[NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East Anglia

2009-08-12 Thread Geoffrey Mew
I regularly play a concert D set with other instruments, melodeons concertinas etc and have no problems with the range. I did consider a G set but the hole spacings on the chanter proved a problem for my fingers. C nat keys allow playing in both G and D Geoff Mew -Original Message-

[NSP] Re: Halsway playaround

2009-03-13 Thread Geoffrey Mew
I have enjoyed Halsway for the past three years now and think the tuition format is just right, I don't think it should be reduced at all. Isn't there time on the Saturday afternoon for playaround? It may be a lifetime of pub sessions to blame but I've always found morning sessions to be slow to