[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
I fully agree with Anthony, and as I have said before, I find it a little odd that NSP should be the only instrument in existence for which there is one and only one way of playing. I would credit it with being less restricted than that! Choyte is just a disparaging word for certain types of ornamentation, used (the word) by people who happen not to like it (the ornamentation). C The beauty of Alice's playing for me is that she puts very tight staccato as well as choytes in the same piece. For some of us this gives depth and variety and adds more strings to her very expressive bow. Exactly - she can do the staccato or add cuts (to borrow the UP term) etc. as her feeling for the music suggests/demands Adrian is of course entitled to his opinion. He is not, however, entitled to demand/dictate that we all share it. But this has all been said before at length... Keep smiling. Csírz To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
-- On Sat, 21/5/11, inky-adrian inky-adr...@ntlworld.com wrote: This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! Hello Adrian As I made clear to you offlist Alice's playing would not be to your taste but I did suggest it would give an idea of her fluency and musicality. I think it is rather sweeping to suggest there is only one way to play the pipes. Even Kennedy North, an avid supporter of Tom Clough (and the person who got him down to London to do those amazing recordings), said he preferred the very different style of the north Northumberland pipers. Clearly there have always been pipers that differed in approach from the Cloughs and it is inaccurate to suggest that theirs is the only/one true way. The beauty of Alice's playing for me is that she puts very tight staccato as well as choytes in the same piece. For some of us this gives depth and variety and adds more strings to her very expressive bow. Onward upward Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
--- On Sat, 21/5/11, Zack Arbios zaxco...@aol.com wrote: Reminds me of the epic gulf between Seumas Macneill and Gordon Duncan. For Adrian, Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? (and I am a great admirer of what I can see of your playing) I enjoyed Emily's playing, although it far eclipses my ability for any forseeable future, but does provide one more goal to try for. Similarly catching up in any small way with your playing is a laudable goal. I've still got pdfs of Troy's Wedding in those 4 keys which I've zipped and sent to one list member. If any one else with an extended-range chanter would like copies for some interesting finger/key exercise please contact me offlist. Cheers Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
Delightful, and what a weird and wonderful approach to the harp! C -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:29 PM To: Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Alice Burn Hello folks There may be one or two apart from Adrian interested in the Alice person. Here she is playing with Emily Hoile at the Chantry Museum last night for the Windy Gyle Band Force 6 launch. This won't be to everyone's liking but gives a flavour of what she Emily get up to when left to their own devices. Aplogies for overloads, I started my Edirol running and then totally neglected the levels - Emily's harp shook the living daylights out of it! [1]http://www.robbpipes.com/AliceEmily Cheers Anthony P.S. it was a grand night - thank you Anne M. -- References 1. http://www.robbpipes.com/AliceEmily To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
Going where angels fear to tread I know Inky is defending the one true faith and all that, which I respect, but when one falls back onto technique as the ultimate while seeming to not hear amazing technique (even if one doesn't agree philosophically with all of it) one's argument is made to appear as a leaky boat upon choppy waters. As for choytes and slides, the comments look like the kind of axe fall I've seen on many a judging sheet in Highland piping competions: I'd hate to see Northumbrian Smallpipe-playing go in that direction. Stiletto heels! ;-) John On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, inky-adrian [1]inky-adr...@ntlworld.com wrote: This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:inky-adr...@ntlworld.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Alice Burn - hear Emily play
Reminds me of the epic gulf between Seumas Macneill and Gordon Duncan. For Adrian, Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? (and I am a great admirer of what I can see of your playing) I enjoyed Emily's playing, although it far eclipses my ability for any forseeable future, but does provide one more goal to try for. Similarly catching up in any small way with your playing is a laudable goal. Zack Arbios, new guy On 5/20/2011 7:41 PM, John Dally wrote: Going where angels fear to tread I know Inky is defending the one true faith and all that, which I respect, but when one falls back onto technique as the ultimate while seeming to not hear amazing technique (even if one doesn't agree philosophically with all of it) one's argument is made to appear as a leaky boat upon choppy waters. As for choytes and slides, the comments look like the kind of axe fall I've seen on many a judging sheet in Highland piping competions: I'd hate to see Northumbrian Smallpipe-playing go in that direction. Stiletto heels! ;-) John On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, inky-adrian [1]inky-adr...@ntlworld.com wrote: This is not Northumberland Smallpipe-playing. The player choytes. The player slides into notes too. Staccato rules! -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:inky-adr...@ntlworld.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
