Hello Colin and Richard
I agree with much you say.
I like the comparison with apples and potatoes.
But that is exactly what Doubleday is saying: 'don't try and make chips
with apples or apple crumble with potatoes'.
Cheers
Anthony
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Ooh, need to take care with words like "expressive", I think.
In an attempt to get more expression, isn't that what choyting is all about?
We need to be careful when comparing different instruments. I have found a
great deal of expressiveness listening to some pipers but in the way they
play and
I'll think more on what he meant when I have more time!
For expression - I quite agree with you on fiddle tunes.
On the other hand, there are expressive tunes written primarily for
pipes, surely, where they sound superbly best on pipes?
And it is truly hard for anyone to make them work with th
Hello Richard
Doubleday wrote:
The Northumberland small-pipe is fitted up upon the plan of
construction common to all bagpipes aEUR" that is to say, aEUR" it
consists of a pipe with stops, by means of which the melody is played,
and of three longer pipes sounding different musi
Hello John
This is what Doubleday said of the pipes (my underscores):
Thus, this instrument is limited to a single octave; and this (little
as it is) admits of all the airs, to which it is really suited, being
executed by it's means ; with the additional improvement that it may be
This seems to be a feature of a great many Victorian literary works in my
experience. Unfortunately it's a feature which seems to be infectious.
Tim
On 17 Dec 2010, at 20:33, Francis Wood wrote:
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> On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
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>> Discuss!
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> One of the most remarkable qualit
Hi John,
Interesting that the extract gives you that impression. Having read the whole
document I didn't infer that. I tried to isolate the particular part that led
me to feel that way, but failed. I think you may need to set aside quarter of
an hour and read the whole thing which is in essence
On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
> Discuss!
One of the most remarkable qualities of this paper is Doubleday's extraordinary
talent for using a colossal number of words to say absolutely nothing of any
importance.
A very narrow bore, in my view.
Perhaps I'm being too unkind to him.
On 17 Dec 2010, John Dally wrote:
> Mr. Doubleday
> I would like to know more about the cultural context of the document.
> What prompted Doubleday to write this?
Here's a bit about him as a starter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Doubleday
Julia
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Mr. Doubleday takes great pains to prove his sophistication. Even
allowing for how the sense of some of the words used have changed
since he wrote them, it appears that Doubleday was not enthusiastic
about the NSP or NSPipers in general. So, are we to trust his
judgement overall? On the one hand
Hello Tim
Wonderful stuff!
Discuss?
I'll have to print off, re-read (probably several times) and inwardly
digest it first.
It has, however, already given me a warm glow which more than
compensates for the sub -zero temperature outside.
Cheers
Anthony
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Just when you thought it was all over, it seems it depends upon your point of
view, and this may depend on your position in the history.
Below an extract from Mr. Thomas Doubleday's letter to the Duke of
Northumberland. date a bit difficult due to Google's OCR not coping with Roman
dates, but m
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