[NSP] Re: Music for funeral

2008-11-11 Thread colin
You swine! I don't know it either so I'm having Googling frantically for an audio file now (safer then choyting) to see what I'm missing! Colin Hill - Original Message - From: "Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:32 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for

[NSP] Re: Music for funeral

2008-11-11 Thread Paul Gretton
You are lucky! Make sure you keep it that way. Don't go Googling for an audio file out of curiosity, for example. Cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Lynn Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2008 19:55 To: Paul Gretton Subject: Re: [NSP] Music for funeral ..

[NSP] Re: Music for funeral

2008-11-11 Thread Paul Gretton
Cattivo, Mr Dally! Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2008 19:55 To: Paul Gretton Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Music for funeral I have the dots for Amazing Grace (with twelve part harmony) if anyone wants the

[NSP] Re: Music for funeral

2008-11-11 Thread John_Dally
I have the dots for Amazing Grace (with twelve part harmony) if anyone wants them. ;-) John What I'm reading right now: The Truth About Stories, Thomas King, University of Minnesota Press "Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/11/2008 10:40 AM

[NSP] Music for funeral

2008-11-11 Thread Paul Gretton
My gut reaction is: play anything appropriate - there are lots of options - but please, please, please don't play Amazing Grace! I don't think one should do anything that might contribute to that awful piece of slop becoming a part of the Northumberland repertoire too. It would be dr

[NSP] Re: re music for a funeral

2008-11-11 Thread rosspipes
Although Derwentwater's Farewell is an excellent to play as the mourners are coming in or going out at a funeral as well as playing for the committal, it is fraught with danger of squeaks when playing the lower notes on the chanter. Much safer to play The Rowan Tree which does not use the keys a

[NSP] Re: NSP music for a funeral

2008-11-11 Thread GibbonsSoinne
Nobody has yet mentioned 'Fairly, fairly, fairly shot of her, buried my wife and danced on top of her' -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html