The newsletter arrived in Quebec today, December 9th. At least the envelope
did, the flap had come unstuck and the magazine must have dropped out
somewhere over the Atlantic. If anyone happens to see it as they fly back
and forth, grab hold of it and send it on :-)
Gratefully yours,
Richard
Hi Chris,
My, my. You do know a lot about her. You must really like her playing!
It's good to have someone to look up to.
See you at the Pipers' Gathering in August - I'm looking forward to learning
how to do NSP burls.
Richard
Chris wrote:
Next, who was born in the West Midlands,
Hi Julia,
Now you have me interested. What is this that Anne has in stock?
Richard
Julia wrote:
I received this from Anne Moore today, I think it may have meant for
the list.
Julia
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I've had copies of this in stock at the
Read Sandy Ross and Laurie Franklin...
Carline and Don Watts are learners in Boise...not certain if they are on
this list or not. Depending on how you define near there are Sandy Jones
and Laurie Franklin in Montana, Gail Gibbard and others in Oregon and a
whole bunch of us in Washington.
to the Pipers' Gathering and
give the workshop himself.
Richard Shuttleworth
Paul wrote:
A good set of pictures, it would be good to go one day.
I note that someone ran a workshop making straw pipes identical to the
ones
developed by Francis Wood. I wonder if permission was sought
Hi Simon,
Your comments are very interesting. How did you record this piece? I only
managed to listen to it the once, maybe it would grow in me if I heard it
several times on a decent sound system (like you mentioned, my computer
speakers were not up to the challenge).
Richard
Simon
nothing hidden in it
Colin Hill.
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From: Richard Shuttleworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Paul Bo [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nsp nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:38 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: tune
yip it was an attachement so here is a link instead
Nice one Steve!
I have posted a video of Chris at North Hero in 2003 (I think) on
YouTube.
I have a fair amount of piping on video and when I get permission from
the musicians I will post it as a resource for tunes and style.
I'll post a quick notice with the link,( if this is OK
Peter Dunn wrote:
. Having examined the practices of Colin Ross, Richard Butler and John
Liestman, I cannot find any great difference in science, but merely a
difference in the subtleties of method which are to be expected in the work
of any craftsman.
Would a completely standardised reed be
Hello John,
What a nasty thing to happen to a Northumbrian piper! Luckily, I have no
experience of this problem but I would suggest that, after surgery, you seek
out the services of a sports physiotherapist rather than simply attending
your local hospital's physio. unit. Physiotherapists who
Thanks Chris,
I lent my old copy to someone and never got it back. I appreciate you
posting the new set.
Cheers,
Richard
Subject: [NSP] Re: Practice
Attached is a link to some exercises I devised
http://www.chrisormston.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/exercises.htm
Chris
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Sorry Anita, that's the Pipers' Gathering weekend in Killington, - we will
all be in Vermont (shameless plug).
Dear List,
Is there anyone who would be willing and able to play NSP for a wedding
in Perthshire on August 11th this year?
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Wasn't it the other way round? The country was awash in serfs but there
were no more aristocrats to pay them so they stopped playing.
Richard
I wonder if the decline in the Russian aristocracy led to a decline in the
number of serfs available, leaving only a couple to play along. Thus the
to make chanters that would not
reliably play in the key I wanted and therefore waste my time.
Despite what I said last time about drilling the finger holes at an angle
to widen the spacing I have not consistently tried it although I know it
works.
Colin
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Hello nsp,
Do not suppose any one has any dots of beatle tunes hey jude etc
they could send me for a work's concert based on beatle numbers
playable on the pipes of course, would do it me sel but
Colin wrote:
The only example of deliberate choyting I know is to be found in the
Peacock Collection in the tune Lochail's March where the small pipes are
meant to imitate the Highland pipe.
end of quote
What about Dargie (Spelling?), or am I just playing it wrongly - choyting
away to my
I love it!
This tells you it all you need to know. ;-)
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhHAojVyeG0
Cheers,
Paul Gretton
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Dear all,
While agreeing with Chris Ormston's approach to playing, I also agree with
Colin Ross that we can get too dogmatic and inhibit ourselves from
expressing a tune in the best way possible by inflicting rigid rules. I am
talking about general playing for pleasure and not competitions
Good grief!! There I was, trying to create some middle ground between the
NSP staccatto police and the Irish free-for-all gang and I end up being
branded as a Heretic by the NSP player who lives nearest to me (within 3
hour traveling distance anyway) and cause Adrian (whom I have never met
Dear Sheila,
Will there be choyting? If so, we can't go.
:-))
Richard
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Brilliant Ian!
Ian Lawther wrote:
Anthony's CD and emails here about it have made me nostalgic for my
visits to Rothbury Festival and perhaps the romanticised view I, as a
southern towny, have of living in rural Northumberland, through songs
like Canny Shepherd Laddies o' the Hills that
Now Matt, don't take offence where none was intended. I also read Anthony's
interesting post and I thought that he went out of his way to make it clear
that he was in no way criticizing Dick's playing.
Having said that, your comments on what Dick does with his variations was
perfectly put.
thanks from
Rupert
Boulting for your contribution to the 30 tunes project. I received
one
this weekend.
Ian
Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
An envelope has just arrived in the mail bearing an Oxford
postmark and
dated April 15, 2009
Hello Richard,
A distinction should be made between playing for dances and playing for
pleasure. Dancers need the music to be quite fast otherwise they feel
clumsy and uncoordinated; to move along and feel light on their feet they
need speed - which the player has to provide. When the piper
Here here! I was hesitating about saying exactly the same thing, only you
put it better than I could.
Cheers,
Richard
Philip Gruar wrote:
I think Peter makes just the point here that I was going to make, when
Anthony (I think) first started the debate. Also, Dick made very good
points.
The
When I was a young boy, my father, who was a professional flautist, taught
me how to read music by following the shape of the notes so that I could
recognise arpeggios, scales, etc. rather than read the individual notes.
His analogy was that when you read a newspaper you don't read the
I have been on this dartmouth list for more years than I care to imagine. I
have always understood it to be a forum for ANYONE who is interested in the
Northumbrian small pipes. A meeting place where we can discuss any topic of
general interest relating to the pipes including courses,
A friend of mine has noticed a set of Northumbrian small pipes for sale
on e-bay and has asked me what I think of them. I have never heard of
the maker, Ian Ketchin, but he has a very impressive web page. Is
there a reason why he is not listed as a maker on any of the usual web
I am thinking of including the Irish slow air Sliabh Na M'Ban (Billy
Pigg version) in a concert performance this coming Sunday but have no
idea how to pronounce the title properly. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Richard
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Hello Dru,
Although the tune on page 44 of book 2 is a really nice tune, it isn't the
same one that caused my original enquiry. However, your tune (Slievenamon)
agrees with a tune identified as Sliabh na mban in the Roche Collection of
Traditional Irish Music, which I have always found to be
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From: Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk
To: nsp nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Dru Brooke-Taylor
drubrooketay...@btinternet.com; Richard Shuttleworth
rshuttlewo...@sympatico.ca
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: Sliabh na m'bhan (was Gaelic
I also use a Pelican 1550 case for my NSP when I am traveling between Canada
and the UK. As Derek says, it is too big to use as carry-on for Air Canada
but it meets British Airways carry-on dimensions.
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From: DEREK LOFTHOUSE dloftho...@shaw.ca
To: Philip Gruar
Possible causes:
- Not properly covering the finger holes with the left hand (lick finger
tips before playing. If squeek goes away pay more attention to covering
holes),
- Dry, leaky pad on one of the upper keys (oil all key pads to improve seal)
- Air leaking between reed seat and reed
Hi Sheila,
Being neither a dancer nor a fiddler, I hesitate to answer your question.
Having made that disclaimer I will jump in with both feet. Many Quebec
traditional dances are in the form of a quadrille and are made up of several
parts. The Grande Chaîne is one such part. For example,
PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: la Grande Chaine
Oh, thanks Richard! Now we'll have to figure out what the heck
confitures (confections, candies, jams, etc) have to do with a
quadrille! Big dogs weren't bad enough!
Alec MacLean
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From: Richard Shuttleworth rshuttlewo
be heard at [1]www.robbpipes.com .
Richard Shuttleworth was kind enough to suggest that the CD name Force
6 should be Force 9, so thank you Richard for the subtitle!
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Tue, 2/11/10, Matt Seattle theborderpi...@googlemail.com
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From: Matt Seattle theborderpi
I second that!
Richard
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From: Dave S david...@pt.lu
To: Dartmouth nsp list N.P.S. site nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:34 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Where hast though been all the night?
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Subject: Re:
Hi Anthony,
Bill Ochs was using a new shareware that slowed down videos while keeping
the pitch. That is something I hadn't seen before. If you simply wish to
slow down a sound file then The Amazing Slow Downer from Roni Music is a
good choice. Visit www.ronimusic.com and click on software
In a previous discussion, I said that The Windy Gyle Band's new CD
Force 6 was well worth buying. My recommendation was based on a pilot
CD that Anthony Robb gave me when he visited the Pipers' Gathering this
past summer. I have now received a copy of the final version which
Hello Reid,
You can find help through the Pipers' Gathering which holds a convention in
early August each year in Vermont. Visit www.pipersgathering.org for all
the basic details. We have two sets of Northumbrian small pipes and two
sets of Scottish small pipes available for rent (although
Hi Anthony,
When I tried to log on I got a curt message saying that the show wasn't
available in my area. Has anyone any ideas on how we benighted folk in
North America can watch this program?
Richard
Anthony wrote:
He's the link for the programme on iPlayer if anyone missed it but is
Hello Philip,
I've passed your request on to a friend of mine, Tim Cummings, who runs a
small publishing company specializing in the type of music you are looking
for. Tim lives in Vermont, USA. You can check out his web site at
www.beithepublishing.com
Good luck in your search,
Richard
Hi Matthew,
Don't be fooled by the nomenclature when talking about Northumbrian small
pipes. A set of pipes playing in F+ is actually playing about 75 cents
below concert pitch i.e. if you finger a G on the pipes it will show F+ on
a meter. If you have a tuneable D whistle and can pull the
This makes a lot of sense because you don't have to move a C whistle as much
to get it in tune with F+ pipes.
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From: Chips Lanier chips-lan...@vmi70.org
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Cc: Richard Shuttleworth rshuttlewo...@sympatico.ca; Matthew Boris
matthew_p
Hi Anthony,
Perhaps we should also take reed variations into consideration.
Cheers,
Richard
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From: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: [NSP] Tuning/pitch
Francis wood
Hi Philip,
Four years ago, Colin very kindly made me a set with a 16 key chanter using
his new grouping for the lower keys (down to B). I had previously been
playing a 16 key chanter with the more traditional grouping and I must admit
that it took me a few hours of practice before I was
Mine is a hardback edition in pristine condition. Never used - I prefer the
information on Mike Nelson's web site.
Richard
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From: Philip Gruar phi...@gruar.clara.net
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:41 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cocks Bryan Book
Dear Adrian,
Why cannot all this very positive work be done on the current group that
Wayne Cripps set up many years ago for exactly this type of discussion?
Richard
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From: Inky- Adrian inkyadr...@googlemail.com
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, May 27,
Why did I get Rachmaninov?
Richard
(Puzzled in Quebec)
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From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
Cc: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 5:06 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Alice Burn Emily Hoile
On 16 Sep 2011, at 13:18, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
Why did I get Rachmaninov?
Richard
(Puzzled in Quebec)
Because that is the first item on in the programme.
For Alice and Emily go to 1.09 (hours and minutes).
Good luck
Francis
Ah, I was thinking minutes and seconds not hours
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