It's normal to use just the chanter to learn a tune or practice fingering. The full instrument is designed for outdoor use. Preferably a fight, where they excel at rallying the troops and frightening the enemy. I much prefer the smallpipes for their pleasant tone - plus you can sing as you play.
> On 05 May 2020 at 19:03 ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > Mike - in 1958 I interviewed a bagpiper named George Armstrong.. on my > college radio folk music show.. I met him because his wife was a cousin of > my best friend and she arranged it... He played what he called was an > rehersal instrument.. the stick without the bag on it :-) > ann > > > On 5/5/2020 12:32 PM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 05 May 2020 at 16:56 ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I love bagpipes and banjos - though I'd prefer not to hear a full > >> bagpipe in an enclosed space.. > > Playing the war pipes indoors is a pastime invented by heathens to > > patronise sassenach tourists. > > > > The small pipes are for indoor playing. > > > >> (folky moi) > >> ann > >> > >> On 5/5/2020 10:57 AM, John wrote: > >>> On 5/5/2020 00:31:36, Larry Colen wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On May 4, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist > >>>>> <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I agree. HDR is a tool that enables artistic expression. > >>>> Arguably so are bag pipes, banjos and accordions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I saw a jazz band in New Orleans once that had all three. > >>> > >>> > >>>>> Just as a painter can resort to a pallet knife in lieu of a brush, a > >>>>> photographer can employ different tools to achieve an effect. I like > >>>>> the shot you singled out. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On May 4, 2020, at 2:38 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 5/3/2020 14:56:50, Toine wrote: > >>>>>>> What's the wisdom of the list on this: > >>>>>>> https://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/ > >>>>>>> I think some or most are overdone in post editing. Most if not all > >>>>>>> are hdr's > >>>>>>> Toine > >>>>>> Some of them are good. Some of them are awesome. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> HDR is Ok if you can do it so it's not obviously HDR, but even the > >>>>>> ones that are obviously HDR are a style ... even if they're not > >>>>>> quite to my taste. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I was particularly drawn to this one: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-RQ76Wtw/0/4K/i-RQ76Wtw-4K.jpg > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Notice what he's using to fish with ... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> When I got the chance to go to China, one of the things we did was > >>>>>> a cruise down the Li River and I saw many boats like this one. And > >>>>>> my one regret from that trip was the photo of the man with a pole > >>>>>> across his shoulder with two Cormorants sitting on it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I regret it, because it's the photo I absolutely missed that I > >>>>>> should have gotten. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
