[NSP] Re: [nsp] file

2009-11-01 Thread Julia Say
On 1 Nov 2009, what.me wrote: I sent it with a jpeg of the Barrington. This is the abc, taken from my copy of a copy of the Jock Davidson MS. I've written the B part out in full since it doesn't quite repeat and one bar has been appended in a manner I can't reproduce. X:1 T:The

[NSP] Re: [nsp] file

2009-11-01 Thread Steve Bliven
On 11/1/09 9:17 AM, Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote: Anyone wanting a simple abc conversion program might like to consider abcexplorer - can't remember the URL, but Google would find it. It's free and does a reasonable job. It's player has drone settings although they're a trifle

[NSP] Re: [nsp] file

2009-11-01 Thread Matt Seattle
I agree with Julia on the idiosyncratic nature of the Kielder Jock ms. Note that the title and composer have been supplied by another hand. The version of Barrington is one musician's rendering, and valuable as such, but I don't think it improves on the 'original', which is what the

[NSP] Re: [nsp] file (Fenwick)

2009-11-01 Thread Barry Say
Hi All, Some time ago I psode the question, If I were a 19th Century piping teacher and the only book of music I had available was Peacock's tunes, could I grade the tunes so that the pupil could start with the easiest and progress through more difficult tunes until the whole book was within

[NSP] Re: [nsp] file

2009-11-01 Thread Anthony Robb
...@googlemail.com wrote: From: Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com Subject: [NSP] Re: [nsp] file To: julia@nspipes.co.uk Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Sunday, 1 November, 2009, 3:14 PM I agree with Julia on the idiosyncratic nature of the Kielder Jock ms

[NSP] Re: [nsp] file (Fenwick)

2009-11-01 Thread Julia Say
On 1 Nov 2009, Francis Wood wrote: They are mostly pretty difficult. I wonder why he failed to additionally provide an additional body of more achievable tunes (if Coquetdale and the basic 'Bonny Pit Laddie' can be so termed). In an 'Instruction Book' which is elsewhere generous in