One thing I like about NSP is the way vibrato alters the colour, rather
than the volume of a note.
You can emphasise higher harmonics this way, and Billy Pigg seemed to
use this a lot in The Lark in the Clear Air, for example.
As for apples and potatoes - in Cologne they have 'Hi
write it) and, if so, ignore me but I just can't see a point in
comparing apples and potatoes (you choose which is which).
Colin Hill
- Original Message -
From: "Richard York"
To: "Anthony Robb" ; "NSP group"
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 11:28
I'll think more on what he meant when I have more time!
For expression - I quite agree with you on fiddle tunes.
On the other hand, there are expressive tunes written primarily for
pipes, surely, where they sound superbly best on pipes?
And it is truly hard for anyone to make them work with th
This seems to be a feature of a great many Victorian literary works in my
experience. Unfortunately it's a feature which seems to be infectious.
Tim
On 17 Dec 2010, at 20:33, Francis Wood wrote:
>
> On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
>
>> Discuss!
>
> One of the most remarkable qualit
Hi John,
Interesting that the extract gives you that impression. Having read the whole
document I didn't infer that. I tried to isolate the particular part that led
me to feel that way, but failed. I think you may need to set aside quarter of
an hour and read the whole thing which is in essence
On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
> Discuss!
One of the most remarkable qualities of this paper is Doubleday's extraordinary
talent for using a colossal number of words to say absolutely nothing of any
importance.
A very narrow bore, in my view.
Perhaps I'm being too unkind to him.
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
Julia
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Mr. Doubleday takes great pains to prove his sophistication. Even
allowing for how the sense of some of the words used have changed
since he wrote them, it appears that Doubleday was not enthusiastic
about the NSP or NSPipers in general. So, are we to trust his
judgement overall? On the one hand
Hello Tim
Wonderful stuff!
Discuss?
I'll have to print off, re-read (probably several times) and inwardly
digest it first.
It has, however, already given me a warm glow which more than
compensates for the sub -zero temperature outside.
Cheers
Anthony
--
To get on o
Just when you thought it was all over, it seems it depends upon your point of
view, and this may depend on your position in the history.
Below an extract from Mr. Thomas Doubleday's letter to the Duke of
Northumberland. date a bit difficult due to Google's OCR not coping with Roman
dates, but m
The only fitting response to this seems to me to picture the Charlie
Brown cartoons - the image of Charlie with a sort of horizontal but
wiggly line for his mouth - know the one I mean?
Richard.
On 15/12/2010 12:09, Francis Wood wrote:
On 15 Dec 2010, at 12:05, Gibbons, John wrote:
But Ro
On 15 Dec 2010, at 12:05, Gibbons, John wrote:
> But Rob illustrates a simple feather duster - the 17 keyed ones are musically
> far more versatile...
Is that a Peacock feather duster?
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e musically
far more versatile...
John
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rob@milecastle27.co.uk
Sent: 15 December 2010 10:05
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: key question
Morning - for those who hanker after multi-key
Morning - for those who hanker after multi-key extended chanters (or
are wondering at the minutiae of what is being discussed) here's a
little exercise that will demonstrate one of the key differences.
First; take a pencil and hold it as you would a chanter - almost no
effort is required to
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
Allow me to offer a totally different perspective on how to answer this
question:
Can you already play all the tunes you want to play with the chanter you have
now? Are there no tunes that you've set aside for when you thought you had
improved to the point where you could actually play them?
When a high C# comes in a tune I play middle C# and it's not too
bad.
Anthony
Yes - City of Savannah is the one that first springs to mind, and the
others I can think of are also not pipe tunes ...
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s the hole would
have to be cut into the reed staple itself. Ouch!!
When a high C# comes in a tune I play middle C# and it's not too bad.
Anthony
--- On Tue, 14/12/10, John Dally wrote:
From: John Dally
Subject: [NSP] Re: a key question for NSPipers
To: barr...@nsp
Hello John
Like everything else it is a compromise and also depends on what you
want to play.
Having said that a point will be reached when increased physical effort
makes it harder to play sensitively. The first 17 key chanter I ever
tried was a Clough - Picknell one which had b
High and low C# are the ones I'm missing, as well as middle and low
Bbs. The high C# might be better utilized as a high C. I'm probably
exposing a gross ignorance by speculating which keys at the top of the
chanter would be most useful.
On 12/14/10, barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
> So, which 13 k
Great question, John.
I'm sure there are people who get the extra keys because the look cool, but I'd
hope that you'd not get the bigger chanter until you "needed" it. By that I
mean that you need it to play the music you want to play.
I started out with at 7-key set, and I'm glad I did. I th
I had various replies to this off list, so hope you don't mind a
massed on-list reply.
Thanks for them too, and apologies for a slight delay, we were busy
becoming grandparents for the first time & were bit pre-occupied and
very pleased!!
I realise various people had various reservations ab
You could set a day for as many NSPipers from
around the world to gather in one place for an international NSP flash
mob!
Me, me, I'll go! Can we do it in New Zealand?
Helen
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seen at least three times
now.
iPlayer doesn't like my slow dirge of a PC.
Colin Hill
- Original Message -
From: "John Dally"
To: "Richard York"
Cc: "Anthony Robb" ; "NSP group"
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:25 PM
Subject: [NSP]
Thanks for the link for the expat viewing software. Too bad they
didn't include a piper among the musicians. The thought of a NSP
flash-mob appearing in Gray's Square came to mind. It would be
interesting to interview a crowd in downtown Newcastle about whether
or not they know about NSP. How
[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Anthony Robb
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:23 AM
To: Dartmouth NPS
Subject: [NSP] Re: TV
Thanks Rob, that looks just the job!
Anthony
--- On Sun, 12/12/10, Rob Say wrote:
From: Rob Say
Subject: [NSP] Re: TV
To: nsp
Thanks Rob, that looks just the job!
Anthony
--- On Sun, 12/12/10, Rob Say wrote:
From: Rob Say
Subject: [NSP] Re: TV
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Sunday, 12 December, 2010, 9:20
Morning - I have heard of a thing called Expat Shield:
[1]http
Morning - I have heard of a thing called Expat Shield:
http://www.expatshield.com/
I've not used it myself - investigate as much you feel necessary.
cheers
Rob
http://www.milecastle27.co.uk/rob/
On 12/12/2010 02:41, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
Hi Anthony,
When I tried to log on I got a cu
Hi Anthony,
When I tried to log on I got a curt message saying that the show wasn't
available in my area. Has anyone any ideas on how we benighted folk in
North America can watch this program?
Richard
Anthony wrote:
He's the link for the programme on iPlayer if anyone missed it but is
And a truly smashing hour it was! Cheered up our evening no end, it did.
Stuff like this really is what we need now, it was truly inspiring.
The 60's Folk prog which followed was a right trip down nostalgia lane :)
What's happening to TV? - all this, and last night the super programme
by the U
Yes, I understand the need to use a suitable tune for a dance but I was more
thinking solo performances (and not only on the pipes) where dancing isn't
the object.
Over the many years , I have heard so many (as I am sure you have) young
players basing their ability on speed rather than on the me
Nice to reminded that they are, after all, dance tunes and not attempts at a
world speed record. :-)
Colin Hill
- Original Message -
From: "John Dally"
To: "Tim Rolls"
Cc: "NPS Discussion" ;
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:52 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re
Here's a YouTube video of English clogging to the Redesdale Hornpipe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qtN669yKck&feature=related
I want to show this to everyone who turns hornpipes into reels. ;-)
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Tim Rolls wrote:
> A couple of items that might be of interest to
Hi Dave,
in haste - we have a mad w/e coming up & rehearsing like crazy - thanks
greatly for this. I had a quick look & it deserves a lot longer
reading, which I'm going to enjoy later on.
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 02/12/2010 21:52, Dave S wrote:
Hi Richard,
[1]http://bo
Hi Richard,
[1]http://books.google.lu/books?id=VoQXAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=
%22essays+in+musicology%22&source=bl&ots=ITEFvN0Hii&sig=iIvdnoOEE_CRl_u
bQ_wRLOiSuyQ&hl=en&ei=cRD4TOSQMY2dOrX-kbkI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=resul
t&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
The li
Of course a drone instrument has its own bass.
But the implicit ground either fits or doesn't fit with the drones.
Hence the preference, from Dixon onwards, for grounds based on only 2 chords.
More complex grounds don't work so well.
But did Dixon play along with a cello or bassoon?
Peacock certai
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Bill <[1]bill_tel...@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:
Also is it not the case that when Highland pipers (including these
students) pick up a set of Border pipes . the instrument
is treated only as an ersatz Highland bagpipe?
That is indeed the cas
Also is it not the case that when Highland pipers (including these
students) pick up a set of Border pipes (as quite a few are doing nowadays
though usually it's a set of 'Scottish Smallpipes' at first) the instrument
is treated only as an ersatz Highland bagpipe? Yes now probably OT so maybe
this
Hello Richard,
Scattered thoughts here:
What you may be picking up in your listening of those divisions is the profound
effect that the Italian violin school (Corelli, Geminiani et al) had on native
composers in Scotland. There were also Italian violinists employed in Edinburgh
as well as Lond
Still, what a
shame that the pipers in that program only get an afternoon of
something other than Highland music.
I'm sure they get plenty more than that, John (they all take a second
instrument), but only a tiny wee bit of it is Border piping.
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> It's hard to get across to anyone in Scotland that music didn't start
> with the Gows, but it didn't, and the genius of the Scottish fiddle,
> John MacLachlan, flourished c. 1700, and his variation sets on Scots
> tunes set the gold standard. They mainly survive in lute transcriptions
>
Richard, not only is it on topic but it's a very live topic (for me at
least).
I was lecturing yesterday at Glasgow for the 3rd year Piping Degree
students (as Highland pipers they are exposed to two hours of Border
pipe music in three years...) and the Dixon variations - which pred
That was quick! And interesting indeed.
Thanks Anthony, I may well be back to you off list for more!
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 25/11/2010 18:20, Anthony Robb wrote:
Hello Richard
I use this one when I'm calling:
[1]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~AKG-WMS-40-Pro-Spor
It says Helen Fish at the end, so I assume it's Paul Rhodes ;-)
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>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Julia Say
>Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:05 AM
>To: NSP group; Richard Evans
>Subject
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.
Julia
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Of Dave S
Sent: 23 November 2010 13:52
To: Bill; Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site
Subject: [NSP] Re: BBC Radio bagpipes programme
bill, i programmed it on satellite at 15:30 european time -bbc r7
ciao
dave
On 11/23/2010 2:18 PM, Bill
bill, i programmed it on satellite at 15:30 european time -bbc r7
ciao
dave
On 11/23/2010 2:18 PM, Bill wrote:
Bill . . . are you looking at the correct schedule? This is on BBC Radio 7,
not Radio Scotland
Francis, My first message quotes the url for BBC Radio7 schedules for tod
Bill . . . are you looking at the correct schedule? This is on BBC Radio 7,
not Radio Scotland
Francis, My first message quotes the url for BBC Radio7 schedules for today.
The bagpipes prog you quote isn't on the online schedule.
So then I looked online again at Radio Scotland's Tom Morton p
On 23 Nov 2010, at 12:47, Bill wrote:
> Tom Morton's on radio Scotland this pm but I don't see any reference to this
> programme
Bill . . . are you looking at the correct schedule? This is on BBC Radio 7, not
Radio Scotland
This is what the BBC site states:
> Next on:
>
> Today, 14:30 on BBC
Tom Morton's on radio Scotland this pm but I don't see any reference to this
programme
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From: Bill [mailto:bill_tel...@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: 23 November 2010 12:38
To: 'Francis Wood'; 'NSP group'
Subject: RE: [NSP] BBC Radio bagpipes programme
Are you sure?
Doesn't fea
Yes, perfectly sure.
Look at the entry beside 14.30 on the schedule you quote.
Additionally, it is detailed here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k2d3
Francis
On 23 Nov 2010, at 12:37, Bill wrote:
> Are you sure?
>
> Doesn't feature in the schedule I'm looking at
>
> http://www.bbc.co.u
Are you sure?
Doesn't feature in the schedule I'm looking at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
Bill
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Francis Wood
Sent: 23 November 2010 08:57
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] B
Francis, many thanks for the tip -- I don't often get to see the radio
times !!
Dave Singleton
On 11/23/2010 9:57 AM, Francis Wood wrote:
BBC Radio 7 is broadcasting 'The Secret History of Bagpipes' at 14.30 today
Described as 'Tom Morton investigates Pipes and Politics', this item m
Hi Anthony,
I did some checking:
All Mac browsers worked OK for me (Safari/Firefox/Chrome) but I have
Flip4Mac installed (free) which allows Quicktime to play windows media
files (in fact the page required me to upgrade to the latest version).
I can recommend it to avoid these p
The link from the rant to Gaughan's main page doesn't work. Somebody being
clueless, I assume.
c
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>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Richard York
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:41 AM
>To:
-
>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of A.J.Gilhooley
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 4:51 PM
>To: Ian Lawther; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Help please
>
>Ian,
>
>Thanks for posting the link to the Dick Gaughan artic
Ian,
Thanks for posting the link to the Dick Gaughan article. It is perhaps even
more relevant than ever in today's online world. Also worth a visit is
www.internetisshit.org, another discussion of style vs content, the medium not
being the message and so on. For a longer read, Andrew Keene's
Thanks, Ian, for this link.
Really useful, especially when it leads to Jakob Nielsen's pages, where
I can feel virtuous about some bits my own site's design and learn that
others need changing quite seriously!
Richard.
<>
When I have had problems like this I often go back and re-read an
Just to muddy the waters, Safari gives just the titles of the clips,but no
sliders to play them, Firefox has nice Quicktime sliders which all work
perfectly and individually, will stop and start as requested. Running Snow
Leopard on an iMac.
Great sound though.
Hope this helps
Tim
On 16 Nov 201
Ian Lawther wrote:
I'm using ubuntu linux and I can't get the clips to play at all - though
they do on the Hooky Mat pages. Also the writing on the site overlaps
line on line as can be seen from the screen shot attached.
It didn't attach so I am trying to embed it. I hope this doesn't mess
d the clips using Firefox's
> DownloadHelper and play them off the hard disc.
> My system is quite old (like me). WinXP.
> I have no idea why the mediaplayers don't show up at all in Firefox
> though.
>
> Colin Hill
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Ri
up at all in Firefox though.
Colin Hill
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From: "Richard A. Bennett"
To: ; "John Clifford"
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:20 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Help please
Anthony,
I had no problem with your sound clips. (Windows Vista & IE or iPod Touc
Anthony,
I had no problem with your sound clips. (Windows Vista & IE or iPod Touch &
Safari)
Dick
Hello Folks
May I ask for your help to see if you experience all clips playing
automatically and simultaneously (OUCH!!) when viewing my website
www.robbpipes.com
It seems fine from this end b
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)
Julia
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Anthony,
I can add that I've had the same result as Rick and Sheila with
Firefox on a MacBook. My wife shouted from the next room "What's
That??!"
John Clifford
East Kilbride
On 16 Nov 2010, at 21:19, Rick Damon wrote:
Ditto to what Sheila said.
I just tried it on a Mac with Safari.
Als
Ditto to what Sheila said.
I just tried it on a Mac with Safari.
Also tried it on Windoze with IE.
Glad to continue with Firefox or anything else any time you ask, Anthony.
--Rick
On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:13 PM, bri...@aol.com wrote:
>
> Sorry, Anthony, but that's the way we 're hearing it also.
Sorry, Anthony, but that's the way we 're hearing it also. I know that it
sounded interesting when you combined Windy Gyle Slow Air and fast Jig, but
"interesting" is not the adjective I'd use for this combination.
Sheila
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From: Anthony Robb
To: Chris Almond
ail.com>
To: "Ian Lawther" <[6]irlawt...@comcast.net>
Cc: "NSP group" <[7]...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:42 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: My little tune sponge
Hideeho,
I am new to the nsp list serve. I play fiddle and a few
sets that are currently languishing in a
cupboard then we would love to hear from you!
- Original Message - From: "Reid Bishop" >
To: "Ian Lawther"
Cc: "NSP group"
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:42 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: My little tune sponge
Hideeh
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
ember 11, 2010 10:20 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: 'My Deary sits ower late up'
Thanks folks
Another fascinating discussion.
I first had this tune as a song from Johnny Handle in the late 60s and
then sang it often to my own bairns. As 'deary' was no longer in
popular use
3, 2010 4:26 PM
To: Francis Wood
Cc: Ian Lawther; NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: My little tune sponge
What a wonderful piece of information. I just purchased an old
biography of John James himself. I need to find the time to read it.
I have read a newer biography but it wasn't as i
What a wonderful piece of information. I just purchased an old
biography of John James himself. I need to find the time to read it.
I have read a newer biography but it wasn't as informative about his
travels.
It isn't going to take much I am afraid to tip me toward nsp's but I
am jus
Hello Reid,
Well this sounds like a very finely balanced decision which might not take much
to tip it in one direction or the other!
So taking a clue from your address, it's known that Audubon visited Thomas
Bewick and listened with great pleasure to his son Robert playing
Northumberland small
Hideeho,
I am new to the nsp list serve. I play fiddle and a few other
stringed instruments in various Celtic trad styles. My love of Celtic
music began when I was 12 listening to Scottish pipers. I am turning
40 this month and have decided at long last that I want to pipe! I
play rou
Thanks for all the kind and interesting responses about Fred Ord. Clearly, he
was very much liked. I wish I had met him!
Francis
On 8 Nov 2010, at 14:00, Francis Wood wrote:
> An interesting set of pipes has been passed to me for restoration and
> fettling. A nicely made classic 7 key set in li
nth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 11 November 2010 09:20
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Gibbons, John; julia....@nspipes.co.uk
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: 'My Deary sits ower late up'
Thanks folks
Another fascinating discussion.
I first had this tune as a song from Johnny Handle in the late 60s and then
s
quot;laddy come yem"
He caals oot agin for more beer
3. Whe Johnny cum yem ti yer bairn
Now Johnny cum yem ti yer bairn
How Johnny cum yem ti yer bairn
With a rye loaf under yer arm
--- On Wed, 10/11/10, Julia Say wrote:
From: Julia Sa
John Gibbons 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 ...
>
> as in Peacock itself - see FARNE or the facsimile.
>
> The typo gives an e minor flavour which doesn't belong, I fe
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
BTW, does anyone know whether the omission of the dot after the first quaver
in, for example, the last bar of the first strain was a convention of the time
(given that there was not much music around in 11/16 time) or just an error?
c
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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
h.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: 'My Deary sits ower late up'
BTW, does anyone know whether the omission of the dot after the first quaver
in, for example, the last bar of the first strain was a convention of the time
(given that there was not much music around in 11/16 time) or just an error?
c
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Sent: 10 November 2010 09:10
To: Gibbons, John; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: 'My Deary sits ower late up'
John Gibbons wrote:
>the reprint edition has a typo in the
> penultimate strain, the 1st bar beginning
>
> g/f/|egB egB...
>
&g
- we should perhaps
>think of a (dissonant) e resolving down on to the d of a G
>major tonic chord,
Very well put!
c
John Gibbons wrote:
>
>>the reprint edition has a typo in the
>> penultimate strain, the 1st bar beginning
>>
>> g/f/|egB egB...
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> g/f/|egd
s
Steve Barwick
-Original Message-
From: Barry Say
To: Francis Wood
Cc: NSP group
Sent: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 10:17 am
Subject: [NSP] Re: W. F. Ord
Hi Francis,
W F Ord was more commonly known as Fred or Freddie Ord.
Born 1920, Joined the NPS 1947 Often used to visit Billy Pigg. Worked
as an electri
I hired a set of pipes made by Ord this year, from the NPS. As a
complete novice I did not know how good they were until I played a few
other sets.
Paul
Dublin
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Francis Wood
<[1]oatenp...@googlemail.com> wrote:
An interesting set of pipes
Hi Francis,
W F Ord was more commonly known as Fred or Freddie Ord.
Born 1920, Joined the NPS 1947 Often used to visit Billy Pigg. Worked as an
electrical engineer at Parsons.At some point redundancy(?) early retirement(?)
moved to East Anglia to be involved in a boat building business. Re
On 11/6/2010 11:37 AM, Julia Say wrote:
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 wil
Hi All,
I am a fully paid up licenseholder for the amazingslowdowner from Roni music
and can thoroughly recommend it. It can change pitch and speed over a wide
range and maintain an acceptable tone-quality. - More on this later
I've had a look at seventhstring and it seems very interesting.
> 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
Pardon my butting in here, but the program Bill was advocating is
Transcribe! Trial version available at
www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html
Looks to be a very useful program as it allows not only slowing down the
sounds, but also a graphical analysis of the notes (particularly useful wit
From: Matt Seattle [theborderpi...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 06 November 2010 13:42
To: julia@nspipes.co.uk
Cc: Gibbons, John; nSP group
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Where hast thou been a' the day, waggin' thy hand?
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Julia Say
mailto:jul
Hi Anthony,
Bill Ochs was using a new shareware that slowed down videos while keeping
the pitch. That is something I hadn't seen before. If you simply wish to
slow down a sound file then The Amazing Slow Downer from Roni Music is a
good choice. Visit www.ronimusic.com and click on "software
"Anthony Robb"
To: "Dartmouth NPS" ; "Colin"
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 8:19 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Where hast thou been all the night?
Hello Colin
It's not just the nasty tonal quality it is the lifeless,
mechanical emptiness of the noise which rankl
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Julia Say <[1]julia@nspipes.co.uk>
wrote:
On 6 Nov 2010, Julia Say wrote:
according to my current prejudice ... some variation
sets were written down without the "ground" on the front. (Bobby
Shaftoe in Clough
MSS is like this and C
in Edinburgh,
John
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Julia
Say [julia@nspipes.co.uk]
Sent: 06 November 2010 06:11
To: Matt Seattle; Gibbons, John
Cc: nSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: Where hast thou been a' the day, waggin' thy h
ciate
the beauty behind the dots. We now have the technology to send this
vital spark of the music around the globe. Wouldn't it be a great
idea for musicians to use it?
As aye
Anthony
--- On Fri, 5/11/10, Colin wrote:
From: Colin
Subject: [NSP] Re: Where hast tho
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 written down without the "ground" o
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
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