EXACTLY!!! Cheers,
Paul Gretton -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Robb [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com] Sent: 14 April 2009 12:01 To: Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Style >Something may be "wrong" when playing a given style music (like playing jazz as if it >was classical and vice versa) but describing a style as "wrong in itself" can only be >regarded as narrow-mindedness - can't it? c I'm not sure it's as simple as this Chris. In order to develop any music genre and move it intelligently and logically on from where it is surely requires knowledge and expertise in that genre. The pipes were designed to provide a staccato (or at least a separated note) foundation to the music. If a person ignores this completely from the outset then the product may not be wrong but it is certainly misguided. Let pipers take the music in any direction they wish but to have any connection with Northumbrian piping as such they must spend time studying the starting point thoroughly before setting off on their journey. If people dont see the point in doing this then chosing to play an out and out traditional instrument seems a bit daft in the first place. Regards Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
