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Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 14:14
Subject: [NSP] Re: small coals, and the peacock following the hen
Thanks Matt, Anthony, John and Kevin for your thoughts on these tunes.
I will try the ideas you guys have suggested and I guess go with what
works best for me.
I g
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From: "Julia Say"
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:32 PM
To: "Dartmouth NPS"
Subject: [NSP] Re: small coals, and the peacock following the hen
On 15 Aug 2012, Matt Seattle wrote:
And neither does playing Cuckold or Peacock on NSP again
To my ear the best thing about the Peacock with Gg drones is the
prominent clashing f#, which resolves to a d; it is a strongly
emphasised note in the 'C major' strains. BP would have a high g nat
here instead but Peacock was stuck with f# on NSP and seems to have
gloried in it.
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
With the summer we've had, probably damp mouldy reeds ;)
It does seem the piping world has fallen asleep as far as posts go but,
then again, so have the other music lists I am on.
Maybe it will pick up again as the nights draw in and we seek indoor
pursuits.
Colin Hill
On 15/08/2012 17:37,
More happens on fyecebeuk than anywhere else at the moment. I have been
very disappointed that more NPS committee members have not taken
advantage of the opportunities offered by the NPS forum.
I know that many computer professionals have rooted objections to
facebook, but I think the answer i
Hi Matt,
Could be, though I won't use facebook for the sake of my personal
information ( 35years computing experience) , it may be just summer hols
and many families are away
regards
Dave
On 8/15/2012 6:17 PM, Matt Seattle wrote:
And where has everybody gone? There's little activ
?
thanks again
Derek
- Original Message -
From: "Matt Seattle"
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:27:50 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: small coals, and the peacock following the hen
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Anthony Robb
<[1]anth...@robbpipes.c
P] Re: small coals, and the peacock following the hen
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Anthony Robb
<[1]anth...@robbpipes.com> wrote:
Here is what Forster Charlton, Colin Ross and Roland Wright put
in the
introduction to the second edition to the NPS 1st Tune Book:
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Anthony Robb
<[1]anth...@robbpipes.com> wrote:
Here is what Forster Charlton, Colin Ross and Roland Wright put
in the
introduction to the second edition to the NPS 1st Tune Book:
"Small Coals and Little Money and Cuckold Come Ou
Hello Derek'
In a way you've answered your own question.
G & D drones would presumably have been used originally for these tunes
as they probably precede the development of tuning beads but they don't
sound right to many people.
Here is what Forster Charlton, Colin Ross and Rolan
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