OK Barry,
At our regular Monday meeting last night in Morpeth at our temporary venue in
the Methodist Hall I thought I would try out the solo piping idea with every
one present and of the nine who were there only a couple said they would rather
not play solo. There was no crticism of their
Hello All,
In respect of the postings by Colin and Barry:
I really don't want to get involved in what is clearly a fairly
fundamental and personal disagreement, but I was at the Morpeth meeting
last night and I feel I need to clarify something.
Colin offered the opportunity for solo playing;
I think the idea of solo playing in our group sessions is excellent, and I
can see that it would be very beneficial.
The problem is that as my turn approaches on the night, my enthusiasm
would decrease in proportion. Although I don't feel nervous about
performing before others, my fingers do, and
Going back to your initial e-mail, Barry, that many solos used to be
played at NSP gatherings in the early days - at least before 1990,
and now very few choose to stand up on their own before the
gang. -
At that point in time there weren't many expert pipers other
AMEN Brother Barry!
As you say, playarounds are useful and fun for a number of reasons.
The problem of this sort of playing, though, is that it encourages the
Least Common Denominator of playing. Unless you have a group that
plays together regularly and has settled on tune arrangments
