At last, the voice of reason in this discussion. Well said Colin!
Richard Colin wrote: > There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed > end > smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice > President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secretary - has said this > already. > Therefore 'competition' style or any other style does not exist except > that > the fingering should be 'closed'. What any listener wants to hear is a > musical > performance which can involve anything that is possible on the closed end > chanter whether it be detached,slurred, overblown or anything else the > player > can get out of the chanter to express what he or she wants to convey in > performance. > I sometimes think that piping has become almost a religion to some players > and the spectre of fundimentalism then rears its ugly head so that the > closed > style of playing is declared to be the the only 'correct' way to play the > chanter with the risk of having your fingers severed as a punishment if > you dare > to deviate from the true way. > Ours is a broad church so keep the faith and enjoy all the various ways we > can express ourselves on the pipes. > The rev. Colin Ross > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
