Maybe we are heading backwards to the days of "playing" and "non-playing"
members when one had to actually play the pipes before members (or send a
tape if you were too far away or abroad) so they could decide if you could
"play" or not. :)
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Rhodes" <oxpi...@hotmail.com>
To: "Mike Walton" <mikeande...@worcesterfolk.org.uk>; "Dartmouth NSP"
<nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 12:28 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
Yes, it is all rather remarkable isn't it? My understanding has always
been that the traditional music of the north east is Metallica, and the
NSP is just a rather quaint musical backwater to be enjoyed by
teachers, social workers and assorted folkies.
There is now an interesting tutorial for playing the NSP with detached
fingering on Youtube:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7paLft9_ms
Enjoy!
Paul
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:28:43 +0100
> To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: mikeande...@worcesterfolk.org.uk
> Subject: [NSP] Re: nps
>
> what...@ntlworld.com said
>
> > > after talking to Tommy Breckons shorltly before his death and
chatting
> > > to fellow pipers after his funeral, I have come to the conclusion
that
> > > the Northumbrian Pipers' society has lost its way. I therefore
ask: is
> > > it time to form some other group or society which bases its
playing on
> > > a pure, traditional detached fingering technique
>
> Then "Paul Rhodes" <oxpi...@hotmail.com> said
>
>
> > Can we all join?
>
> Certainly not, at least until you've submitted to a 2 hour test of
your
> piping technique and received 2 days corrective tuition from a
properly
> approved tutor. Continuing membership will be subject to further
testing on
> at least an annual basis.
>
> I can't believe it ! Why did I ever take up this instrument which
causes so
> much bad feeling ?
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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