[NSP] Re: Competitions

2010-09-08 Thread Richard York
It seems mean of me to pick up typos, Julia, 'cos I certianly maek planty, but I do like the idea of a 4 bar reel. Perhaps this should be a special class of its own in the said competitions. :) Richard. On 08/09/2010 11:05, Julia Say wrote: 1. Recently I have been playing th

[NSP] Re: Competitions

2010-09-08 Thread Julia Say
On 7 Sep 2010, bri...@aol.com wrote: > in the performance section:- > 1. How many times does each tune have to be played? Twice is usual unless the tune is very long - sets of variations, and things like Mme Bonaparte or Cameron Highlanders are only played once, on the whole. > 2. Supposin

[NSP] Re: Competitions

2010-09-08 Thread Anthony Robb
Hello Sheila More depends on the judge than anything else(!!) and as I'm the judge at the next NSP competitions I offer the following guidelines: * First and foremost I'll be looking for a musical performance * The number of times through, unless otherwise stated in the rules,

[NSP] Re: Competitions

2010-09-08 Thread Richard York
Looking forward with interest to replies you get, Sheila. Just to complicate things further, I was thinking yesterday about the composition class, and what would happen in a piece arranged with other instruments. If one entered a tune with a line for a non nsp-instrument - assuming

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away

2009-08-14 Thread amble skuse
quite! ;-) 2009/8/14 Ian Lawther <[1]irlawt...@comcast.net> Having taught a lesson via Skype I would say that could be very interesting given the time lags the system has :-) Ian amble skuse wrote: you could even have an award for the best skype duet, competiti

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away

2009-08-14 Thread Julia Say
On 14 Aug 2009, STEPHEN DOUGLASS wrote: > The only problem there may be, I'm afraid I can see three. is that it may deter some of the more > inexperienced or nervous players from taking part. this indeed is one. > Participation needs to be encouraged. Quite, there are few enough competit

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away

2009-08-14 Thread Ian Lawther
Having taught a lesson via Skype I would say that could be very interesting given the time lags the system has :-) Ian amble skuse wrote: you could even have an award for the best skype duet, competitiors should be on different continents. Amble 2009/8/14 Ian Lawther <[1]irlawt..

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away

2009-08-14 Thread amble skuse
you could even have an award for the best skype duet, competitiors should be on different continents. Amble 2009/8/14 Ian Lawther <[1]irlawt...@comcast.net> Good thought Steve - perhaps only the Open could be webcast in the way only the Grade 1 World Pipe Band contest is.

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away

2009-08-14 Thread Ian Lawther
Good thought Steve - perhaps only the Open could be webcast in the way only the Grade 1 World Pipe Band contest is. The phone reference brings up another (looney) idea. Do away with the overseas class and have entries in real time via Skype as part of the main classes at the competitions..

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away

2009-08-14 Thread STEPHEN DOUGLASS
It would be great to get it in real time. But it might be enough to just post it to YouTube after the event. 3Gs Iphone will send straight to YouTube, and could be viewed in minutes. The only problem there may be, is that it may deter some of the more inexperienced or nervous players fr

[NSP] Re: Competitions and those far away.......

2009-08-13 Thread amble skuse
It would be possible to record, and post on t'internet for someone to download ... not that i have a camera or live anywhere near, but it wuld be possible, maybe not live streamining but definitely to post as a downloadable file at one of those 'huge attachment' type sites. good idea