Thanks Anthony,
and it is indeed fantastic playing, well worth the listen.
John Doonan's advice sounds like that of Karen Tweed (the accordian
player the rest try to copy).
Karen reckons that to play accordian well you listen to excellent
playing on flute, fiddle, almost anything other than box, and try to
incorporate their characteristic sounds into the accordian, rather than
just trying to play good accordian. In her case it's Irish style she
starts from, but it concurs with what you say here.
Best wishes,
Richard.
P.S. I'm getting duplicate NSP emails just now - is is something we all
get in turn on this list? (Whose turn next?)
Anthony Robb wrote:
Hello Richard
I've put a smaller file on the same link,
[1]http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson (& a photo of yours truly
with Will & Joe).
I know Will didn't play the pipes but I'm trying to follow the advice
of John Doonan (pal of Billy Pigg, Archie Bertram et al.) 36 years ago
he heard me play and told me I was a good player but the only way I'd
improve was to listen to the all players of Northumbrian music
and learn from them. Six months later I met him at one of Archie
Bertram's nights near Hepple and could see just what he meant. Trouble
is I'm still not there yet - as Jimmy Little says "it takes a lang
time, a lang, lang time"!
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Sun, 25/10/09, Richard York <rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk>
wrote:
From: Richard York <rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk>
Subject: [NSP] Re: Old Guy
To: "Anthony Robb" <anth...@robbpipes.com>, "NSP group"
<nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Sunday, 25 October, 2009, 10:26 PM
I'd love to hear it, but am I the only one whose computer sits there
for
ages with the quick-time logo up, and the message "loading", but no
ultimate achievement?
Is there an alternative route to reaching it?
I can hear the other tunes on your front page, Anthony, they're fine.
Thanks,
Richard.
Anthony Robb wrote:
> Here's a wee snippet of Will Atkinson playing some of Madame
> B.,Fiddler's Cramp and Mrs Forbes Farewell to Banff. I think we
can all
> learn something from his clean controlled playing. What think you?
>
> [1][2]http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson
>
>
>
> --
>
> References
>
> 1. [3]http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson
>
>
> To get on or off this list see list information at
> [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>
>
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References
1. http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson
2. http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson
3. http://www.robbpipes.com/WillAtkinson
4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
