still have your
original yellow Bewick book, I ought to buy the new one too, Matt :-)
I will order one anyway, but do you mean by this you think it's not Lord
Randall either? (Sorry, being thick here - it'll probably be clearer
once I own
I'm hunting tunes. Nowt to do specifically with smallpipes, but at
least one is Scots. And I know there are some mighty experienced tune
historians among you
And I have looked in Farne, Matt!:-)
Henry Mayhew in the 1850's interviewed Old Sarah a blind Londonstreet
hurdy gurdy
,
Richard.
On 31/10/2010 18:28, Francis Wood wrote:
On 31 Oct 2010, at 16:13, Richard York wrote:
Henry Mayhew in the 1850's interviewed Old Sarah a blind Londonstreet
hurdy gurdy player who was taught in the very early years of the 1800's
to play what she called the cymbal.
Hurdy gurdy has
to be taken from life (and we do
all know how accurate newspapers, journals and books are, don't we).
Colin Hill
- Original Message - From: Richard York
rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
To: NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:13 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cymbal
Hi
to be taken from life (and we do
all know how accurate newspapers, journals and books are, don't we).
Colin Hill
- Original Message - From: Richard York
rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
To: NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:13 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cymbal
Hi
Greetings,
I expect to be corrected, but I was told that the story was that
General M deliberately marched his men down slowly so that while he
hadn't overtly changed sides yet, they would arrive, O dear what a pity
chaps, too late to actually be there in time to prevent the
Subjective indeed... especially when John Clare gives the tune ( I
believe in its non-abridged version, but I'm sorry, I'm too tired to go
check just now) as a Gavotte by Handel.
:)
Richard.
On 08/10/2010 20:35, Pauline Cato wrote:
It was me who picked this tune for the
Kettle Drum is in the 1650 Playford's Dancing Master, for one.
Dunno about its actual origins, but that's a collected and published
source for it.
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 28/09/2010 15:53, Greenley, Gordon wrote:
Does anyone have any information on the origins of the following tunes?
I grovel.
- and of course you're right.
Yours in deep humility,
Richard.
On 08/09/2010 15:26, Julia Say wrote:
On 8 Sep 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
Probably not a typo.
No, John is correct. Not a typo.
There are quite a few of these scattered through society publications (and
Just take a sleeping bag and several days' food with you - once in,
it's difficult to leave, as you keep on seeing just one more thing you
Really need to look at...
Richard.
On 24/08/2010 09:09, Edric Ellis wrote:
Hi all,
Apologies if this is common knowledge - couldn't
-afternoon - morn being far too chilly!
Richard.
On 16/08/2010 15:52, Francis Wood wrote:
On 12 Aug 2010, at 09:55, Richard York wrote:
a possible need for a new sub-group within the NPS, the naturist section
Since August is still with us, should we compile a suitable repertoire?
Francis
Thanks to all for the wealth of information.
Barry's reply suggests a possible need for a new sub-group within the
NPS, the naturist sectionon second thoughts, I don't even want to
picture it!!
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 11/08/2010 22:09, Barry Say wrote:
But why bother
On 12/08/2010 11:05, Richard York wrote:
Go on, someone plase suggest tattooing the bag :)
R
On 12/08/2010 11:01, Philip Gruar wrote:
Does this still work if the skin is covered with tattoos?
Philip
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[1]barr
Greetings.
I'm replacing the cover for my bag, due to replacing the leather bag
with a longer necked one, which would otherwise poke out in an
undignified way.
I've only ever seen velvet used on bag covers so far. Is it just a fine
tradition, or is there some reason why other cloths may be
Rosslyn/Roslyn/Roslin Castle is a tune I love, and it's in the NPS
books. I'd like to find more about the origin.
The story about the mason, from Andy May on his CD insert, is a great
tale, but of course doesn't explain the tune's beginnings - I sort of
assumed from there it was perhaps a
Andy's CD but if his story is about a mason I suspect it
relates to the Apprentice Pillar in Roslin Chapel - a different
building. The Welsh story - no comment.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Richard York
[1]rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk wrote:
Rosslyn/Roslyn/Roslin Castle
What a great idea indeed seems to be building momentum. I really
enjoyed watching Andy May's demo at Halsway of making/scraping a reed.
I suspect it's not quite as easy as he made it look :-) but as you
say, it's a skill we all need.
And fiddle tuning - while I was in a music shop
This is especially true if you have the skill and the right saw to cut
the whole thing in two with a decent straight line which meets up with
itself in all the right places...
Richard.
Paul Gretton wrote:
BTW, anyone thinking of building their own (wooden) case might benefit
from the
And beware of the Wrong sort of foam!
For various instrument cases some years ago I got this superb stuff from
a car upholsterer: foam-backed cloth with quite a raised nap - smashing
and quite classy looking
.. for the first 12 - 15 years. After which the foam de-natures and
fills the
There are just too many obvious openings for unkind remarks about why
one would bother to take the Gurdy out before trying the test but as
a gurdy player I'm far too kind to make them. :-)
Richard.
There is a Belgian on the HurdyGurdy list, who is in the military, who
has tried
And there's also the great mix of Andy May's pipes Sophie Ball's
fiddle on his Happy Hours CD. Smashing.
(Official Disclaimer: the terms, Great mix and smashing here
represent expressions of personally held opinions of musical taste, for
which I alone am responsible, and with which others
Haven't tried cyanide, but did do Wagner with passionate Wagner-phile
'A' level Music teacher many years ago.
Sorry, Paul, it was as a result of that I got to dislike them... but
hope you enjoy The Ring Cycle!
Best wishes and apologies to all for another OT excursion!
Richard.
Vraiment!!! Merci.
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As I understand it, the shape you get if a cartoonist wants to depict a
drop of water: pointy top smoothly widening to rounded belly shape, and
in my mind, the top is not straight but bends off to the side the
chanter's going to go. Again, like the cartoon drop of water.
If I'm wrong, someone
Thanks greatly to one and all for these - great food for thought here.
I'm interested that everyone's addressed the matter of how to make the
existing bag shape comfortable, but no-one has offered experience of the
tear-drop shape - are they very rare, or just deeply heretical?
Meanwhile I
This thread is great - thanks again all.
Resonance affected by neck shape, air flow etc - forgive my ignorance
but does the presence of a bit of foam in the top of the split stock,
put there I assume to prevent either seasoning escaping into chanter or
loose reed escaping into bag, not affect
Unmanned spy drone says the article.
I have an image of a little hovering drone which buzzes round nsp mass
playings to check on the tunings of everyone present. Depending on the
personality of the group leader/teacher, offenders are either helpfully
rectified or dispatched.
( in case
I'd welcome comments/advice on nsp bag shape, please.
There's the conventional shape, and now I learn there's the tear-drop shape.
I've been playing other (non Scottish) bagpipes for quite a long time,
with various shaped bags, from medieval/renaissance large tear drop,
held more in front of
Yes - thanks!
R
Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Jan 2010, Richard York wrote:
Julia, I love this word snotomer but confess I haven't met it before,
neither has Google, it appears... I can sort of guess...
Please explain, with footnotes where appropriate :)
I worked for 10 years in a polymer
Hi Tom,
I'll let others advise on the oil, but the bottles are gained by boldly
walking into a nail and beauty salon and asking for either an unused one
or an empty, then applying loads of acetate to clean it up.
Best wishes,
Richard.
Tom Childs wrote:
Hi all,
I know this question has
Errmmm, no actually I got lots of sheets from an overhead projector and
wiped it until or there again I'm just getting old and forgetful
and meant acetone all the time. Whooops.
Thanks, Francis.
Richard.
Francis Wood wrote:
On 12 Jan 2010, at 19:04, Richard York wrote
Palatinate Pipes?
tim rolls BT wrote:
I guess we may have to consider allowing Durham,
CHAPELRY OF WHITWORTH.
The Chapelry of Whitworth is bounded by the Wear, dividing it from
Brancepath on the North; by Tudhoe, in the Parish of Brancepath, on the
East; by Merrington
Thanks for the reminder, Matt, and my apologies.
Richard.
Matt Seattle wrote:
Etiquette
Only couple of gross offenders, but please don't include EVERY message
in a thread when you reply to it, just the relevant bits
Happy New Year
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Strange, isn't it? You're right, but I can't recollect ever seeing the
Scotland bagpipes mentioned, nor yet the France bagpipes.
Yours in puzzlement, but Happy New Year anyway,
Richard.
P.S. Not being very tall, I suppose I'm a small piper, or at least
aspiring eventually to become one.
There's also the theory that said crusaders found the Saracen bagpipes
upset their horses so brought them back as a way of bagpipe-proofing
horses - urban bagpiping myth or not?
The same theory likes the introduction of the nakers to Europe
occurring for the same reason - it is
Well said again, Anthony.
It's indeed the possession of both skills which is rare.
We recently met a lady who had played professionally in the string
section of a leading national orchestra for years, and had just retired.
Name the conductor, and she'd played under them.
She now left the
Thanks Richard,
That's interesting - we like Firefox so much better in lots of ways, but
it sometimes doesn't play things it ought. Now I'll know what to do in
future!
Best wishes,
Richard.
Richard Evans wrote:
Richard Evans wrote:
Anthony Robb wrote:
Here's a wee snippet of Will
near Hepple and could see just what he meant. Trouble
is I'm still not there yet - as Jimmy Little says it takes a lang
time, a lang, lang time!
Cheers
Anthony
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I'd love to hear it, but am I the only one whose computer sits there for
ages with the quick-time logo up, and the message loading, but no
ultimate achievement?
Is there an alternative route to reaching it?
I can hear the other tunes on your front page, Anthony, they're fine.
Thanks,
Richard.
I opened my computer to write and congratulate Julia all on Folio 3,
see I'm not the first, so I'll join my voice to theirs.
I'll look forward to playing through the tunes too.
Thanks,
Richard.
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Valerio's right - though you could always buy the Peacock book on
actual paper. It's remarkably cheap for such a superb set of music for
8 notes.
In fact in my fairly short nsp playing life so far, I've been
surprised that although everyone carries the Society Tune Books and
the folios,
I'm impressed that you find you can write decent tunes in your sleep,
Valerio - I recently woke up from a dream with a world-beatingly
fantastic tune in it, and to my glee found I could still remember part
of it. Then as the layers of sleep peeled away I was mortified to
realise I'd
Apologies to the rest of you for using the general lists thus.
Hi Dawn,
You wrote to one of these two lists about Rothbury Festival... I think
it's next weekend, yes? recently but I deleted the message, and
hence your address with it.
I have a small favour to ask, if you are going up there,
I rather assumed that the extra extra embellishment was a sort of in
joke, affectionately smiling at Billy Pigg's enthusiasm for such
embellishments and just overdoing it enough for the grin. Andy M only
does that once - most tasteful!
Mr. May, sir, - if you read this list - was that the
When teaching an evening class on playing traditional music a while
back, I was determined to get the dots only players to play by ear,
visa versa too, so they all had the benefit of both techniques. Most
seemed to find it useful.
So after some weeks of working up to it, and following John
I always found that getting the group to put the instruments down, and
sing the tune, as best the voice allows, until it's internalised; and
only then encouraging people to play it with the same feel as they sang
it, works better than some ways of ear teaching, and tends to get more
spirit
I find this very reassuring, Matt!
I'm still bashing away at Peacock, and only recently took note of the
metronome settings in the recent edition, some of which are, to me,
stratospherically fast.
I've been wondering if these were based on general practice, either
current or
and feel light on their
feet they need speed - which the player has to provide. When the
piper is simply playing for his/her own pleasure then the music can
take over and set its own tempo.
Cheers,
Richard S.
Richard York wrote:
I find this very reassuring, Matt!
I'm still bashing away
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