I'm not a player myself, but ran across these looking for used SSP:
http://cgi.ebay.com/David-Burleigh-Northumbrian-Smallpipes-9-Key-w-Case
-/130472916314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e60cab55a
Starting bid is $899, currently 0 bids and almost 7 days left.
I don't _think_ I'm in t
Thank you for your replies, Reid and Dru. I've known about Sacred Harp and
shape note music for a long time, and heard some of the tunes on
recordings - but without the sheer visceral passionate conviction of how it
really should be done - though thanks to YouTube we can now hear (and see)
it p
It's possible the tune might exist somewhere under a different name.
Although what's probably the most usual tune to this hymn (Diadem) has
a lot of repeats, the core is Common Metre. So whatever Green Street
is, it may appear somewhere else as the tune to a different hymn with a
different tune
Hi Phil
Glad to hear there are others who appreciate sacred harp singing. I have a
couple of newer song books but sadly they don't have All Hail in them. Having
said that our Primitive Baptist (Regular Baptist to folks in the UK) hymnal has
that hymn as hymn #1 and all of our hymns come wri
Hello Philip,
I've passed your request on to a friend of mine, Tim Cummings, who runs a
small publishing company specializing in the type of music you are looking
for. Tim lives in Vermont, USA. You can check out his web site at
www.beithepublishing.com
Good luck in your search,
Richard
This is way off-topic for NSP's, but given the wide musical interests of
many list members, I thought I'd give it a try -
I'm interested in getting a copy of The Sacred Harp hymnbook - or possibly
other shapenote books. I know the 1860 edition of Sacred Harp is available
online, in the Michegan
oops, sorry, of course. overhasty is my middle name ;-(
c
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Hello Julia & John
"Drink To Me Only" was also the first tune played on pipes by David
Hillery, Ron Elliott, Gerry Murphy and me. Past down presumably
from Tom C by Colin Caisley and chosen because it was already in our
heads so to speak.
We all worked at it by finding our way ar
