On 21 Oct 2012, Helen wrote:
> Oh that is really sad. I will do what I can for next year. It will
> depend on where I am. About all I can be sure of is that I will be overseas.
> Just as an encouragement to others; for all the possible short falls of
> a competitive situation, the benefits of p
I have posted the results of these on the NPS forum at:
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/index.php
It is particularly disappointing that after all the discussion on this list a
few
years back, and the expansion of the overseas playing classes as a result, this
year there were n
On 16 Aug 2012, Richard Evans wrote:
> So I created a facebook account and found the nps page but all I see is
> a wikipedia extract. Is there some kind of forum or something?
Try searching on:
Northumbrian Piping Newsgroup" in fbook - its kinda silly season there at the
moment.
>what's wro
On 15 Aug 2012, Matt Seattle wrote:
>And neither does playing Cuckold or Peacock on NSP against A drones
>sound nasty, but it does miss a lot of the musical effect of these
>tunes, the contrasting minor/major strains
Coincidentally (yes, really) I spent part of this afternoon playing
On 14 Jun 2012, rob@milecastle27.co.uk wrote:
> Hi Jenny - there's a set attributed to Robert or James Hall in Edinburgh:
>Someone will no doubt be along
> shortly with a list of any Hall pipes in the Bagpipe museum in Morpeth
There are about 10 Hall sets known of in total. 2 at least I be
On 7 Mar 2012, Gibbons, John wrote:
> Bruce was one of the 2 editors of the Northumbrian Minstrelsy, though Stokoe
> was the
> main editor for the tunes. Both were not ideal - but many of the earlier
> Ancient
> Melodies Committee, particularly William Kell,
Last week I went through the Ancien
On 6 Mar 2012, Matthew Boris wrote:
> "The life and letters of John
>Collingwood Bruce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne"
>Just though this may be of interest to other folks interested in
>history. . Hope someone else might enjoy this as well.
If that's the one written by his son, it's o
An expanded and revised up-to-date version of Colin Ross' reedmaking book is
now
available. It covers nsp reeds (all pitches), ssp reeds (all pitches) and
Border
pipe chanter reeds, as well as cane on brass composite drone reeds for all
varieties. There is a troubleshooting section.
The cost
Now out - just in time for Christmas. A book of 126 tunes in Northumbrian style
by
74 different composers from all round the world, young and older, well-known
and
less so, most of them pipers, most still with us, but a few passed on.
Composers
will receive a complimentary copy: otherwise its
Colin has asked me to pass on his thanks and seasonal good wishes to all his
friends and contacts who have sent Christmas cards and wishes.
He is very grateful for your cards, but there are so many that he cannot
possibly
respond individually this year, much as he would wish to do so.
Julia
On 8 Dec 2011, Julia Say wrote:
> This is an untitled Kathryn T composition.
Thank you to the various people who responded offlist. I now know that the
title
is "Andy's Slip Jig", but whether I can get a stop press change in the book I
don't
know - the printers
This is an untitled Kathryn T composition. I was promised a title, but it
hasn't
worked out and I need to go to print today. (well actually 2 days ago, but.)
X:7497
T:KT98
C:Kathryn Tickell
M:9/8
E:9
L:1/8
K:G
GAB d2 G ABd|e2 d efg f2 d|GAB d2 G ABd|e2 A ABc A3|\
GAB d2 G ABd|e2 d efg f2 a|\
I now have several copies in two different keys and am getting them checked by
the
composer.
Thanks, one and all.
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On 11 Nov 2011, Geoff Jones wrote:
> 'Our Kate' can be found on be JC's ABC Tune
> Finder
Thanks, Geoff. Stupidly, I assumed that because it is still in copyright
(obviously) it would not be on such sites.
I'll hijack it from there and get it checked.
Julia
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Does anyone have the dots for "Our Kate" by Kathryn Tickell transcribed, by any
chance?
I thought I had it, but it must be on a piece of paper buried somewhere in my
filing "system".
The composer herself doesn't have ready access to a copy - I'm sure someone
must
have written it out for themse
I've posted these to the NPS bulletin board, in some haste.
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On 24 Sep 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
> I could be beastly and suggest 'Billsmoor',
> but 'Raylees' is perhaps more user-friendly, and deserves more airtime.
And there's a piper there once more, albeit in a barn conversion not the
farmhouse
itself.
But John D's folio idea is also good.
The autumn newsletter, the fourth folio and notification of an EGM on the
subject
of Charitable Status for the Society have been posted out today, Weds 14th Sept.
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On 13 Sep 2011, Rob Say wrote:
> This book on the haggis:
> http://www.avrf23.dsl.pipex.com/The%20Haggis%20TYPESET%2016%20feb-2.pdf
> Both references grain prices and crop failures for the period:
> " 1790s Harvest Failure, 1799 Price of corn was more than double the
> level of the 1790s, Harve
On 9 Sep 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> Is there an obvious repertoire of tunes for this useful variant?
> On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:40, Richard York wrote:
>
t a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think about it
> > could look remarkably like a large bagpipe set with an extra long open ended
> >
On 8 Sep 2011, Richard York wrote:
> > Sorry, how can you tell I have far too much to do today and am seeking
> diversionary tactics?
Its called constructive procrastination, Richard.
I'm getting to be an expert on it, too.
Shall we run courses on it in our spare time?
;-)
Julia
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Those of you who knew Colin Ross' wife, Ray, and haven't so far heard from
other
singing or social forums, will be saddened to learn of her death yesterday. She
had
been ill for some time and finally succumbed to several conditions.
Messages are flooding on to various lists and boards and ther
If anyone is offered something like the following (or spots them on ebay or
elsewhere) please let me know, I have the owner's contact details.
David Burleigh ( 2008), serial no somewhere near #3020.
5 drone. Key of D (concert pitch). 13 keys on chanter from low to top
G.Imitation
ivory mounts,
Set of pipes by the late Quentin Rose made c. 1996-7. Ebony and a silver
coloured
metal. 17 key chanter.
In Gloucestershire, UK.
Contact details available on request.
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I've been asked if I can find a piper to play a few basic tunes at a wedding in
Lyme Regis (West Dorset) on Sat 27th Aug.
It's a long shot, I know, and not much notice.
Anyone interested?
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> What tunes does your dog prefer?
I saw my dog come p*ssing by me
The Lea(d) digs
She barked at the greatness o't
(Looked a) wally as the wolfhound ran
The New Way to Bow-wow
My doggie sits ower straight up
Gallop and sh*te
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Item number: 190561102167
This has failed to find a seller twice (it was first on at 600 GBP) - it's now
listed at 400 pounds start.
I've no connection with, or interest in the auction, other than a basic
curiousity
as to:
a) whether it really is a G chanter
b) the maker
It's in Newcastle up
On ebay right now is a copy of the oboe adaptation of Alan Bush's Northumbrian
Impressions - originally written for pipes.
I believe Richard Butler has performed it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bush-Northumbrian-Impressions-Oboe-Piano-
/260819950099?pt=UK_Music_SheetMusic_RL&hash=item3cba149a13
Usual
On 17 Jul 2011, Dave Shaw wrote:
> I haven't seen the original ms
I have posted a reduced size version of the scan of the MS on the NPS bulletin
board in a new thread entitled "Whinshields on the Wall".
I hope this helps
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I've had a request for a piper to lead a procession into Truro cathedral (yes,
really, I do know where it is!).
On offer is expenses, a "very modest" fee, and accommodation if required.
This is an event on Fri July 29, in the evening. (so it's a bit urgent)
If anyone would like to take it up, ple
On 15 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> there is an odd, tenuous and completely inconsequential connection between
> Shield and Morpeth. Shield is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Shield did not include the tune in his 1817 book: he did include other tunes he
had
collected. There is an article writt
On 13 Jul 2011, Matt Seattle wrote:
> The tune appears under the Morpeth Rant
>title in the 18th c. I am unaware of anyone having connected it with Wm
>Shield's own writings - does anyone know otherwise?
This is my understanding also tho' I think I have seen it elsewhere than Clough
c
A set of concert G pitch nsp has "gone missing" at a European airport. It is by
Colin Ross and has a 17 keyed chanter.
If anyone should hear of, or be offered such a thing, could they contact me,
please
- not Colin - and I'll put you in touch with the owner
The owner had insurance, but obvious
On 11 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
>
>> Wiktionary helpfully gives:
>>
>>> From Dutch ranten, randen ("talk nonsense, rave").
Well, there you are then. Some might say that covers many posts!
>> Can anybody help to clarify the difference between a Rant and a Rave?
PA and flashing lights? E
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Northumbrian-smallpipe-chanter-G-7-key-bagpipe-pipes-
/190551885143?pt=UK_Woodwind_Instruments&hash=item2c5dc70557
In N'cle upon Tyne, it says.
I have no connection with, or interest in, the sale.
Hope this helps someone.
Julia
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On 4 Jul 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> The Dartmouth list is for anyone interested in Northmbrian Small-pipes.
It is administered and monitored entirely from without NPS membership. No
member or
officer of the society has any say in how it is run, although several (only
about
half) committee
On 30 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBO8CGAIeQ&feature=related
Open fingering in places
> > [2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKC0ZoVqfzU&NR=1
> [2] Awful, awful, awful!
Might be quite good if he played it at half the speed. Otherwise agree with
F
On 29 Jun 2011, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co wrote:
> an interesting letter to the Duke of Northumberland
> http://www.archive.org/details/alettertodukeno00doubgoog
Ah, yes. The "letter" that sparked the project that became the Northumbrian
Minstrelsy.
Julia
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On 29 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> > I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise - she
> > of
> > "pulling Dixon out of the flames" fame.
>
> Not famous enough for me to have heard of her . . . so what's the rest of
> this
> interesting story?
Lady Dorothea was t
On 29 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> The URLs are just fine. Copy and paste them into any browser.
> Thanks to Julia for providing this valuable information!
No thanks to me, Francis, I just came across them. Sorry about the non-
functionality, I copied & pasted them and I'm on a text mailer i
Kohler's Violin Repository, a hard to find but much used source of tunes for
fiddlers in this area in the C19. It was sold in weekly or monthly instalments
and
then copies were passed from hand to hand.
http://imslp.org/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP106889-PMLP217734-
koehlersviolinrepository_1.pdf
On 27 Jun 2011, Matt Seattle wrote:
>On the minus side, it is a competition.
Also on the minus side - very unfortunately - is the cost of getting there from
almost anywhere.
Otherwise I'd be there.
I'd recommend almost everything about it (except possibly the midges)
Julia
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On 23 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> the composer Bruno Heinz
> Jaja, demonstrated by the musicologists Dr Klauss Domgraf-Fassbaender and
> Professor
> von der Vogelweide at the Hoffning Interplanetary Festival 1958
> "There are three bars of silence . . . the second bar is in 3-4 and this
>
On 23 Jun 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
> Tom Clough wrote that notes should be
> played their full length, but clearly separated, and Fenwick is consistent
> with
> this.
"The most important thing in a tune is the spaces between the notes, not the
notes
themselves."
paraphrase of Joe Hutton ta
On 22 Jun 2011, Richard York wrote:
> Thoughtful and considered artistic advice
>of a sensitive nature would be most welcome, please.
Richard, I think you're maybe asking in the wrong place !
Good luck with the tune.
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On 20 Jun 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
> "stacc. abbreviated form of staccato (Italian: detached, separated)
> staccare (Italian) to detach, to separate each note"
> The word has its natural meaning, in other words.
> Stacatissimo is what some people think it means, but it doesn't!
I b
On 18 Jun 2011, Ian Lawther wrote:
> tune arrangements for Northumbrian pipes and other instruments
http://www.rossleighmusic.co.uk/
Those who use them seem to think highly of them.
Aren't there a couple of LBPS books of such duets etc as well?
Hope this helps
Julia
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Adrian - if you wish to insult people, please do so offlist.
The rest of us (I hope I can safely generalise here) find it embarrassing.
Anyone who wishes to contact me, please do so offlist for a while.
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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
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!
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Could anyone planning on coming to this (Sat 18 June)
a) let me know so I've an idea of numbers (we are scheduled to lead the
procession
and do 2 spots on the stage - what is played will depend on who turns up.)
b) let me know *asap* if you would like a car pass - which allows parking quite
ne
On 27 May 2011, Inky- Adrian wrote:
>I don't want a definate rule I would just like thr NPS to acknowledge
>that there is a traditional way of playing the small-pipes which is
>detached. If they don' t, then they are saying that the pipes have no
>playing tradition, therefore I'm
On 27 May 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> this kind of discussion is best held in a dedicated area.
> Perhaps the best destination for this
> interesting discussion is a dedicated area of an already existing forum.
> Peacock's
> Parlour perhaps?
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/
On 24 May 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> What has the NPS ever done for us ?
It has been said (not by me)
"Ask not what the NPS has done for you, but what you could do for the NPS"
Discuss (politely).
Julia
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On 21 May 2011, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
>
> I say "poor old Inky" even though I have never met the man. Friends of mine
> who have had that pleasure report their encounters in glowing terms, he must
> be a really nice person. Unfortunately, his contributions to this column
> don't seem t
On 17 May 2011, Vernon Levy wrote:
> Leek growing was another area of
> expertise where tempers ran high when secrets were shared and custom and
> practice
> challenged. I witnessed many vehement arguments regarding the growing of
> exhibition
> leeks and wondered how grown men could allow t
On 10 May 2011, Christopher.Birch@ec.europa.e wrote:
> I don't understand the reference to temperament here.
It may be irrelevant, Chris, I'm rather busy and have a lot going on in my
head. I
don't claim to have thoroughly thought through every word of my posting.
Julia
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On 8 May 2011, a.d.s wrote:
> More you
>get away from the keys of G and D, and play in A maj., C maj., F maj.,
>B maj., the more keys are played with the thumb and little finger in
>succession; like playing the piano with one finger! .Have we got to
>the key of C yet?
Ha
I have been sent a slightly-used set of David Burleigh pipes by an NPS member,
for
sale.
It is an 11-key set - 7 + 2 G#s, 2 F nats. It is only 2 years old, the owner
says.
No. 2829. It is a fairly typical example of a set that costs (according to
David's
website) 800 pounds new. Green bag cov
I've been sent this: I know nothing more about it than what is here.
Anyone know who the piper/s are?
Hope this of interest to someone, anyway.
Julia
--- Forwarded message follows ---
From: Andrew Simpson
To: i...@youngheartsrunfreefilm.com
Subject: Invite for folk music and smallpipes f
I've just been told of this item on ebay by the vendor who
has asked me to publicise it.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140526902815&ssPag
eName=STRK:MESELX:IT
The description in the listing seems fairly comprehensive.
I have no connection with the auction nor interest in
On 23 Mar 2011, inky-adrian wrote:
> yes, it's in the Bowes museum. A bagpipe, part Northumberland-all keyed and
> part Union.
There was a short article about it in an NPS mag many years ago (late 80s? - I
haven't time to check)
Off the top of my head, I think the conclusion was "road-to-nowh
On 18 Mar 2011, Julia Say wrote:
> The newsletter has been posted (18 March).
Judging by early reports, it's on a very slow train this time (like 4 days to
get 7
miles!)
Don't know what the mail is up to, but hopefully it will reach most Uk members
by
the end of the week.
I
The newsletter has been posted to paid up members today (18 March).
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Short notice, I'm afraid - these things always are.
Is there anybody who would be able to play "Water of Tyne" (probably etc) at a
funeral in the Yeovil, Somerset area next Weds 9 March.
I'm trying to get a more specific location / time, but please contact me
offlist
asap if available / intere
Graham Dixon has been clearing his loft, and has had bound a number of copies
of
his book about Robert Whinham, containing all the Whinham tunes he could find,
and
originally published in 1995.
Copies are available from the NPS at 12 pounds each , + 2 pounds P&P UK, 4 UKP
-
Europe, 6 UKP el
I have a request for a piper to play a bride down the aisle at Castle Bolton,
Wensleydale on Sat 27 August.
Please can get in touch if you can, or know someone who might.
Thanks
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On 10 Feb 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> I don't think I've seen Arthur Benade's Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics
> mentioned
> in this forum.
I think I've seen it on Barry's shelves. Which is where it's staying unless my
son
borrows it.
No point me even trying - it would be a huge waste of t
> From: Francis Wood Sent: 10 February 2011 11:55
> Personally, I'd avoid leaving those marks.
As would we all, I think.
> But I'm grateful to those early makers
> who did, because it leaves unequivocal evidence of the intended position of
> those
> tone-holes, no matter how much they have be
On 9 Feb 2011, Philip Gruar wrote:
> I'll just say that with care, a flat-ended drill and delicacy
> of touch, there should be no need for rods down the bore. You just stop the
> drill before it goes too deep!
Well, quite. One can both hear and feel the drill reaching the bore.
Nevertheless
On 9 Feb 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> What
> Julia said was that when a reed was first put in the chanter it was
> said to have played at F+20. I took that to be an interesting and
> amusing anecdote without any specific conclusions to be drawn from it
> [is that correct, Julia?]
When I was to
On 9 Feb 2011, Anthony Robb wrote:
> The puzzling thing is that we have had two reports in recent postings
>of Reid sets happy to play up near F# (for example Billy Pigg) and yet
>Andrew Davison's Reid set are said to be happy at F+20.
We know that Billy was in the habit of making hi
On 7 Feb 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> Yes, that's right. Or to be more precise, Reid pipes play most happily
> at F# using (and insert italics here) the most appropriate dimensions
> of the modern reed which may well be pretty different from the kind of
> reed that Reid intended (conclude italics
On 19 Jan 2011, richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> I'm afraid I can't write
> abc, so I can't post a transcription of it. It's a 4/4 march in D.
Here's what was submitted for the NPS folio (as abc), which I think originates
with
Margaret W's transcription:
X:7867
T:Thomas Saunders
C:?
M:
On 14 Jan 2011, Colin wrote:
> Gold fittings won't tarnish (well, people have gold flutes so why not).
There are gold-plated sets. The cost, in the current metals market, involves
the
phrase "arm and a leg" when compared to silver plate though. Gold plate is also
applied much thinner than sil
On 14 Jan 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
> I had noticed the threads decaying, but hadn't twigged why.
> Wondered if it was just reducing the internal friction that holds the fibres
> together??
So far all I have done is make the observation. It seems to be worse on the
thin
sewing thread (which
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
> Hmm - this opens up a whole spectrum of technologically exuberant
> solutions for tuning your drones and chanter with a battery of small
> pressurized gas bottles and a multi-valve setup for variable continous
> mix-gas administration. Should look nice m
On 14 Jan 2011, Bo Albrechtsen wrote:
> /Julia is perfectly right/ in exclaiming her "gh" !
Thank you, I have been well trained!
> Vegetable oil such as the cold press, extra virgin etc in time any such
> oil will change
> from being an oil and into first a gummy substance
...w
On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
>for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ...
>"rubbing" or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the
>green
IPA will degrease everything in sight, but is a bit drastic. Sold in the UK as
a
computer cleani
On 14 Jan 2011, Gibbons, John wrote:
> Seconded - and probably thirded too, before long!
The Bewick book will be (assuming I can find transport for the NPS bookcase).
I shan't be there myself, this year.
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On 10 Jan 2011, Matthew Boris wrote:
>Starting bid is $899, currently 0 bids and almost 7 days left.
>I don't _think_ I'm in the market at this point, but is this a decent
>deal? Or is the fact that we don't know how long it's been unplayed
>make it a no-go, or at least an assump
On 8 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote:
> my pipes have sat for too long
> 1 - the weather here is very damp
Where is "here" (roughly)?
>turns out the joints are stuck.
> any suggestions on how to unstick them - without waiting for the right
brief immersion in hot water or gently heating with
On 8 Jan 2011, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
>Long notes are good practice for this - I wonder if this is one
>reason Tom Clough liked playing hymn tunes? 'Oh God our Help in Ages
>Past' (aka St Anne, or 'The Goldfish') is a good one for this, dead
>slow.
Tommy Breckons told
On 8 Jan 2011, Francis Wood wrote:
> After the initial shock you go back. In my case, quite a lot.
N'brian music with pizzazz. Or as it is known in my immediate circle, with
b*ks. Music with Rocks in... (Pratchett!)
And passion. So sadly lacking in some places I can far too easily think o
On 17 Dec 2010, John Dally wrote:
> Mr. Doubleday
> I would like to know more about the cultural context of the document.
> What prompted Doubleday to write this?
Here's a bit about him as a starter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Doubleday
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I've had a mini-avalanche of sales orders for NPS publications in the last
couple
of days.
Last post for Christmas in the UK is Saturday, and I'll do my best to fulfil
any
last-minute requests, but
I fully expect to have no electricity (and therefore internet / web) for an
unspecified ch
On 15 Dec 2010, John Dally wrote:
> But try playing 'Bigg Market Lasses' without a Bb key.
The composer does! (Or did)
A careful slide/roll with the A finger...
>But if seventeen keys
>are a guilty pleasure, what is the "right" number?
My personal answer is 14 (no Bbs, no low D#), for
The wrong tune has been printed on p. 44 of the just-published NPS journal. The
observant will notice that the first tune on the page is the same as the one on
the
bottom of p.43.
The Bricklayer's Rant (which should be on p. 44) may be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=236562&l=bf
On 23 Nov 2010, Richard Evans wrote:
> Excellent instructional video.
> I don't know who did this, but it's superb!
I believe the perpetrator is either Helen Fish or Paul Rhodes.
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On 16 Nov 2010, John Clifford wrote:
> I can add that I've had the same result as Rick and Sheila
It happens here as well (Firefox on windows in one case, Linux in the other)
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On 13 Nov 2010, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
> We have two sets of Northumbrian small pipes
>if John Leistman doesn't have a set available at this time then
> we may be able to help you out.
Failing all that, the NPS is currently negotiating to have a hire set
permanently
lodged on the Ame
On 10 Nov 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
> >the reprint edition has a typo in the
> > penultimate strain, the 1st bar beginning
> >
> > g/f/|egB egB...
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > g/f/|egd egB ...
I agree. This looks like a raw typo, and I am fairly certain it was in no way
an
edi
On 9 Nov 2010, friendm...@aol.com wrote:
> He was an important link
> in that delicate chain that kept the NSPs alive during the thin times
> of the 40s and 50's.
His name, and that of his wife Dorothy often appear in the minutes of the
period,
frequently as leading work parties doing jobs
> On 11/6/10 1:20 PM, "Anthony Robb" wrote:
>
> >I seem to remember Bill Ochs at Killington this year demonstrating
> >software which can slow down normal recordings whilst keeping pitch
> >intact.
In addition to the ones mentioned, Audacity 1.2 will do it (free). Audacity 1.3
doe
On 6 Nov 2010, Julia Say wrote:
> I think I'm heading in some of the same directions
Here's the draft. I've taken a different approach to John, combining the "theme
strains" in a different way, according to my current prejudice that some
variation
sets were writ
On 5 Nov 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
> Here's a working draft of a set based on Crawhall.
I think I'm heading in some of the same directions, since I can't sleep.
Nothing
publishable yet.
> It needs some editing and probably some bits throwing away.
> But it's too late to find out what it pla
On 5 Nov 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
>Crawhall's tags... are harmonically as well as melodically
> different from Reavely,
Exactly - which is why I think there's two possible sets there.
> the illegibilities in Crawhall seem
> to be mostly his fault...
Was he noting this down in haste, I wond
On 4 Nov 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
>Reavely's set is fine but a bit short for addicts of long
> variation sets.
Well, folk seem to be interested in our "workings out", so here goes.
I think the three of us would agree that tunes we have from Reavely are
generally a
very useful source. (for
On 4 Nov 2010, Matt Seattle wrote:
>If anyone thinks the three of us are crazy, I would like to point out
>that I have been crazy for longer than them.
1994, I think in my case, but I came to that point with a pre-disposition, I
suspect.
>I note that it received zero attention
>
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