Thanks, Tim . . . that is certainly easier to find. One further possible
improvement would be to add the Forum to the links on the left.
I very much agree with Mike over the usefulness of the Forum space with its
ability to present images and sound. How can any musical instrument-based
On 4 Jul 2011, at 08:10, Edric Ellis wrote:
Here's my somewhat plodding effort.
I really like this. Very neat, very musical. Actually, I prefer the tune
un-ranted, though I've enjoyed the other versions.
I recorded this mostly so I could listen back for my own education,
As Robert Burns
- Announcement on Dartmouth of any new topic or significant addition to
the Forum which the provider thinks may be of general interest.
That would be very helpful.
One of the major advantages of the email list is that you don't have to go
looking for it.
Chris
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Wot, no comments? This certainly deserves some appreciation!
Nice account, John. Very toe-tapping.
I particularly admire your very economical finger movements. A very good basis
for effective closed-fingering and it certainly shows up well in the playing
here.
Congratulations!
Francis
Hello John
Thank you very much for giving us those two tunes and taking on the
rant rhythm which brings back so many memories of nights shared with
the old guys. That particular set (done in reverse order) was a turning
point for me in my piping career when I attempted to join in
A simple way of automating this would be to register the Dartmouth
list email address to receive new topic and new message notification
from the NPS forum.
Quoting ch...@harris405.plus.com:
- Announcement on Dartmouth of any new topic or significant addition to
the Forum which the
That would work very efficiently . . . in fact, probably too efficiently.
Wouldn't it be better to leave it to the individual writer to decide whether
they want their addition to the forum announced on Dartmouth?
And isn't there a facility for the individual reader to opt in to an email
alert
Quoting Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com:
That would work very efficiently . . . in fact, probably too efficiently.
Wouldn't it be better to leave it to the individual writer to decide
whether they want their addition to the forum announced on Dartmouth?
And isn't there a facility for
On 4 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
The Dartmouth list is for anyone interested in Northmbrian Small-pipes.
It is administered and monitored entirely from without NPS membership. No
member or
officer of the society has any say in how it is run, although several (only
about
half) committee
Thanks Julia. A really helpful response.
I'm in favour of your suggestions.
Francis
On 4 Jul 2011, at 14:23, Julia Say wrote:
On 4 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
The Dartmouth list is for anyone interested in Northmbrian Small-pipes.
It is administered and monitored entirely from
Thanks for posting, Edric. Your blowing is very steady and your pipes
sound great to me. Intonation--I too discovered that recording
yourself really shows up intonation--I must work on that.
cheers,
John
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Edric Ellis
Dear Anthony,
I should probably keep out of this. However . . .
So I've just re-read this from a few days ago:
I am the vile editor of the NPS Journal who changed the title of Anthony's
article without his consent and I have apologized to him privately and will
publish a full apology in
Hello Francis
If someone kicks you in the shins and you say ouch that hurt and on
being informed of the the hurt the person then apologises for wearing
boots is that an effective apology?
Barry has now apologised for the act itself and as I said in my recent
comments it is
Apologies!
I deleted the wrong email address there!
Come back Barry, all is forgiven!
Anthony
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Here's my offering for the TOTM.
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK5xTxCFvOY
I played these tunes in what I hope is a rant rhythm.
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Hi John
The forum on the NPS web site is open to all (you just have to
register) For some reason it is tucked away on the members page - I
think that it should be on the front page! Currently things are a bit
quiet but I hope that it will perk up once people try it and like it.
It is
Hi Francis,
I joined the NPS in 1991 as expat, the magazine was really the only
contact I had with piping. Later the problems of payment caused so much
hassle I left perhaps 10 years later. I joined the LBPS because they
had payment by bankcard and they were more towards
Hello Folks
After this I promise to go away and play my pipes for a week and leave
you all in peace
but I thought these might be of interest to some:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-wAEtK_hM
They are three Willy Taylor Rants - a bit more gentle than the usual
rant
Beautiful! Thanks!
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Anthony Robb [1]anth...@robbpipes.com
wrote:
Hello Folks
OK shoot me down in flames - a bit hesitant at times but just as I
was
going to try it again a neighbour's noisy lawn mower meant I
couldn't.
Hi Antony,
How about posting the article here? There are lots of people who are
interested but are not NPS members
-- I like the hint of lilt in your playing - always have
A
regards
Dave S
Anthony Robb wrote:
Hello John
That's sounds great.
It's exactly the
(Suspicious voice)
Hullo,
Anyone there? I've got my tin hat on. Any incoming fire?
(Normal voice)
Attempts at humour on the internet are dangerous and generally misunderstood.
I am the vile editor of the NPS Journal who changed the title of
Anthony's article without his consent and I have
On 1 Jul 2011, at 20:39, david...@pt.lu wrote:
How about posting the article here? There are lots of people who are
interested but are not NPS members
Hi Dave,
I think you've made quite a good case here for joining the NPS.
Francis
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On 1 Jul 2011, at 21:44, barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
However, how long does video persist on Utube?
Easy for the account holder to remove videos from YouTube videos , as the help
pages indicate.
Will our hesitant attempts at playing still be floating in the ethernet in
2525.
And an even better case for posting it on the NPS forum (its open to
non members)
Quoting Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com:
On 1 Jul 2011, at 20:39, david...@pt.lu wrote:
How about posting the article here? There are lots of people who are
interested but are not NPS members
Hi
Tradition is how things are done and it's an ever moving, never ending
flow. Very similar to the evolution of a language.
To insist that one certain aspect is the tradition is actually taking
a snapshot of that evolution and stopping it (as if we were to still
speak the English of Shakespeare).
On 30 Jun 2011, at 08:15, John Dally wrote:
Here are a couple of youtube items that already fit the bill for July.
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBO8CGAIeQfeature=related
[2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKC0ZoVqfzUNR=1
What's your take on the tune?
Hi John,
Two very
Might be quite good if he played it at half the speed.
And got his chanter remotely in tune.
Otherwise agree with
Francis.
Me too.
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On 30 Jun 2011, at 09:22, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co.uk wrote:
I agree with francis. Another mangalisation this time using the Uillean
pipes as the weapon of choice.
http://www.youtube.com/user/disinpass#p/a/u/0/dkK4_tcPaG8
And, guessing from the size of those arms, he's using the UP
.and would probably sound better if he didn't insist on using a corner of the
Gents for recording his videos
Tim
On 30 Jun 2011, at 09:33, Francis Wood wrote:
On 30 Jun 2011, at 09:22, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co.uk wrote:
I agree with francis. Another mangalisation this time using the
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
And a curious choice of drone, which on my headset seemed to be the
subdominant.
Yes
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 adrenalin cripples technique though.
Or am I
True 'nuff! :)
On 30/06/2011 10:20, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
...
Could have done another take?
C
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-- On Thu, 30/6/11, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
It's a lot easier to play Roxborough Castle in dotted rhythm, as is
done here. I prefer it played absolutely straight, which is really very
challenging. A commonly played tune which is rarely played well. I
quite
Hello Anthony,
I don't think we disagree. At Stuart Hardy's musical altitude, I'm sure you're
right.
That's a level I can only admire but never approach. On a more basic level,
playing the tune with a dotted rhythm will get you through in a far less
exposed manner than playing straight, which
I'll tell you what worries me.
Don't they listen/watch what they are posting for the public?
If they don't, why not?
If they do, why don't they notice that things are wrong?
This guy can obviously play the thing - including the regulators which
are tricky at the best of times.
I'm guessing it's
True enough, John.
I hope as many pipers as possible will be encouraged to share their
performances without fear of getting the Simon Cowal treatment.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Gibbons, John
[1]j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk wrote:
One out of 2 isn't bad - led to a
--- On Thu, 30/6/11, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hello Anthony,
I don't think we disagree. At Stuart Hardy's musical altitude, I'm sure
you're right.
That's a level I can only admire but never approach. On a more basic
level, playing the tune with a dotted
Anthony, Francis and all,
I've just tried playing Hesleyside and Roxburgh Castle at rant speed, but with
hornpipey dotting, and found it very educational, and potentially very musical
too. There is a rightness about playing them that way which is very convincing.
But they need more work
Fortunately I don't suffer from X Factor syndrome so won't be posting
anything myself. :)
Colin Hill
On 30/06/2011 17:23, John Dally wrote:
Even though I think all the comments on the youtube videos that I
volunteered to go over the top in the first wave are all correct and
Kohler's Violin Repository, a hard to find but much used source of tunes for
fiddlers in this area in the C19. It was sold in weekly or monthly instalments
and
then copies were passed from hand to hand.
http://imslp.org/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP106889-PMLP217734-
koehlersviolinrepository_1.pdf
Links are nonfunctional. Pretty interested in them.
Cheers
Reid
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 29, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
Kohler's Violin Repository, a hard to find but much used source of tunes for
fiddlers in this area in the C19. It was sold in weekly or
Hi Julia,
Thanks for these links - what a super find!
The links do work if you just copy the entire link (not just the blue
part) and paste it into the URL address box of your browser.
Cheers,
Richard
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From: julia@nspipes.co.uk
Date: 29/06/2011 17:24
To:
On 29 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
The URLs are just fine. Copy and paste them into any browser.
Thanks to Julia for providing this valuable information!
No thanks to me, Francis, I just came across them. Sorry about the non-
functionality, I copied pasted them and I'm on a text mailer if
On 29 Jun 2011, at 18:06, Julia Say wrote:
I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise - she
of
pulling Dixon out of the flames fame.
Not famous enough for me to have heard of her . . . so what's the rest of this
interesting story?
Francis
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For a brief summary of the story;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dixon_manuscript
Best wishes.
Steve
On 6/29/11 2:00 PM, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 29 Jun 2011, at 18:06, Julia Say wrote:
I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise -
One of the more obvious limitiations of the mailing list format is the
fixed line length. Some forums have the same problem.
It would be useful if this information was posted on the NPS forum
then it will remain available for future pipers
Mike
Quoting Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk:
I have added the links to the forum and it does work better on that format.
Mike AKA Sisyphus
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On 29 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise - she
of
pulling Dixon out of the flames fame.
Not famous enough for me to have heard of her . . . so what's the rest of
this
interesting story?
Lady Dorothea was the daughter
Ah got it. Stupid iPhone goofed the formatting. All is working. This is
superb.
Any suggestions for a yank like me where to focus efforts tunewise? Something
like a standard top 20-40 Northumbrian fiddle tune or set list. Looking for
something similar for pipes as well.
Reid
Sent from
an interesting letter to the Duke of Northumberland
http://www.archive.org/details/alettertodukeno00doubgoog
I draw your attention to page 34
Mike
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On 29 Jun 2011, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co wrote:
an interesting letter to the Duke of Northumberland
http://www.archive.org/details/alettertodukeno00doubgoog
Ah, yes. The letter that sparked the project that became the Northumbrian
Minstrelsy.
Julia
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For the tunes at least, a lot more interesting than NM -
though it was important when it came out -
is the source material for it, a lot of which is on FARNE.
The Antiquaries society MS, Topliff's collection and of course Vickers and
Atkinson, are all there, and were sources for NM. The
On 29 Jun 2011, at 22:02, Gibbons, John wrote:
For the tunes at least, a lot more interesting than NM -
though it was important when it came out -
is the source material for it, a lot of which is on FARNE.
The link for which, and a few other things is on the links page of the NPS
Felton Lonnin was suggested as tune of the month for June. I forget
who suggested it. I didn't make a video due to an extremely busy
travel schedule over the last six weeks, but I hope to get something up
on youtube by Thursday--tomorrow. If not then, then sometime soon, I
hope.
On 24 Jun 2011, at 12:24, cwhill wrote:
Imagine some guy sitting watching his goats playing a shawm, getting out of
breath (and they do take a lot of puff) and thinking I have a cunning plan.
Hi Colin and all,
Goats are pretty clever creatures and apparently have been playing bagpipes
I wonder what the bag is made from then - a shepherd perhaps?
Colin Hill
On 26/06/2011 11:41, Francis Wood wrote:
On 24 Jun 2011, at 12:24, cwhill wrote:
Imagine some guy sitting watching his goats playing a shawm, getting out of breath (and
they do take a lot of puff) and thinking I
On 26 Jun 2011, at 13:23, cwhill wrote:
I wonder what the bag is made from then - a shepherd perhaps?
Interesting idea! Perhaps make shepherds pie from the other bits?
Francis
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OK, just for you, here's the missing item ,
You mean you have never seen Big Al and his amazing shawm playing goat
quartet? You haven't lived.
Colin Hill
On 24/06/2011 14:40, Gibbons, John wrote:
I've never seen anyone's goats playing a shawm - playing the goat, perhaps.
You are
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:23 PM,
cwhill [1]cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
I wonder what the bag is made from then - a shepherd perhaps?
A long time ago (not quite mediaeval times though) someone (Dave van
Doorn?) did a cartoon for the BagSoc magazine on exACTly that
Last call for Newcastleton Piping Comps
Sat 2 July 2011
When I was asked to judge these again this year I said I was happy to
do so if the Festival Committee were happy to continue with them, given
the recent low turnouts for both Border and Northumbrian pipes classes.
The
The midges in Newcastleton are as nothing compared to the ones on the 'right'
side of the border along Kielder Water.
On our only trip there, we stopped on the way to admire the view of the lake,
and were eaten alive.
The cost of getting there is measured in blood!
But Liddesdale was always
If Beethoven were alive
today and could hear (:)), would he have recognised his
compositions as
played
I'm very sure he would have recognised the pieces but he might have thought
people had a very funny way of playing them.
Though I did once hear a recording of piece by Palestrina that I had
Tom Clough wrote that notes should be played their
full length, but clearly separated, and Fenwick is consistent
with this.
And they were both consistent with this:
notes
last *almost* until the next one starts.
This is what I meant by a fresh start to each note but not necessarily a
In our search for the correct way to play a piece, I think that we are all
overlooking the point that composers tend to make minor (occasionally major)
alterations in a lot of their pieces (embellishments, dynamics and even notes
and whole phrases) each time they perform, depending on their
I've never seen anyone's goats playing a shawm - playing the goat, perhaps.
You are perhaps thinking of the Great God Pan, who played another wind
instrument...
John
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Sent: 24 June
Hello Barry and others,
Well this is certainly interesting.
Firstly can anyone (i.e you, Julia!) throw any light on Fenwick his
background?
Was Mr. Fenwick right?
I think he was, in the 1885 context of the aims of that tutor and the
unfamiliarity of the instrument.
I would suggest a
I don't have Fenwick's Tutor, but I do have, reprinted elsewhere, the
tunes it included, and these, to my mind, show that he had contact with
the evolving stem of the Tradition at the time - the first appearance
of the longer Hol(e)y Ha'penny set, the Barrington Hornpipe,
On 23 Jun 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
Tom Clough wrote that notes should be
played their full length, but clearly separated, and Fenwick is consistent
with
this.
The most important thing in a tune is the spaces between the notes, not the
notes
themselves.
paraphrase of Joe Hutton talking
On 23 Jun 2011, at 11:20, Julia Say wrote:
The most important thing in a tune is the spaces between the notes, not the
notes
themselves.
This is also consistent with the musical principles of the composer Bruno Heinz
Jaja, demonstrated by the musicologists Dr Klauss Domgraf-Fassbaender
On 23 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
the composer Bruno Heinz
Jaja, demonstrated by the musicologists Dr Klauss Domgraf-Fassbaender and
Professor
von der Vogelweide at the Hoffning Interplanetary Festival 1958
There are three bars of silence . . . the second bar is in 3-4 and this
gives
Before Jaja, music was all flagellated Cream
Fassbender offers some grudging compliment to Schoenberg but to show
Jaja's superioriity added Jaja has never written a note of harmony in
his life!
Before Music was witten on manuscript paper with a pen, but Jaja
introduce the schlip-rule
I've always thought of the spaces as being similar to playing something
like a glockenspiel/hammer dulcimer (with one hammer) or even a piano
(with one finger) where it's very difficult to play legato or slur notes
into one another. The fact I have six fingers and a thumb covering the
holes
On 23 Jun 2011, at 12:01, barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
Fassbender offers some grudging compliment to Schoenberg
So he does!
The essential difference between Schoenberg and Proper Piping is that in his
case it was a 12 tone row, whereas in the recent discussion (Proper Peacock
Piping) it
Staccato: Not the space in between, it's the aEUR~pop' that comes out.
I've learn't somat tonite. Ta.
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On 22 Jun 2011, Richard York wrote:
Thoughtful and considered artistic advice
of a sensitive nature would be most welcome, please.
Richard, I think you're maybe asking in the wrong place grin!
Good luck with the tune.
Julia
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'Detached' is not an equivalent, though. I'll play a slow air,
or everything else for that manner with 'detached fingering'
because that's how a stopped chanter works. And it's not the
opposite of 'legato'! I take 'detached fingering' to mean
only that and nothing more. Only one finger off at
Quoting Barry
they had to 'write' music which professional musicians could play either
almost or completely at sight, and all the directions had to be on the
page. The larger the group of musicians, the more more meticulous the
directions had to be.
To my way of thinking, in the classical
On 22 Jun 2011, at 09:31, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu
christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
Word's spellchequer used to suggest fellated for filleted.
Further light has thus been thrown on the term 'codpiece'
Francis
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On 22 Jun 2011, at 09:39, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
What would you say was the opposite of legato.
Ooooh, I'm not going there!!
Saying that something is _not_ the opposite of another is only one assertion.
Saying what _is_ an opposite requires a number of bold and foolhardy
I think I'd go along with all of this.
C
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Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:01 AM
To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT)
Cc: NSPlist group
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead
On 22 Jun 2011, at 09:39,
Thank you in turn, Philip. The ancient sagas are an interesting question. I
don't know when or how the Iliad and the Odyssey came to be fixed in their
present form, but I do know that the Kalevala was a compilation from a variety
of sources made only in the 19th century.
A sobering thought for
The Iliad is thought to have been written down in something like its
current form a little earler than the Odyssey, during the second half
or last quarter of the eighth century BC.
Daphne
On 22 Jun 2011, at 10:15, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
Thank you in turn, Philip. The ancient
Generally people in literate societies have far worse memories
than in societies with oral/aural cultures.
Ask an ear player how many tunes he knows - it will be more
than I can remember where I kept the dots of
Swings and roundabouts.
C
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On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Anthony Robb
[1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote:
[1][2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxh4GyR7XhA
Hoping that no further discussion will ensue!
OK Anthony, I won't discuss it, but how good to hear Mr Preston's
Hornpipe, it suits the NSP very
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wrote:
OK Anthony, I won't discuss it, but how good to hear Mr Preston's
Hornpipe, it suits the NSP very well IMO.
Hello Matt
Many thanks for putting us right on the name of the 2nd tune.
I'll tell the lasses
This is a fascinating thread.
I'm just going to throw in a few thoughts that have been going around my
head.
We are probably rather spoiled living in an age of recordings.
I'm thinking of the interpretation of the dots as opposed to actual
playing of them as written.
I suppose this is one
And there was I thinking that it was an alternative name! I love that tune,
especially since hearing the Eliza Carthy / Martin Green version on Dinner
(which has a bunch of other 3/2 hornpipes, many from the John of the Green,
the Cheshire Way book). I have been attempting it on the NSP, but
Then again, Mr Preston's Hornpipe - tune, variations, title and all would be
lost to us if Marsden hadn't got (Playford?) to print it in 170-something!
Swings and roundabouts, indeed.
John
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Oops, outlook tells me I've already sent a reply. I wonder what it said...
Barry, et al.
May I point you to the Dolmetsch dictionary
http://www.dolmetsch.com/defss4.htm
Thanks, this is very interesting but unfortunately reminds me that dictionaries
are not infallible. (I have been working as
On 20 Jun 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
stacc. abbreviated form of staccato (Italian: detached, separated)
staccare (Italian) to detach, to separate each note
The word has its natural meaning, in other words.
Stacatissimo is what some people think it means, but it doesn't!
I
that's what I tend to use) that in classical / art music terms
these days, a note
with a staccato dot should be played half length of what is
printed, (so a crotchet
becomes a quaver, for instance),
This is the convention I'm familiar with too.
I find a useful practise technique for NSP, now
On 21 Jun 2011, at 10:38, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote:
now that I'm emerging from the doldrums
Doldra, surely?
Francis
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I forgot to mention the stupid percussion, sorry ;-)
c
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:53 AM
To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT)
Cc: julia@nspipes.co.uk; barr...@nspipes.co.uk;
j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk;
Hello Julia and others,
I like this reply very much. This has been a good thread and a great
endorsement of the varied interests which emerge from and return to the
discussion of our favourite instrument.
It's also a good demonstration of both the value and the disadvantages of this
list
And no one threw any tantra
C
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:17 PM
To: julia@nspipes.co.uk
Cc: Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site
Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead
Hello Julia
When I was in a choir, a composer of a piece we'd commissioned explained
legato, poco staccato and staccato respectively as pah, pom, and pop.
For NSP, pah is a no-no, as notes need definite ends.
So the spectrum we work between is somewhere between pom and pop.
Occasional ventures into
Most of the argument here seems to be about the word staccato than any great
stylistic difference.
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Sent: 21 June 2011 10:05
To: barr...@nspipes.co.uk; Gibbons, John
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re:
In Jacky Layton, and other 4/4's going back to Dixon, playing the semis
slightly inegales is a good idea.
But still with gaps between!
John
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From: christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu [mailto:christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu]
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Popapoms would be the Australian version then?
Tim
On 21 Jun 2011, at 14:44, Dave S wrote:
Colin, that would be popapoms then, er, hope there are no cheerleaders
affronted
Dave
On 6/21/2011 3:31 PM, cwhill wrote:
So popadoms then :)
Colin Hill
On 21/06/2011 12:18, Gibbons,
On 21 Jun 2011, at 14:54, Tim Rolls wrote:
Popapoms would be the Australian version then?
Well, which country is this? :
Poppadom, Poppadom Pom Pom Pom . . .
Francis
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