I regularly play a concert D set with other instruments, melodeons concertinas etc and have no problems with the range. I did consider a G set but the hole spacings on the chanter proved a problem for my fingers. C nat keys allow playing in both G and D
Geoff Mew -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Seattle Sent: 12 August 2009 14:58 To: Gordon Brown Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East Anglia As a non-NSP player who does however play regularly with NSP players I would caution that a concert D set is NOT the obvious choice if you are playing with other instruments whose main keys are G and D. In terms of the range and key of many trad tunes played on other instruments with which you wish to play along, my experience tells me that you would be better off with a concert G set which plays easily in the keys of G and D - and has the notes equivalent to the fiddle's top string (e f# g a b) - rather than a concert D set which plays easily in the keys of D and A and only goes up to f# on the fiddle's top string. I would ask NSP players to comment on the above from their own experience. Matt Seattle On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Gordon Brown <[1]gor...@10db.co.uk> wrote: Many thanks to all who replied, I've given this lots of thought! I really am set on a concert D set of pipes as my primary aim is to play with the many melodeon players that I know and this rather fixes me in D, especially for the majority of the tunes I already play. I am also determined to sing with the pipes, although I acknowledge the potential problems with the strap. Although we have both a chromatic and FC autoharp, the majority of our instruments are DG diatonics or straight D diatonic (Gordon has converted two 'harps by scratch building complete chord bar assemblies for them). Before I finally decide to order a set, is there anyone on the list that may wish to part with a concert D set? I've bought 'harps this way before from another list, Cyberpluckers, and at least we knew the owner had a decent knowledge of the instrument otherwise they wouldn't have contributed to the list. I suspect that this goes double for this list! Alison -----Original Message----- From: [2]ross.ander...@cl.cam.ac.uk [mailto:[3]rossjander...@googlemail.com] Sent: 09 August 2009 17:30 To: Gordon Brown Cc: [4]...@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [NSP] Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East Anglia To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:gor...@10db.co.uk 2. mailto:ross.ander...@cl.cam.ac.uk 3. mailto:rossjander...@googlemail.com 4. mailto:nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. It may be confidential and also legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete the message from your system immediately. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Lawful Business Practice Regulations, any E-mail sent to or from this address may be accessed by someone other than the recipient for system management and security purposes. Senders and recipients should be aware that emails and their contents may have to be disclosed in response to a request made under UK Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation. This email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. However, Mid Devon District Council does not accept any liability in respect of damage caused by any virus that is not detected. www.middevon.gov.uk
