[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Anthony Robb
--- On Thu, 30/6/11, Francis Wood wrote: Hello again, Anthony, One question arises over the issue of absorbing a regional musical accent: which side of the hill are we talking about? If the hill is big enough, the style will be pretty different. Northumberland is a huge county,

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread GibbonsSoinne
A good point - but if a musical style has any merit, it's worth studying for musical reasons alone. That's why, in Ireland, so many non-Kerrymen play slides and polkas John In a message dated 30/06/2011 20:51:14 GMT Daylight Time, oatenp...@googlemail.com writes:

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Francis Wood
Hello again, Anthony, One question arises over the issue of absorbing a regional musical accent: which side of the hill are we talking about? If the hill is big enough, the style will be pretty different. Northumberland is a huge county, where travelling in the old days would not have been that

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Gibbons, John
later. John -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb Sent: 30 June 2011 11:51 To: NSP group Subject: [NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle" -- On Thu, 30/6/11, Francis Wood wrote: It&#x

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread cwhill
I'll tell you what worries me. Don't they listen/watch what they are posting for the public? If they don't, why not? If they do, why don't they notice that things are wrong? This guy can obviously "play" the thing - including the regulators which are tricky at the best of times. I'm guessing it's

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Francis Wood
Hello Anthony, I don't think we disagree. At Stuart Hardy's musical altitude, I'm sure you're right. That's a level I can only admire but never approach. On a more basic level, playing the tune with a dotted rhythm will get you through in a far less exposed manner than playing straight, which

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Anthony Robb
-- On Thu, 30/6/11, Francis Wood wrote: It's a lot easier to play Roxborough Castle in dotted rhythm, as is done here. I prefer it played absolutely straight, which is really very challenging. A commonly played tune which is rarely played well. I quite like this rendition here .

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Richard York
True 'nuff! :) On 30/06/2011 10:20, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote: <... > Could have done another take? C --- Text inserted by Panda IS 2011: This message has NOT been classified as

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Christopher.Birch
>And a curious choice of drone, which on my headset seemed to be the >subdominant. Yes > I admire anyone, though, who can honestly say they've never >played too >fast when confronted with a recording device, and mangled good >intentions, when nervous adrenalin cripples technique though. >Or

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Richard York
Yes to both, and the acoustic doesn't help at all. And a curious choice of drone, which on my headset seemed to be the subdominant. I admire anyone, though, who can honestly say they've never played too fast when confronted with a recording device, and mangled good intentions, when nervous a

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Tim Rolls
Or there's this version on "Celtic Pipes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOIuVzlHFEA Tim On 30 Jun 2011, at 09:22, wrote: >> Might be quite good if he played it at half the speed. > > And got his chanter remotely in tune. > >> Otherwise agree with >> Francis. > > > Me too. > > > > To g

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Christopher.Birch
>Might be quite good if he played it at half the speed. And got his chanter remotely in tune. >Otherwise agree with >Francis. Me too. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Julia Say
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

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month, July, "Roxborough Castle"

2011-06-30 Thread Francis Wood
On 30 Jun 2011, at 08:15, John Dally wrote: > Here are a couple of youtube items that already fit the bill for July. > > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBO8CGAIeQ&feature=related > > [2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKC0ZoVqfzU&NR=1 > > What's your take on the tune? Hi John, Two

[NSP] Re: Tune of the Month: Felton Lonnen

2011-05-24 Thread Gibbons, John
John's idea of comparing performances of the same piece on NSP and BP is an interesting one; I find that apparently identical settings, suitably transposed, will have a very different musical feel on the 2 instruments, even though they look similar on the page, and feel similar beneath the finge

[NSP] re-Tune of the Month

2011-05-24 Thread Richard York
The only competitive element in some melodeon circles is to be the one who can play louder, which thankfully is not normally an issue in nsp's! Hence the expression "Wall to wall melodeons". But there are more and more superb box players out there, including some quiet ones. Love and piece in

[NSP] Re: tune of the month

2011-05-24 Thread Francis Wood
On 24 May 2011, at 11:04, Gibbons, John wrote: > Free-reed instruments in Europe are only a half-century or less younger than > keyed NSP, mind Well OK . . a good point. But concertinas were infants at a time when smallpipes had an ancient lineage! Francis To get on or off this list

[NSP] Re: tune of the month

2011-05-24 Thread Gibbons, John
...@gmail.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: tune of the month Since I've never felt the urge to compete, perhaps I shouldn't really comment. But from what I've observed, the competition element in the NSP world is nothing like that in GHB piping. It seems to me that NSP

[NSP] Re: tune of the month

2011-05-24 Thread Christopher.Birch
Nice one Francis. Happy daze. >-Original Message- >From: Francis Wood [mailto:oatenp...@googlemail.com] >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:23 AM >To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT) >Cc: dir...@gmail.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: tune of the month > >S

[NSP] Re: tune of the month

2011-05-24 Thread Francis Wood
Since I've never felt the urge to compete, perhaps I shouldn't really comment. But from what I've observed, the competition element in the NSP world is nothing like that in GHB piping. It seems to me that NSP competition is far more about participation in traditional events and receiving some p

[NSP] Re: tune of the month

2011-05-24 Thread Christopher.Birch
> Perhaps one of the reasons the melodeon group is so friendly is that > they don't have competition built into their culture the way pipers > do. (For a diatribe on the subject see my editorial at > [2]www.theotherpipers.org). > Excellent article! CsĂ­rz To get on or off this list see