On 2 Oct 2008, Gibbons, John wrote:
> It also stretched higher up the social scale than some people like to
> think. The picture (of Dixon himself?) in the Dixon MS is of a
> gentleman in a rather snazzy coat.
William Dixon was a churchwarden of his (admittedly very rural)
parish. One of his ma
"Seems to me that as the pipes have been around for about 500 years in
their
present form, ..."
With the keys, 200 is more like it. 'Peacock's New Invented Chanter',
illustrated just after 1800.
So the core repertoire, at least in the earliest local version (Dixon,
in the 1730's),
predates the mo
Seems to me that as the pipes have been around for about 500 years in their
present form, but much of the repetoire is from the last 200-250 years and
is probably a sample of popular tunes of the day that you could argue that
the "traditional" tunes at least of the pipes have already been lost.
> > Perhaps syncopated jiggery is a virus like the squirrel pox that
grays
> > carry but kills reds?
>
> Tim
Exactly! There was a major influx of grey squirrel tunes in the
Wideopen and Wallington areas in the mid 20th Century. These quickly
spread throughout Northumberlan
Perhaps syncopated jiggery is a virus like the squirrel pox that grays
carry but kills reds?
Tim
This made me wonder what 'Pan-Celtic "syncopated jiggery"' is,
and what the
nature of the threat.
Sounds more like fun than a threat in the admittedly unlikely event of you
asking me
>This made me wonder what 'Pan-Celtic "syncopated jiggery"' is,
>and what the
>nature of the threat.
Sounds more like fun than a threat in the admittedly unlikely event of you
asking me
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"Clarinet-like"? What sort of reed was he using? Most I've heard sound more
oboe-like, which imho is a Good Thing.
chirs
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On 2 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think the idea of solo playing in our group sessions is excellent,
> and I can see that it would be very beneficial.
> ... I do mind,
> and find very frustrating, is knowing that on my own at home, I can
> play much better than that.
>
> Of course
