[NSP] detatched/closed method
I think I've just wasted nearly 30 years of playing and entering competitions. All of the judges, to my knowledge, judged my playing on the closed method as well as other things. Even Forster Charlton metioned to me that I ran my notes together, many years ago, so he was a believer in the closed method. It seems to me that the true sound of the pipes will be lost because people wont spend the time to play closed fingering and the associated tunes with variations. Playing a succesion of detached notes is a wonderful sound, when playing the variations to a tune; they become something hypnotic, almost dronal. I should have taked up the Irish pipes! Adrian -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: detatched/closed method
Their unknown loss has been our gain. Malcolm -Original Message- From: Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:30 Subject: [NSP] detatched/closed method I think I've just wasted nearly 30 years of playing and entering competitions. All of the judges, to my knowledge, judged my playing on the closed method as well as other things. Even Forster Charlton metioned to me that I ran my notes together, many years ago, so he was a believer in the closed method. It seems to me that the true sound of the pipes will be lost because people wont spend the time to play closed fingering and the associated tunes with variations. Playing a succesion of detached notes is a wonderful sound, when playing the variations to a tune; they become something hypnotic, almost dronal. I should have taked up the Irish pipes! Adrian -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. --
[NSP] Re: detatched/closed method
Adrian and Pauline playing duets at the Manchester Pipes Day last week. The best musical experience of the year. Those who were present will probably agree. Those who weren't, sadly missed an example of piping at its finest. Francis On 20 Sep 2008, at 21:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Their unknown loss has been our gain. Malcolm -Original Message- From: Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nsp nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:30 Subject: [NSP] detatched/closed method I think I've just wasted nearly 30 years of playing and entering competitions. All of the judges, to my knowledge, judged my playing on the closed method as well as other things. Even Forster Charlton metioned to me that I ran my notes together, many years ago, so he was a believer in the closed method. It seems to me that the true sound of the pipes will be lost because people wont spend the time to play closed fingering and the associated tunes with variations. Playing a succesion of detached notes is a wonderful sound, when playing the variations to a tune; they become something hypnotic, almost dronal. I should have taked up the Irish pipes! Adrian -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. --
