[NSP] Drink To Me Only
Hello Julia John Drink To Me Only was also the first tune played on pipes by David Hillery, Ron Elliott, Gerry Murphy and me. Past down presumably from Tom C by Colin Caisley and chosen because it was already in our heads so to speak. We all worked at it by finding our way around the chanter by the singing/listening process mentioned recently by John G. Drones weren't involved so it clearly served an important second purpose. Cheers Anthony --- On Sun, 9/1/11, Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote: From: Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk Subject: [NSP] Re: Intonation To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu, gibbonssoi...@aol.com Date: Sunday, 9 January, 2011, 9:00 On 8 Jan 2011, [1]gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote: Long notes are good practice for this - I wonder if this is one reason Tom Clough liked playing hymn tunes? 'Oh God our Help in Ages Past' (aka St Anne, or 'The Goldfish') is a good one for this, dead slow. Tommy Breckons told me that Clough used Drink to me only for this type of thing, also for hearing the ghostly third on the drones. Julia To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://uk.mc5.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gibbonssoi...@aol.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Off-topic request for Hymnbook
Hello Philip, I've passed your request on to a friend of mine, Tim Cummings, who runs a small publishing company specializing in the type of music you are looking for. Tim lives in Vermont, USA. You can check out his web site at www.beithepublishing.com Good luck in your search, Richard - Original Message - From: Philip Gruar phi...@gruar.clara.net To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:36 AM Subject: [NSP] Off-topic request for Hymnbook This is way off-topic for NSP's, but given the wide musical interests of many list members, I thought I'd give it a try - I'm interested in getting a copy of The Sacred Harp hymnbook - or possibly other shapenote books. I know the 1860 edition of Sacred Harp is available online, in the Michegan State University digital collections, and I also know I could order a copy of the current edition direct from the publishers in the USA, but does anyone know if I can buy a copy here in the UK? Specifically, I'd like to find the music for Sacred Harp no.198 Green Street to the words All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - ideally this week! That tune is not in the online edition (or if it is, I can't find it there) I'm sure there must be someone reading this list who knows this repertoire well (and for anyone who doesn't, check it out on YouTube - it's amazing) - if so, and if you can send me a scan of it, please contact me off list and I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Philip To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Off-topic request for Hymnbook
It's possible the tune might exist somewhere under a different name. Although what's probably the most usual tune to this hymn (Diadem) has a lot of repeats, the core is Common Metre. So whatever Green Street is, it may appear somewhere else as the tune to a different hymn with a different tune name. Having said that, a quick check in Oremus, the CCEL hymnary and nethymnal draws a blank for that title. Dru On 10 Jan 2011, at 13:36, Philip Gruar wrote: This is way off-topic for NSP's, but given the wide musical interests of many list members, I thought I'd give it a try - I'm interested in getting a copy of The Sacred Harp hymnbook - or possibly other shapenote books. I know the 1860 edition of Sacred Harp is available online, in the Michegan State University digital collections, and I also know I could order a copy of the current edition direct from the publishers in the USA, but does anyone know if I can buy a copy here in the UK? Specifically, I'd like to find the music for Sacred Harp no.198 Green Street to the words All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - ideally this week! That tune is not in the online edition (or if it is, I can't find it there) I'm sure there must be someone reading this list who knows this repertoire well (and for anyone who doesn't, check it out on YouTube - it's amazing) - if so, and if you can send me a scan of it, please contact me off list and I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Philip To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Off-topic request for Hymnbook
Thank you for your replies, Reid and Dru. I've known about Sacred Harp and shape note music for a long time, and heard some of the tunes on recordings - but without the sheer visceral passionate conviction of how it really should be done - though thanks to YouTube we can now hear (and see) it properly, and I'm quite bowled over by it. It's church music - but not as we know it (at least in England!) The reason for my request is that I'm currently sometimes leading a small church singing group and trying to enthuse them into some Sacred Harp style singing. We successfully did Star in the East in our carol service this Christmas, and I'm trying to collect more good ones. If you follow this link to a YouTube recording of a Sacred Harp singing, you'll see why I'm keen to get the music for Green Street! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUG-EPQqE2Q though of course I know Diadem well as the usual tune for All Hail. Reid - I think it's the primitive Sacred Harp style harmony which is so powerful, as well as the tunes. Does the version in your Baptist hymnbook have that? I like the old English West Gallery hymns too - and also Gaelic Psalm singing, which I've heard in a Free Church on the Isle of Lewis. That can be like slow Sacred Harp tunes in its spine-tingling minor-key sound, but very much the opposite of the SH rhythmic drive. Philip - Original Message - From: Dru Brooke-Taylor d...@brooke-taylor.freeserve.co.uk To: Dartmouth NPS nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 3:15 PM Subject: [NSP] Off-topic request for Hymnbook It's possible the tune might exist somewhere under a different name. Although what's probably the most usual tune to this hymn (Diadem) has a lot of repeats, the core is Common Metre. So whatever Green Street is, it may appear somewhere else as the tune to a different hymn with a different tune name. Having said that, a quick check in Oremus, the CCEL hymnary and nethymnal draws a blank for that title. Dru To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Burleigh 9-key NSP on eBay
I'm not a player myself, but ran across these looking for used SSP: http://cgi.ebay.com/David-Burleigh-Northumbrian-Smallpipes-9-Key-w-Case -/130472916314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1e60cab55a Starting bid is $899, currently 0 bids and almost 7 days left. I don't _think_ I'm in the market at this point, but is this a decent deal? Or is the fact that we don't know how long it's been unplayed make it a no-go, or at least an assumption of some major re-fettling and replacing pads, tweaking keys, etc? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
