Hello Philip and all
Alice Burn was down yesterday and was stunningly fluent as usual on
both F and G chanters (F by Colin Ross in the Clough pattern and G by
Mike Nelson in the Reid pattern) she reckons there is very little to
choose between them as both have their good (and bad) points the
important thing is getting used to them - she does find it a bit hard
sometimes going from one set to the other at concerts and wishes there
could have been just one design which people had stuck to.
Having heard her play a wonderful full on reel in E major in duet with
Catriona MacDonald last year on her G set I would say that it's not
necessarily the case that E major is out of bounds for the agile
fingered - it sounded great but she's a master of pressue control and
has a very accurate ear.
All things considered I would say do it that/your way. The owner(s)
will get used to that design and, knowing your instruments, will enjoy
every minute of the familiarisation process.
Anthony
--- On Tue, 10/5/11, Philip Gruar <phi...@gruar.clara.net> wrote:
From: Philip Gruar <phi...@gruar.clara.net>
Subject: [NSP] Re: even more on G and D
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 10 May, 2011, 13:33
So...
Can I (temporarily?) get this thread back on track and ask my original
question again?
There have been some promising replies coming - and Adrian began to
develop a useful thread which has now gone off into rarefied realms of
temperament and drones when playing in C major.
However ... If I make a "normal" 14-key chanter, designed around
playing in G and D, with just low B and C keys ARRANGED B-LEFT C-RIGHT
plus a C# on the right-hand side, BUT (and this seems to be a critical
factor) without a low A, am I going to produce a wierd one-off thing
which will annoy future players who may own it after the immediate
client passes on, OR will I be helping forward a more logical trend of
pipe-making and playing?
(sorry about the catitals - I'm not shouting, just emphasising :-) )
Philip
----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Say"
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:57 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: even more on G and D
> On 10 May 2011, [5]Christopher.Birch@ec.europa.e wrote:
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>> I don't understand the reference to temperament here.
>
> It may be irrelevant, Chris, I'm rather busy and have a lot going on
in my head. I
> don't claim to have thoroughly thought through every word of my
posting.
>
> Julia
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