Sorry! This should have been on-list!
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From: Chris Ormston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 May 2006 23:30
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: New Highland Laddie
John,
At least you know what you're aiming for! It bothers me that so many people
I remember Sooty once playing a cran on his xylophone. It was on TV so it
must be the correct way of playing!
Next, who was born in the West Midlands, brought up in Scunthorpe, then
Tynemouth, then Gateshead? Nowhere near Wark! Answers on a
postcard
Chris
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I managed to listen for a few minutes, then had to switch off. The little
that I heard clearly demonstrated the composer's lack of understanding of
the instrument and its music. Bagpipe music is all about the relationship
between melody and drones, yet we were subjected to strange intervals
They may also, as Chris Ormston does, play
Stranger on the Shore
Hear it at www.youtube.com/chrisormston !!!
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Unfortunately, Ian, trade in consoles is restricted by those folk at the
Sega Gateshead!
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Dear All,
I recently got some old vinyl stuff put onto CD. Here's a track I recorded
over a quarter of a century ago for a compilation of Irish music in the
North West of England!!! Ok, ok... I was exiled in Liverpool at the time,
and the tunes are Irish!
for years.
Small world.
Colin Hill
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From: Chris Ormston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NSP List nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:47 PM
Subject: [NSP] Xmas Freebie NSP Download
Dear All,
I recently got some old vinyl stuff put onto CD. Here's a track I
I've not yet worked out how to pick my nose and maintain closed fingering!
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From: andy may [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 December 2006 22:04
To: Chris Ormston; NSP List
Subject: Ormston caught in open fingering scandal
Hi List,
Check out Chris' video clip
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From: Chris Ormston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 December 2006 17:38
To: 'Helen Capes'
Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: Wannies Boxing Day session
Play Elsey's Waltz for me.
Cheers
Helen
Participants are reminded that Boxing Day rules apply! This means that
Elsey's
How about the Dowie Dens of Babayaro, Harper's Frolic, The Taylor's Have All
Gyen Styen Blind, Canny Robbie Elliott, OR Nae Guid Luque Aboot the
Hoose?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 15 February 2007 22:31
To: NSP List [nsp]
Subject: [NSP]
I thought it was an Irish drum :-(
According to German grammar, the 1. casus, Nominativ, undefined
pluralis (any), is Bordune. 1. casus Nominativ defined pluralis
(these) is Die Bordunen.
Can you refer me to any authority you are quoting here?
And what would the terminology be if you stuck
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From: Anita Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: nsp nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:24 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Back onto topic
Gibbons, John wrote:
We could try discussing piping again maybe?
The time we tried that about a year ago, war nearly broke
While this is written in straight jig time, it's much more effective played
in a 'dotted' manner. Also, make sure the dotted crotchets are given their
full value. Tom Clough's advice to sing the song in your head is relevant
here to help with the phrasing.
Ooops, sorry! Got the Champion of
Apologies if you've received this twice - I'm not sure that my first
attempt to send worked!
Here's a new tune, hot off the press, to celebrate the TV appearance of
Bolton's greatest piper - the legendary Shameless Ennis!
X:1
T:Inky Bob's Rant
C:Chris Ormston
M:C
R:
K:G
... or that famous song in praise of the Tyne dredgermen - Haul Cackie
Through the Water
Cacky Layton?
Ok, I stop now ;-)
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I blame the liquid paraffin ;-)
This one will run and run.
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I always wish they'd tried The Wild Rover to the tune of Nights In White
Satin!
Chris
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From: Ian Lawther [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Nsp@Cs.Dartmouth.Edu nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 12:38 AM
Subject: [NSP] OT Humphrey Littleton
I have just read
I guess All types of pipes was always going to be a shambles - a bit like
All types of stringed instruments would be! Or the fact that most of the
nation associates Holmfirth with tedious, safe Sunday evening TV, somewhere
between the antiques slot and the god slot!
Chris
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Thanks for your comments, Sheila. Firstly I'd like to say that being away
from Northumberland is not the disadvantage it's sometimes perceived to be.
People often think there's a hotbed of piping, with virtuosity to be heard
in some pub every night of the week - it's not like that!
The Clough
: Francis Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 September 2008 15:25
To: Chris Ormston; NSP Mailing List
Subject: [NSP] Re: Etymology of the 'C' word - 2
Well said, Chris.
I'd add that, even without the traditional examples, the instrument
itself is a good teacher. All musical instruments have
Colin,
Have you been nobbled by a hockey mom/pig in lipstick???
Chris
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:15:23 -0400
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Subject: [NSP] Re: George Atkinson
Dear Adrian,
Come on let's
Don't try this at home!
[1]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wk85_nqi60k
Chris Ormston
www.chrisormston.com
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References
1. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wk85_nqi60k
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And, of equal relevance to NSP, The Pogues are at Newcastle Carling Academy
on 11th December!
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Sent: 01 November 2008 18:05
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] York Waits concert
Kim Bibby-Wilson has requested
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Sent: 02 November 2008 23:07
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: York Waits concert
On 2 Nov 2008, Chris Ormston wrote:
And, of equal relevance to NSP, The Pogues are at Newcastle Carling
Academy on 11th December!
I think at least one member of the York Waits plays
Now I can't get Highland Cathedral out of my head! Grrr
I wonder if they've tried using it as a form of torture at Guantanamo
Bay???
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:40 +
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CC: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
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Subject: [NSP] Re:
Thanks John - you've hit the nail on the head! More to come from me in
the forthcoming NPS magazine!
Chris
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:45:22 -0500
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [NSP] Re: An ear for drone music
Good point John Dally made
I used to get itchy hands from the brass on Tom Clough's pipes - nasty
cheapo Reid things that had poisoned successive generations of the Clough
family since the early 19th Century! The health safety conscious amongst
you will be relieved to hear that they're now encased in bubble wrap and
never
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [NSP] Re: NSP and pop music
I believe Chris Ormston plays on a Peter Gabriel album, but I haven't
chased it up yet.
An NSP player is credited on Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn, but apparently
didn't
And what type of knife should be used to cut them - rusty, risty or
busty??? According to the ancient scrolls. or
was it the cup and ring marks at Routin Linn..
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:25:33 +0100
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: [EMAIL
As played by Team GHB???
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:47:38 +
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [NSP] olympic games bagpipes
In case anyone's interested, on ebay now, the Highland pipes that
were
played at the olymic games opening ceremony,
Hear Hear! Thanks Matt, and Anita!
Chris
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:07:42 +
To: theborderpi...@googlemail.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu;
bellowspi...@yahoogroups.com; scots_mu...@yahoogroups.com
From: bill_tel...@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: Maggie Lauder article
Please could you advise what happens to the local gigs - we only seem to get
requests for long-distance work via this list?
Regards
Chris
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From: julia@nspipes.co.uk [mailto:julia@nspipes.co.uk]
Sent: 23 February 2009 20:39
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject:
Hi All,
I agree with Anthony on the importance of recognising regional styles,
and that dance and music go hand in hand. I think it's important to
remember, though, that the North Northumberland style is much more to
do with Scottish country dance music, and was heavily influenced
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To: tim.ro...@btconnect.com; NSP List; Chris Ormston
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes
Hello Chris and all,
Talking sense as usual bonny lad. You are absolutely right in that the
tree trunk of the piping tradition is as you describe
which fail on some if not all of these counts (your
goodself excepted of course) and it is quite educational in terms of
making me stick to what I'm reasonably good at!
Anthony
--- On Fri, 13/3/09, Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com wrote:
From: Chris Ormston ch
that got me hooked, and Chris Ormston and Anthony Robb were there
in the room in Rothbury when it happened. 1985, I think, or was it
1733? Wull Allan would have been around, but Jamie was still a
twinkle
in his Dad's eye.
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On 14 Mar 2009, Chris Ormston wrote:
T:Keelman Brown of Newburn
Presumably this is a dark form of liquid refreshment from the
microbrewery at said location; or have the re-enactors been in?
Yet another good tune!
Julia
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Hi All,
In the new-found spirit of altruism on this list, and for those of you
who've not already had a bootleg copy, I've uploaded some tracks of
tunes from the Clough MS here:
[1]http://chrisormston.com/clough.aspx
Chris Ormston
chrisormston.com
of
tunes from the Clough MS here:
[1]http://chrisormston.com/clough.aspx
Chris Ormston
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From: anth...@robbpipes.com [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 15 March 2009 22:42
To: 'NSP List'; Chris Ormston
Subject: [NSP] Re: The Lost Music of Newsham (and mics)
Great stuff Chris!
I've your prize winning duet set (with Cathy Goss) from the same
I'd just like to publicly thank the person who sent me the Queen's Medal
for Proper Piping
http://chrisormston.com/miscellany.aspx
Much appreciated!
Chris Ormston
chrisormston.com
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are:
(At Rothbury Mart)
1) Fast jigs by Chris Ormston (N. smallpipes), Cathy Goss
(Flute/whistle), Andy .. ?(mandolin), I hear guitar backing in there
too could this be Cathy C. as was? Doesn't sound like the duet I
mentioned but certainly prizewinning stuff! (was that another year,
Chris
2009 18:44
To: Chris Ormston
Subject: RE: [NSP] That CD!
Don't knock it - it's stunning!
--- On Wed, 18/3/09, Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com wrote:
From: Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com
Subject: RE: [NSP] That CD!
To: 'Anthony Robb' anth...@robbpipes.com, 'Dartmouth
Yes, the clip sounded poor and yes, the article itself was
unfortunate but Jessica isn't responsible.
Then who is responsible? And why doesn't the Sage promote proper piping? I
was asked to provide some piping tuition for a 4th year piping student who
didn't know where the beat should sit in
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