[NSP] Re: Alice Burn
Wonderful! Thanks for the link. Chris Hello folks There may be one or two apart from Adrian interested in the Alice person. Here she is playing with Emily Hoile at the Chantry Museum last night for the Windy Gyle Band Force 6 launch. This won't be to everyone's liking but gives a flavour of what she Emily get up to when left to their own devices. Aplogies for overloads, I started my Edirol running and then totally neglected the levels - Emily's harp shook the living daylights out of it! [1]http://www.robbpipes.com/AliceEmily Cheers Anthony P.S. it was a grand night - thank you Anne M. -- References 1. http://www.robbpipes.com/AliceEmily To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn
On 19 May 2011, at 22:28, Anthony Robb wrote: Here she is playing with Emily Hoile at the Chantry Museum last night Definitely the right kind of Hoile . . . Lovely item, Anthony! Got any more? Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Various
Tune in E maj on G chanter - the A part has about 78 notes and 62 of them are played on the right thumb so even electronic pipes don't help unless of course you cheat by electronically transposing. Assuming that Catriona's fiddle was at concert pitch and that she was playing in E major, I think the most likely explanation for the pipes would be that Alice was playing a chanter in concert F sharp. In nominal terms this would put her in F, with B flat the only unusual note. On a concert F chanter she would have to have been playing in nominal F sharp (ouch) and on a D chanter in nominal A. It would be interesting to know what she was in fact playing. C To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
Delightful, and what a weird and wonderful approach to the harp! C -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:29 PM To: Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Alice Burn Hello folks There may be one or two apart from Adrian interested in the Alice person. Here she is playing with Emily Hoile at the Chantry Museum last night for the Windy Gyle Band Force 6 launch. This won't be to everyone's liking but gives a flavour of what she Emily get up to when left to their own devices. Aplogies for overloads, I started my Edirol running and then totally neglected the levels - Emily's harp shook the living daylights out of it! [1]http://www.robbpipes.com/AliceEmily Cheers Anthony P.S. it was a grand night - thank you Anne M. -- References 1. http://www.robbpipes.com/AliceEmily To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Alice's Chanter
On Fri, 20/5/11, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote: I think the most likely explanation for the pipes would be that Alice was playing a chanter in concert F sharp. In nominal terms this would put her in F, with B flat the only unusual note. Honestly Christopher, it was a concert pitch G chanter - I'd reeded it and set it up for her. Watching her perform was strange because she didn't look as though she was playing at all - her fingers barely moved - her thumb was whizzing around doing 20 to the dozen. Karen (her mother) said often when she watched Alice play in Folkestra it was a similar thing. Certainly there was a big concert at The Sage Gateshead when Alice just looked as though she was smiling sweetly at the audience but the notes were pouring out nevertheless - from the sides and back. When I first started teaching her the school asked me to set specific technical exercises for her. The first one was Troy's Wedding in the (nominal) keys of D, C, G and A on her F chanter she was 11 years old at the time. When, after a couple of weeks, I said they're starting to come, she said what you mean Anthony is that they'll need at least another 20 hours work. When I replied yes or even more, she said fine and asked me to always give my comments to her straight! She's an amazing lass! Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn
--- On Fri, 20/5/11, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote: Lovely item, Anthony! Got any more? Only the two they did on the CD. Emily arrived back from the States on Saturday but she has already started working on material for an album with Alice which we hope to start recording this summer. In the meantime here's a totally contrast with Alice wearing her traditional hat and joining in impeccably with a Jimmy Little-led Taylor set which we did on the same night. [1]www.robbpipes.com/TichPearlShirley Again not everyone's cup of tea but she has the Taylor lilt well and truly nailed (she comes in 2nd time through Tich's). Anthony -- References 1. http://www.robbpipes.com/TichPearlShirley To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
Going where angels fear to tread I know Inky is defending the one true faith and all that, which I respect, but when one falls back onto technique as the ultimate while seeming to not hear amazing technique (even if one doesn't agree philosophically with all of it) one's argument is made to appear as a leaky boat upon choppy waters. As for choytes and slides, the comments look like the kind of axe fall I've seen on many a judging sheet in Highland piping competions: I'd hate to see Northumbrian Smallpipe-playing go in that direction. Stiletto heels! ;-) John On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, inky-adrian [1]inky-adr...@ntlworld.com wrote: This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:inky-adr...@ntlworld.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
Reminds me of the epic gulf between Seumas Macneill and Gordon Duncan. For Adrian, Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? (and I am a great admirer of what I can see of your playing) I enjoyed Emily's playing, although it far eclipses my ability for any forseeable future, but does provide one more goal to try for. Similarly catching up in any small way with your playing is a laudable goal. Zack Arbios, new guy On 5/20/2011 7:41 PM, John Dally wrote: Going where angels fear to tread I know Inky is defending the one true faith and all that, which I respect, but when one falls back onto technique as the ultimate while seeming to not hear amazing technique (even if one doesn't agree philosophically with all of it) one's argument is made to appear as a leaky boat upon choppy waters. As for choytes and slides, the comments look like the kind of axe fall I've seen on many a judging sheet in Highland piping competions: I'd hate to see Northumbrian Smallpipe-playing go in that direction. Stiletto heels! ;-) John On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, inky-adrian [1]inky-adr...@ntlworld.com wrote: This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:inky-adr...@ntlworld.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
