For those of you who missed Margaret and Andy's excellent Northumbrian music
workshops in the summer, we have a reprise at the Chantry in Morpeth on the
evening of Monday 1st November.
You will get to see and hear two of Northumberland's finest, and we get to play
some tunes we know, and learn
Just to muddy the waters, Safari gives just the titles of the clips,but no
sliders to play them, Firefox has nice Quicktime sliders which all work
perfectly and individually, will stop and start as requested. Running Snow
Leopard on an iMac.
Great sound though.
Hope this helps
Tim
On 16 Nov
A couple of items that might be of interest to those of you who can get BBC4. I
know that it's not always available outside the UK.
Friday 10th 9-10pm Still Folk Dancing after all these years.
Sat 11th 7-8pm Come clog dancing. Treasures of English Folk Dance. 8-9pm Folk
at the BBC
Could be
Just when you thought it was all over, it seems it depends upon your point of
view, and this may depend on your position in the history.
Below an extract from Mr. Thomas Doubleday's letter to the Duke of
Northumberland. date a bit difficult due to Google's OCR not coping with Roman
dates, but
Hi John,
Interesting that the extract gives you that impression. Having read the whole
document I didn't infer that. I tried to isolate the particular part that led
me to feel that way, but failed. I think you may need to set aside quarter of
an hour and read the whole thing which is in essence
This seems to be a feature of a great many Victorian literary works in my
experience. Unfortunately it's a feature which seems to be infectious.
Tim
On 17 Dec 2010, at 20:33, Francis Wood wrote:
On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
Discuss!
One of the most remarkable qualities
There may in fact be a market for pipers' discarded threads in India.
Weve all seen the thick bands of rotting pink threads that North Indian men
wear around their wrists and the fat, lipsticked men with pencil moustaches
so beloved of the South Indian screen.
Adrian wrote
What sort of instrument is this.
First it was holes, fingered, then a Top A key? Then more key's,7. Then
more key's,17.
Seems it's an evolving instrument.
Seems the music is evolving too, we play, with varying degrees of skill, tunes
from at least four centuries.
If the
Hi All,
When you register on the northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/, please use a
recognisable version of your own name. Problems in the past with aliases have
led us to request this transparency.
Thanks
Tim
nps forum admin
On 27 May 2011, at 19:35, Julia Say wrote:
On 27 May 2011,
it
might as well stay here--no need to make more work for Julia. I hoped
that pipers like Inky would participate so that they can show us what
they're talking about. One minute of music says more than a thousand
words.
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Tim Rolls [1]tim.ro
As Julia mentioned there is a discussion forum on the NPS website at
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/
Although it's to be found currently on the members' area page, it is open to
non members.
All we ask is that you sign in using a recognisable version of your name as
your user
, Tim Rolls wrote:
As Julia mentioned there is a discussion forum on the NPS website at
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/
Although it's to be found currently on the members' area page, it is open to
non members.
All we ask is that you sign in using a recognisable version of your
Hi All,
When you go to sign up to the NPS forum Mike mentions, can you please do so
using your own name, or a recognisable form of it.
We've had problems in the past with strange pseudonyms, (including some this
week from 1...@bestmoneysavingtips.com based in Latvia, and the like).
thanks
On 17 Jun 2011, at 01:13, cwhill wrote:
I've often heard it said that Beethoven wouldn't recognise his own works if
he were to hear them played now.
Well that's because he was deaf...
Tim
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Popapoms would be the Australian version then?
Tim
On 21 Jun 2011, at 14:44, Dave S wrote:
Colin, that would be popapoms then, er, hope there are no cheerleaders
affronted
Dave
On 6/21/2011 3:31 PM, cwhill wrote:
So popadoms then :)
Colin Hill
On 21/06/2011 12:18, Gibbons,
Served up by Sir Adrian Boulti ?
T
On 21 Jun 2011, at 16:58, si...@leveau8.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
I assume all this food based music will be played on a crumpet or a cornetto
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Sender: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
To: 'Francis Wood'
To: Richard York
On 29 Jun 2011, at 22:02, Gibbons, John wrote:
For the tunes at least, a lot more interesting than NM -
though it was important when it came out -
is the source material for it, a lot of which is on FARNE.
The link for which, and a few other things is on the links page of the NPS
.and would probably sound better if he didn't insist on using a corner of the
Gents for recording his videos
Tim
On 30 Jun 2011, at 09:33, Francis Wood wrote:
On 30 Jun 2011, at 09:22, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co.uk wrote:
I agree with francis. Another mangalisation this time using the
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Tim Rolls
Sent: 11 July 2011 13:46
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: Rants again
Unencumbered as I am by knowledge, experience or understanding of dance
steps, I too have asked
Hi Kevin,
The idea is sound, the execution is still a little lacking. Below is the link
to the pipemakers we have so far on the NPS website.
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/index.php?page=pipemakers
This would be a good opportunity to ask any makers, fettlers, teachers or
professional
Hi Barry,
your link needs a uk,
try
http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/
cheers
Tim
On 22 Jul 2011, at 17:00, barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
I have tried to set up a poll on the NPS forum. Why not try it out?
www.northumbrianpipers.org/pipersforum/
e-mail me if you have any
Perhaps syncopated jiggery is a virus like the squirrel pox that grays
carry but kills reds?
Tim
This made me wonder what 'Pan-Celtic syncopated jiggery' is,
and what the
nature of the threat.
Sounds more like fun than a threat in the admittedly unlikely event of you
asking me g
Seems to me that as the pipes have been around for about 500 years in their
present form, but much of the repetoire is from the last 200-250 years and
is probably a sample of popular tunes of the day that you could argue that
the traditional tunes at least of the pipes have already been lost.
That's two alludes in consecutive post's. Who moderates this site, we
can't have allude posts willy-nilly
Tim
PS I think Kathryn Tickell is a mighty fine musician and I'd like to be
nearly as good on the pipes as she is. Who says she shan't be named and why?
Anyone brave enough?
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or as the translation from the greek goes,
Be of good cheer John 16:33 et al (wonderful combination, the internet
and the bible.)
I think Chris is far too pessimistic and lacking in self confidence. I may
be well off the mark here, but I'd guess in the first half of the 1900s
there were
As the tail seems to be wagging, and quite happy about it, maybe we can
deduce the beast is canine? That makes you the dog's left b
Paul.
Maybe somebody at the head can check for a cold damp nose (Off the head of
your beer perhaps, bitter not stout of course!)
bright eyes
I shouldn't worry too much Richard, a brief extract from the summary says
males tap faster than females, the dominant hand is faster than the
non-dominant hand
the slow down is apparantly only about 10-15% for the over 50s compared to
the 16-24s, and if you want all the stats. and have
well here's one version
Sir Richard Runciman Terry, member of a Northumbrian shipping family and a
good collector of sailing-ship shanties dredged up this song from childhood
memory and gave it to W.G. Whittaker who published it in North Countrie
Ballads, Songs and Pipe-Tunes in 1922. In the
And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either
Should that be Highland Cathedral ineff and a ' ,
Tim
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From: Paul Gretton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:40 PM
Subject: [NSP] Music for funeral
My gut
respect!
Tim
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In case anyone's interested, on ebay now, the Highland pipes that were
played at the olymic games opening ceremony, allegedly!
As some of you may remember, these pipes can only play about 4
different tunes, including, we seem to remember Scotland the Brave, The
Rowan Tree, and
Hi Peter,
Page 41 et seq. NPS magazine, Vol 29, 2008. Struck several chords with me.
Tim
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From: Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: tim rolls BT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [NSP] exmouth.edu (society magazine)
Hi Tim,
Have
Hi Richard,
I haven't got my physics head on this morning, but would this be anything to
do with the fact that many painters used a sort of camera obscura device to
project the model onto a canvas, then did a quick sketch round the projected
image, I can never get my head round whether the
or perhaps Rory Bremner, doing an impression...
Tim
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From: david...@pt.lu
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: [NSP] further JA research
Tullochgorum shows up as 'the corn bunting' and 'the blue green hill'
as well as 'the
some of you may have missed this on the BBC website
A globally acclaimed folk artist from Northumberland is to be given a
prestigious music award.
Kathryn Tickell, who plays the Northumbrian pipes and violin, is to be
awarded the Queen's Medal for Music.
The annual award,
Hi John and all,
I like the monkey hunting analogy.
If you're hunting monkeys (ies?) by yourself, then hunt them in whatever way
catches most monkeys for you.
Naturally if you are hunting monkeys with a group of other monkey hunters,
you need some agreement as to how you are all going to
Hi Richard,
Don't leave us hanging what did he choose to do?
Tim
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From: Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
To: NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:10 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: First 30 tunes
Some years ago I met a
, if I remember aright, he treated
them each variously according to how much was evident from the original
form, how much damage the dear Victorians had done, and in what
condition and how stable each was. Perhaps that's relevant too.
Best wishes,
Richard.
tim rolls BT wrote
Thanks Chris,
Looks fascinating, but as I'm not familiar with abc, I tried pasting it on
the site, on the abc converter, but got an error message, tried ticking a
few boxes, but no improvement. Anyone more computer savvy who can tell me
what I'm doing wrong?
Tim
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Rick,
No insult intended, must be the way I phrase things. Some of my best friends
are extremely good musicians. I didn't mean to imply that those who seek
technical perfection don't also enjoy the music.
Tim
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To: tim
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..don't know if there's any relevance to the way we read music,
currently I find I have to read each dot when I see a new tune, but this
gives me hope that maybe when I've had more practice I'll be able to
read whole bars at a time.
Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or
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I'll try again
Hi Philip,
re Can we also drop the (failed?) experiment of the NPS discussion list.
Some
of us ordinary members really don't care any more about the Society's
internal battles.
When we set up the NPS discussion list it was explicitly to allow people
to wash their dirty
Of course, even if we get the name spelt/spelled correctly, we're still
left with the discussion about how the actual tune goes.
Tim
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From: colin cwh...@santa-fe.freeserve.co.uk
To: Nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:35 AM
Subject:
Is there no end to Colin's talents :-)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ross-Electronic-Bagpipes_
These are in Ontario, Canada
Tim
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From: Dally, John john.da...@hmhpub.com
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:27 PM
Subject: [NSP] curious Burleigh pipes
No not piping, but for those of you interested in what music can do,
this link was sent to me.
[1]http://bbc.co.uk/i/n9mlt/
It's available until 9:54pm Monday 19th October 2009 BST to watch or
download. Its a 40 minute TV programme,
Tim
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References
1.
Hi Francis,
I expect you know this already, but for what it's worth
BARRINGTON HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. From A Tutor for the Northumbrian Small-pipes by J.W.
Fenwick, published in the late 1800's; composed by Thomas Todd. Raven
Perhaps this link will help answer a few of the questions implied below. The
consultation period may be over, but it was unlikely to have made any
difference anyway, may be more joy if 100,000 people contacted their MPs.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/pmse_funding/summary/
Tim
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Hi All,
Surely the Tyne and Weary pipes appelation should only apply to
developments since 1973. Before that back to a point where Newcastle was a
county in it's own right (someone fill in the dates here )it's
Northumberland all the way.
Perhaps to avoid contention we should adopt a new
. URL:
[1]http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76361amp;strque
ry=northumberland piper Date accessed: 06 January 2010.
Tim
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From: [2]Anthony Robb
To: [3]...@millgreens.f2s.com ; [4]gibbonssoi...@aol.com ; [5]tim rolls
BT
Cc
Sorry Matt and all,
Hadn't thought to look off the bottom of the page, just hit the reply all
button. Will try to do better.
Tim
Etiquette
Only couple of gross offenders, but please don't include EVERY message
in a thread when you reply to it, just the relevant bits
Happy New
I'd guess it's been around since Tudor times,
there is the urban myth that Henry VIII wrote
Greensleeves..
Tim
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From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Richard York rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk
Cc: julia@nspipes.co.uk; NSP group
.and isn't the language fascinating in its own right. To blether on in my
experience is to talk at length/nonsense, such as you might expect from a
wind-bag
I'd presumed it came from the same root as bladder, but Chambers just goes
back to Old Norse blathra - talk foolishly, which is
I think bellows blowpipe length is an are well worth looking at. In three
years playing I haven't actually owned a set of pipes (although I am now
close to a purchase) but have relied on the kindness of others who have lent
me sets. Because they were borrowed I felt unable to adjust the pipes
I'm not sure how many people outside the UK will be able to access
this, as it''s a BBC thing and I know there can be problems, but
there's an interesting series of 1/4 hr programmes on the radio this
week called Key Matters.
As links are a problem too I'll type it, go to
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From: Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk
To: tim rolls BT tim.ro...@btconnect.com; Francis Wood
oatenp...@googlemail.com
Cc: marga...@watchorn7.plus.com; NSP group nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: kipper box
On 9 Feb 2010, Francis
This is interesting to me as I have an unreconstructed baroque violin from
about 1820 which is currently strung with Larsen strings and playing in G,
wheras we also have a c.1900 czech violin strung with I know not what which
is tuned down to F'n'abit for playing with nsp. Seems it might be
struggling to find a kipper box, but plenty of cigar boxes here
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/page/free-plans
Tim
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From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Dru Brooke-Taylor d...@brooke-taylor.freeserve.co.uk
Cc: nsp nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday,
Money saving tip. Rather than spending hundreds, or even thousands, on a
personalised number plate for your car, simply change your name by deed poll
to the registration you already have.
N713PNL
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From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com
To: Dartmouth NPS
It seems then that this Simulator is very much of the moment, since all the
planes can do at the moment is taxi, (due to the antics of what the Mirror
has called the VILE-CANO, hyphenated in case their readers didn't get it!)
Maybe we could go for the more snappy title of Smallpipes
For those of you with an interest in the history and development of nsp
playing, next Monday, the 10th of May, Chris Ormston, the leading
exponent of the Clough style, will be appearing at the Chantry in
Morpeth, Northumberland, for one night only, don't miss it. Chris will
be
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