[NSP] Re: TOTM

2012-02-09 Thread Matt Seattle
Gets the approval of the grumpy old Border pipers on their lunch break Matt Bill On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Anthony Robb [1]anth...@robbpipes.com wrote: Hello all, Here's my offering. [1][2]http://youtu.be/sfiCRPct9vQ Warmest best Anthony

[NSP] Re: TOTM

2012-02-09 Thread Gibbons, John
And this one too - though the lunch break hasn't yet started, alas John -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Seattle Sent: 09 February 2012 12:18 To: Anthony Robb Cc: DartmouthNPS Subject: [NSP] Re: TOTM Gets

[NSP] Re: TOTM selection process: new proposal

2011-12-14 Thread Dave S
Hi John, That sounds like a great proposal, brilliant learning possibilities and history background too Super Dave S On 12/14/2011 9:40 AM, John Dally wrote: How would the group feel if we changed the present tune/topic/theme selection process? There must be better ways to make the choice

[NSP] Re: TOTM Hornpipe(s)

2011-09-30 Thread Matt Seattle
Very nice Anthony! The pipes sound great and there's some fine phrasing in the playing. For a relatively different aesthetic, and a different reading of the word 'hornpipe', see All The Night I Lay With Jackey In My Arms, the middle tune of this duet set

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-08-05 Thread Dave S
Hi all, After Dave Shaw piqued my curiosity I got round to playing with WSOTW and thought I would offer this - the ending is a bit of a fiddle, but whatever X:11 T:NPS Collection T:Whin Shields on the Wall C:John L. Dunk Q:1/4=100 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:G |d2 |:B2G2 G2B2 |A2D2 D2D2 |G2G2 GABc |d3B

[NSP] Re: TOTM/Drones

2011-08-01 Thread barry07
If I can change the tune in question to illustrate a point. Oyster Wives' Rant which appears in Peacock's Tunes is also well known in another tradition as Mullen Dhu. In that tradition it is played against A drones and becomes yet another Scottish tune with not a lot to recommend it.

[NSP] Re: TOTM/Drones

2011-08-01 Thread Matt Seattle
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM, [1]barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote: If I can change the tune in question to illustrate a point. or rather, to miss the point (IMO)! The point is that, in a tune such as Oyster Wife or Wild Hills or 'Skye Crofters' or Swallow's Tail, which all have the

[NSP] Re: TOTM/Drones

2011-08-01 Thread John Dally
Being a drone musician Peacock might have had an insight into the tonality of the tune. The first impulse is to think he just wanted to fit it on the keyless chanter. It's in Em (the relative minor of G). Ending on an A, the tune is usually said to be in Am which, which, as Barry

[NSP] Re: TOTM/Drones

2011-08-01 Thread Dave S
Hi -- I have posted the Mad Moll on Northumbrianpipers forum so all interested can have a look at an early version of the tune. Quite possibly it is a droneless undefined key tune -- I have no idea and am not qualified to hazard a quess Dave On 8/1/2011 7:37 PM, Matt Seattle wrote: On

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-31 Thread Anthony Robb
david...@pt.lu wrote: From: Dave S david...@pt.lu Subject: [NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Sunday, 31 July, 2011, 21:00 Hi Anthony, Would it be a possibility for you to play the 1697/8

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-31 Thread barry07
Images can be posted on the NPS pipersforum. Please can contributors keep their image sizes as small as reasonable. In case of difficulty, e-mail me Barry Quoting Dave S david...@pt.lu: Hi Anthony, Would it be a possibility for you to play the 1697/8 Playford Mad Moll on your primitive set?

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-31 Thread Gibbons, John
, as I think bead holes weren't invented yet. John From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Dave S [david...@pt.lu] Sent: 31 July 2011 21:00 To: Anthony Robb Cc: Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug Hi

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-31 Thread Matt Seattle
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Gibbons, John [1]j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk wrote: Matt has argued an octave pair of drones tuned Gg will work for The Peacock/Mad Moll and other harmonically similar tunes like Cuckold - you want to show up the contrast between the Am and Cmaj

[NSP] Re: TOTM

2011-07-31 Thread Anthony Robb
--- On Sun, 31/7/11, Gibbons, John j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk wrote: Matt has argued an octave pair of drones tuned Gg will work for The Peacock/Mad Moll and other harmonically similar tunes like Cuckold - you want to show up the contrast between the Am and Cmaj in the first and

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-29 Thread Dave Shaw
Anthony Robb said I've been reluctant to vote on this since our house is fighting back whilst we put in a new kitchen, downstairs loo and new wee studio. Anthony, I know older men can become obsessed with the toilet, but a wee studio? Dave To get on or off this list see list

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-29 Thread taylor
Perhaps it's a question of increased convenience. __ Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu im Auftrag von Dave Shaw Gesendet: Fr 29.07.2011 11:36 An: Dartmouth NPS; Anthony Robb Betreff: [NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-29 Thread CalecM
At least it's not a Wii studio! Alec In a message dated 7/29/2011 2:37:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, d...@daveshaw.co.uk writes: Anthony Robb said I've been reluctant to vote on this since our house is fighting back whilst we put in a new kitchen,

[NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug

2011-07-29 Thread Marianne Hall
Oh Boys, you've started something now! Marianne. Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:55:56 -0400 To: d...@daveshaw.co.uk; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; anth...@robbpipes.com From: cal...@aol.com Subject: [NSP] Re: TOTM/shameless plug At least it's not a Wii studio! Alec