[NSP] Re: reed making

2007-04-09 Thread Anita Evans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Richard, I was hoping you would come into the discussion. > Anita's method is certainly different in the initial stage of tying > the cane on to the staple but I think the main thing to be looked at > is the rubbing down and final scrape of the cane. Yes, to clarify

[NSP] Re: reed making

2007-04-10 Thread Anita Evans
Philip Gruar wrote: > Another contribution. > > To go back to the original point nade in this thread, I like to think my G reeds sound as good, or better than my F ones - certainly not harsher or harder - and to achieve this it is certainly necessary to thin them more, and go for what is in f

[NSP] Re: Back onto topic

2007-04-25 Thread Anita Evans
Gibbons, John wrote: > We could try discussing piping again maybe? > The time we tried that about a year ago, war nearly broke out though > oh no it didn't! -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] rook ms

2007-04-29 Thread Anita Evans
nised the whole thing so all the pages can be accessed from an index. Quite a mix of music, not all for pipes by any means, and much of it published elsewhere, but interesting all the same. Thanks to Ross Anderson for making it available online. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list

[NSP] wedding

2007-07-09 Thread Anita Evans
Dear List, Is there anyone who would be willing and able to play NSP for a wedding in Perthshire on August 11th this year? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: wedding

2007-07-10 Thread Anita Evans
Richard Shuttleworth wrote: > Sorry Anita, that's the Pipers' Gathering weekend in Killington, - we will > all be in Vermont (shameless plug). > > If they had any sense, they would arrange to get married over there ;) -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.c

[NSP] player for Bristol wedding

2007-08-15 Thread Anita Evans
Hi, A Mrs Jeffrey phoned me today. She would like someone to play NSP for her daughter's wedding on Saturday September 8th. Bristol area. Any takers? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Wax Twins

2008-01-10 Thread Anita Evans
Philip Gruar wrote: I'd also like to know alternative sources of wax twins, and to join in encouraging Le Prevo or similar suppliers to produce them. I've had mine from Le Prevo, and direct from the manufacturers but have been increasingly dismayed by the quality. I imagine they are quite tri

[NSP] Re: Plumbing the depths, and further

2008-04-08 Thread Anita Evans
Chris Ormston wrote: Dear All, I recently received a card through the letterbox advertising Northumbria Pipes Plumbing Services. Do ye ken John pee'd? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Choyting - possible source of word and Plaid

2008-08-25 Thread Anita Evans
Not wanting to be left out, here's my twopence worth.. could it be pronounced coyte, or quoit? Quoit (?), n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete a quoit.] I particularly like the referen

[NSP] Re: I must be daft

2009-04-15 Thread Anita Evans
stopped their input. Lets try not to get too heated and personal eh. We can all benefit by counting to ten first then trying to be positive. Helen Here here! It's like observing a load of March (well, April) Hares in action. Get out there and play yer pipes! -- Anita Evans To get on o

[NSP] Re: I must be daft

2009-04-15 Thread Anita Evans
Anita Evans wrote: Here here! or even, Hear Hear! ; -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: I must be daft

2009-04-15 Thread Anita Evans
o William Dixon......? -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: I must be daft

2009-04-15 Thread Anita Evans
Robert Greef wrote: Hi Anita, Thanks for this tension breaker! The crescendo of vituperation has to end somewhere, preferably before things start to get broken. Thank goodness for me pipes. Bob I think Helen should take the credit for that. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see

[NSP] Re: Staccato

2009-04-28 Thread Anita Evans
Barry Say wrote: how I want to play. For my taste, Northumbrian music should be spiky I describe the sound I like as bubbly - I suppose it's a combination of blowing through a straw and popping... -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at

[NSP] Re: Colin Ross

2009-05-21 Thread Anita Evans
working on a more personalised list, but it is still fraught with problems (including privacy settings) and we are sticking with newsletters via snail mail at least for now. Anyway Julia, if you find a solution I will be pleased to hear about it! -- Anita Evans To get on or off this lis

[NSP] Re: what do pipemakers do on their day off?

2009-05-27 Thread Anita Evans
Dave Shaw wrote: I noticed the following on you tube, [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoA3_MHwzZc Very entertaining. Spot the future pipe makers in these photos http://www.kingsmen.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?event=wadebridge1975 -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see

[NSP] Re: this list is safer now

2009-06-09 Thread Anita Evans
that a nice steady tempo often makes for a much pleasanter experience. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: ear-learners vs note-learners

2009-06-10 Thread Anita Evans
ve to the subtleties of music, but I have a very very poor memory - it's a case of 'new tune in, old tune out' for me when I learn by ear :( -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: re notes v. ear

2009-06-11 Thread Anita Evans
be played. I would endorse this (and the rest). c ditto As I can read music easily (single lines anyway) I use the notes as a guide, but often improvise as I'm going along by changing the tempo, style etc and adding or removing notes and phrases if the fancy takes me. -- Anita Evans T

[NSP] Re: How the brain "reads"

2009-06-13 Thread Anita Evans
ww.avg.com Version: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.66/2172 - Release Date: 06/12/09 17:56:00 --===AVGMAIL-175F2D5D===-- was that a test? did I pass? -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread Anita Evans
n somewhere. Plain-text works more smoothly with the lute (nsp) list then quoted-printable. Base64 may work, but sometimes it appears as a solid block of random letters. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread Anita Evans
Gibbons, John wrote: Makes a lot more sense than some stuff people have been sending lately! indeed -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking

2009-10-20 Thread Anita Evans
following points will, I hope, provide persuasive examples. It seems to me Francis that by calling someone a 'bagpipe' you have covered most of the insults known to man (woman) and saved yourself a great deal of effort I'm all for improvements in energy efficiency ;) -- An

[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking

2009-10-20 Thread Anita Evans
r chanters dangle in public - it sets a bad example. What you do in private is up to you, but you may have to suffer the consequences... -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] the Guardian today....

2010-01-26 Thread Anita Evans
We're in trouble - according to a letter in the Guardian newspaper, BAE is 'racing to capture the domestic UK drones market' Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: the Guardian today....

2010-01-26 Thread Anita Evans
Malcolm Craven wrote: Hi, What is B A E tuning. Should it be A E A Or E B E? I am confused a bit. I don't think they'll threaten the domestic market just in case you think I've gone quite quite mad http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/cctv-sky-police-plan-drones Anita

[NSP] Re: Mr. Bewick, Rats and Inverted Bags

2010-01-28 Thread Anita Evans
t located the issue as yet. I have a feeling you somehow inflate the carcass (while still warm) to separate the skin from the innards and then pull it all out, possibly through the rear end? -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Mr. Bewick, Rats and Inverted Bags

2010-01-28 Thread Anita Evans
random on youtube, but it illustrates the bag origins very nicely I think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eob8pDcXhV4 -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Mr. Bewick, Rats and Inverted Bags

2010-01-28 Thread Anita Evans
Steve Bliven wrote: This made the rounds awhile back but also shows the origins www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdGO8OeaZI yes! thanks Steve, I had a dim memory of watching this but couldn't find it. I am both fascinated and appalled, but there's no escaping the truth... -- Anita Evans

[NSP] Re: bag shape

2010-01-29 Thread Anita Evans
ough I order several at a time, not one-offs. The dimensions I use are very similar to the above with perhaps a little extra length in the body. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Gaelic Pronunciation - pedantry warning

2010-02-05 Thread Anita Evans
Matt Seattle wrote: It's all beyond me, I don't know my Erse from my Alba brilliant Matt - I (and the list) needed cheering up! Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments

2010-02-09 Thread Anita Evans
hat the best music seems to come from true hardship and might have been the only way many hung on to their sanity and some dignity.. Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Holy/Holey Halfpenny

2010-02-15 Thread Anita Evans
Halfpenny and couldn't spell her name? Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html