I'm risking a lot here I know but who actually decided how the pipes
should be played?
I'm presuming that we just don't know what the pipes sounded like or how
they were played many years ago (we may have old pipes and old reeds but
that's not quite the same as knowing how they sounded being pla
Fortunately, when I was wanting to play the Union pipes, I ended up at
DGBs in Longfram. I ended up buying the NSPs. Billy Pigg was the piper
I went for because he was sympathetic to Irish music, having been
influenced by Irish musicians and their music, and Scottish music.
Pigg als
Hello Rick
I have great difficulty with your implication that Billy Pigg was not a
'proper' piper.
Best wishes
Anthony
--- On Thu, 16/6/11, Rick Damon
wrote:
From: Rick Damon
Subject: [NSP] Re: Trad.nsp vs Dartmouth
To: "John Dally"
Cc: "nsp@cs.dartmou
What should we call it? Properism?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 16, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Rick Damon
wrote:
> John,
>
> I try to stay out of these public debates, as it seems nothing good ever
> comes of them. But I really think it is unfair of you to categorize the
> argument as "elitism" bec
The oil of the little known Ont Rhubbledwarterz tree may be suggested.
Richard
By the way, does anyone have any good ideas about the right kind of oil to use?
Francis
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John,
I try to stay out of these public debates, as it seems nothing good ever comes
of them. But I really think it is unfair of you to categorize the argument as
"elitism" because a couple of the best plpers are trying to make people
understand how to play their instrument properly.
I'll sto
I don't understand the rift between the proper pipers and the NPS. Don't they
owe much of their fame to winning and judging competitions there? Doesn't the
NPS publish and sell their books? I'm sorry to see fractious elitism born
again. I thought we had gone beyond that a couple of years ago
Hi Inky,
-- glad you keep one eye open and nope I can't play proper - I don't
have the wrapper of the tradition anywhere near - so I don't even bother
with any form of competition, I just like great instruments.
Dave S
On 6/16/2011 8:08 PM, Inky- Adrian wrote:
The annual smallpipe Bitch
The annual smallpipe Bitch and Bite comps. will be in July. There will
be 6 classes: absolute sloppyness and running-your-notes-in, just damn
right easy-playing, almost there, nearly normal, can't play like
that-it's too hard and tight as a cats arsehole.
Tommy Breckons would be prou
Well said, Dave! and well supported, Chris!
I have not yet been bothered to sign up to the new group, though I suppose
if I want to keep in touch I will have to sometime. This list has served a
very good purpose for a long time, please keep it going and resist exclusive
fundamentalism, however
On 16 Jun 2011, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co wrote:
> why do so many good players have names starting with an "A"
To get to the front of the queue / top of the list, perhaps?
(I have a relative whose surname began Abe - and always found themselves picked
on
at school as the first name
Hi All,
When you go to sign up to the NPS forum Mike mentions, can you please do so
using your own name, or a recognisable form of it.
We've had problems in the past with strange pseudonyms, (including some this
week from 1...@bestmoneysavingtips.com based in Latvia, and the like).
thanks
T
I must admit that I am at a loss to understand the fuss about styles
of playing. I have always been aware that there are almost as many
"styles" as there are influential players. When I listen to good
players like Joe Hutton, Anthony, Andy, Kathryn, Alice, Alistair,
Adrian etc (why do so
Thanks Francis, ---
Original Message
Subject: Re: [NSP] divorce
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:16:16 +0200
From: Dave S [1]
To: Francis Wood [2]
Hi Francis,
I concur with all of your points, it's not bad at all that there are now
3 places to pick up info,
Hi Reid -
An aside here - every posting of this list has [NSP] in the Subject:
line, and most mail readers will let you filter these messages into
a special mailbox, which you can read when you want. Of course most
mail readers do this in different ways, so you will have the challenge
of findin
On 16/06/2011 09:55, Alan Corkett wrote:
Dear All
"Hear, Hear!" Julia!
Alan Corkett
I have to confess to being an outsider wherever I am.
Being in Liverpool, I'm well outside the regular piping fraternity of
the North East plus, despite having been a piper for 38 years I'm not
very good and,
What follows is testimonial.
The forum certainly has value in my book. It was through this forum and the
NPS that I found the encouragement and advice necessary to start playing the
NSP. In Mississippi, USA no less. It is also how I found my set which arrived
from Italy. Talk about globali
Dear All
"Hear, Hear!" Julia!
Alan Corkett
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu]On
Behalf Of Julia Say
Sent: 16 June 2011 09:43
To: Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site; Dave S
Subject: [NSP] Re: divorce
On 16 Jun 2011, Dave S wrote:
> This lis
On 16 Jun 2011, Dave S wrote:
> This list served the purpose of introducing the beginner(shy
> fence-sitter to brash young expert) to light
> conversation/disagreement/proposition on all subjects around the
> wonderful instrument known as the NSP. It has done this well for a good
> number of
On 16 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> By the way, does anyone have any good ideas about the right kind of oil to
> use?
Definitely. The sort appropriate for pouring on troubled waters!
JUlia
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Hello Dave and others,
I see things a little differently.
Two things have happened here, the first being a move to have opinions,
information and other resources made permanently available in the form of a
forum. This is currently happening in the NPS Forum and the Traditional NSP
Forum estab
>-Original Message-
>From: BIRCH Christopher (DGT)
>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:53 AM
>To: 'Dave S'
>Subject: RE: [NSP] divorce
>
>Well said, Dave!
>C
>>-Original Message-
>>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
>>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Dave S
>>Sent: Th
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