Sounds like more fun than what I was doing. Hopefully I'll manage the next one.
Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-scots- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nigel Gatherer > Sent: 10 February 2002 14:22 > To: Scots-L Posting > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Mandolin Workshop > > Philip Whittaker wrote: > > > ...I wish I had managed to get to Nigel's mandolin workshop > > yesterday. However I was feeling ropey after an infection I've been > > fighting all week. So, Nigel, for the benefit of you and the > > participants, it's as well I did not make it to Edinburgh. How did it > > go...? > > It was fantastic - for me, anyway, but everyone who attended seemed to > get a lot out of it and almost all of them said afterwards that what > they wanted was "More!" So it looks like I'll be putting on these > one-day workshops two or three times a year. We had twenty people there > (I had originally put a limit of eighteen, but a couple extra managed > to wriggle in) and several more were disappointed at not getting a > place. I don't know about anyone else, but I've never seen so many > mandolins together before (except in old photos of mandolin orchestras > etc). > > I covered a lot over the six hours, from Warm-up Exercises, Scale > Patterns, Internalising Music, Double-Stops, Decoration, Building > Speed, and a lightening-fast whirl around "Up the Neck". Plus a couple > of sessions where I invited the participants to ask me questions; to my > amazement I think I managed to answer most lines of questioning. > > At 4.00pm the other workshops from the day (button box (4), flute (4), > cello (3)) joined us and we each played a piece. The mandolins played a > slow air ("The Yellow Haired Laddie") with all the decorations I'd > explored and it sounded just brilliant. After much hand-shaking and > gratitude I was alone, happy but exhausted. > > This is the first workshop I've ever done, and of course I had been > nervous about whether I could deliver. The reaction from the > participants more than reassured me, and boosted my confidence to a > huge degree. Thanks for asking, Philip, and perhaps you and Ted could > make the next one? > > -- > Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
