Quite, again!
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>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Richard York
>Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:51 PM
>To: Francis Wood; NSP group
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead
>
>Hello Francis,
>
>Quite so, but, playing devil's advocate for a minute, (and loving
>tradition except where it becomes tribal), does the fact that we can
>play staccato and 99% of other pipes can't, mean it's all we should do?
>The harpsichord, after all, could only really play staccato or
>slightly
>sustained, and then the piano came in and could play long
>sustained, but
>it doesn't mean we don't still use staccato as part of the
>vocabulary on
>the piano.
>I'm not doubting the value of detached playing at all, it
>really is the
>best thing most of the time, but just wanting the occasional extra bit
>of vocabulary. And as a matter of taste more than a tiny bit of smooth
>really doesn't suit the nsp's to my mind, but like some spices, the
>occasional addition can go a long way.
>I speak more as a listener than claiming great expertise in
>playing here.
>
>Best wishes,
>Richard.
>
>PS should the "proper" piping movement consider calling itself the
>"Real" piping movement?
>
>> Hi Colin and others,
>>
>> The closed-fingering technique derives much more from the
>nature of the instrument rather than any opinions about style.
>>
>> Since the NSP chanter has a stopped end, there would be
>little point in adopting anything other than this fingering
>style, which allows separate notes with (usually) a
>distinguishable silence between each. This is something that
>no other bagpipe can do. In fact it would be difficult to
>think of another wind instrument capable of silence whilst
>pressure is applied. At present I can only identify the ocarina.
>>
>> The limits of any bag-blown chanter/ oboe are obvious.
>Almost no opportunity for dynamics, and very little for
>on-the-go tuning. The scale of the primitive NSP chanter is
>confined to eight notes. This is clearly a chicken& egg
>situation - the construction and the style of playing of
>instruments are closely related, and neither predates the
>other. What commonly happens with almost any musical
>instrument is that its limitations are adopted into the
>playing style as highly identifiable and positive features.
>>
>> Hence, closed fingering. Operated by open minds.
>>
>> Francis
>>
>>
>>
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