[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-14 Thread Anthony Robb
Hello Tim If you (or anyone else is interested) I have a recording of the closing set at a Rothbury Festival Sunday afternoon session. It is an enjoyable set, 15+ mins of spontaneous music making, quite lively and some good rants in amongst! Recorded on cassette, so not

[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Ormston
:34 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

[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-13 Thread Anthony Robb
Touche! Stiff fingers now but I still do'em for private amusement! Anthony --- On Fri, 13/3/09, Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com wrote: From: Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com Subject: [NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes To: 'Anthony Robb' anth

[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Ormston
: anth...@robbpipes.com Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes To: tim.ro...@btconnect.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; ch...@chrisormston.com Hi Chris Gave a rather flippant reply to an important question earlier. Before answering it can I just point out that its Robert

[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-12 Thread Chris Ormston
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

[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-12 Thread Anthony Robb
Hello Tim No one with respect and love of the Tradition would want to see it apreserved in aspica. Will Atkinson and Will Taylor would kindly record tunes into my basic apiano keya cassette recorder for me to learn (long before the days when I attempted to learn about the dots)

[NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes

2009-03-12 Thread Anthony Robb
Rant to John Daggs' Tillside Trio. It was as far removed from Scottish dance or music as any proud Northumbrian could wish As aye Anthony From: Chris Ormston ch...@chrisormston.com Subject: [NSP] Re: Moving away from the First 30 tunes To: tim.ro