[NSP] Re: Holy/Holey Halfpenny
Ian Lawther wrote: I've always assumed Holey Ha'penny and as such used to pair it with The Crookit Bawbee. In the late 1970s/early 80s I would dedicated this pairing to the West Midlands Regional Crime Squad which at the time was being investigated for being full of bent coppers... poor Matt should have known better than ask for anything conclusive... ;) I've already suggested a link to either the pub game shove halfpenny, where discs with holes were often used, or possibly the holey dollar (see Wikepedia). Or maybe the tune writer had a sweetheart called Holly Halfpenny and couldn't spell her name? Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Gaelic Pronunciation - pedantry warning
Matt Seattle wrote: It's all beyond me, I don't know my Erse from my Alba brilliant Matt - I (and the list) needed cheering up! Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: bag shape
rosspi...@aol.com wrote: The bags that Jackie makes are based on my sending him the shape of Burleigh bags which by the 1960's had proved to a good practical shape and size i.e. 21 in length, 9 deep with the bag approx. 12x9 with the neck curving up steeply to avoid pressing against the left arm or wrist. I make the neck length 9 from where the drone stock is tied into the bag. Colin R Just to say that when I need to supplement the bags I make myself, I have always found Jackie to be very accommodating with regard to bag shapes and sizes, though I order several at a time, not one-offs. The dimensions I use are very similar to the above with perhaps a little extra length in the body. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Mr. Bewick, Rats and Inverted Bags
Steve Bliven wrote: This made the rounds awhile back but also shows the origins www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdGO8OeaZI yes! thanks Steve, I had a dim memory of watching this but couldn't find it. I am both fascinated and appalled, but there's no escaping the truth... -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: the Guardian today....
Malcolm Craven wrote: Hi, What is B A E tuning. Should it be A E A Or E B E? I am confused a bit. I don't think they'll threaten the domestic market just in case you think I've gone quite quite mad http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/cctv-sky-police-plan-drones Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking
Francis Wood wrote: In these occasionally acrimonious times, I do feel there might be some value in searching critically for the sources of negative influence. As a start, we might do well to examine the language of piping terms. That lexicon is in sore need of some enlightened revision. The following points will, I hope, provide persuasive examples. It seems to me Francis that by calling someone a 'bagpipe' you have covered most of the insults known to man (woman) and saved yourself a great deal of effort I'm all for improvements in energy efficiency ;) -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking
Simon James wrote: Thankyou for opening up such a useful discussion Francis. I must admit that the term chanter has always concerned me - what are we if not individuals with our own individual styles...? Boreishly Simon and please please remember never to let your chanters dangle in public - it sets a bad example. What you do in private is up to you, but you may have to suffer the consequences... -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available
tim rolls BT wrote: --===AVGMAIL-00EC37ED==Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg?rt; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: AVG certification No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.53/2299 - Release Date: 08/12/09 18:12:00 --===AVGMAIL-00EC37ED===-- Hi, Is anyone else having problems reading Tim's posts? I copied this from the list FAQ in case it helps: To get rid of those funny character codes you have to eliminate 'quoted-printable' from your messages. Usually there is a place to choose how the message is formatted - plain-text, html, rtf, etc, and a place to choose how the letters are encoded - plain-text, base64, or quoted-printable. The latter may be under an 'advanced' button somewhere. Plain-text works more smoothly with the lute (nsp) list then quoted-printable. Base64 may work, but sometimes it appears as a solid block of random letters. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available
Gibbons, John wrote: Makes a lot more sense than some stuff people have been sending lately! indeed -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: How the brain reads
tim rolls BT wrote: --===AVGMAIL-175F2D5D==Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg?rt; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: AVG certification No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.66/2172 - Release Date: 06/12/09 17:56:00 --===AVGMAIL-175F2D5D===-- was that a test? did I pass? -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: ear-learners vs note-learners
Richard Hensold wrote: notation, and will tend to visualize musical notes as taking up precise, blocky chunks of time. Such a person is often unable to hear the rhythmic subtleties that give life/bounce or lift/drive to the music. Hi Dick, I like to think I'm quite sensitive to the subtleties of music, but I have a very very poor memory - it's a case of 'new tune in, old tune out' for me when I learn by ear :( -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: what do pipemakers do on their day off?
Dave Shaw wrote: I noticed the following on you tube, [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoA3_MHwzZc Very entertaining. Spot the future pipe makers in these photos http://www.kingsmen.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?event=wadebridge1975 -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Colin Ross
Julia Say wrote: This will still only cover about 80% of members (if that). As you will appreciate, it is a slightly different order of magnitude job to set up such a list for 850 members than it is for 80-odd. I have been hoping that it could be done via the website, but as you know this (in some respects) did not materialise as expected, and the matter is only now being sorted out by the installation of a new one. just a brief - ish aside on the subject mailing lists - I've been trying to set up an 'announcements' only list for the LBPS and found a number of difficulties, not least ensuring that members keep us up to date with their email addresses and that mailings don't end up in their junk folders. I tried a Google group before realising that people had to sign up for a Google account which many didn't want to do. I'm currently working on a more personalised list, but it is still fraught with problems (including privacy settings) and we are sticking with newsletters via snail mail at least for now. Anyway Julia, if you find a solution I will be pleased to hear about it! -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: I must be daft
Helen Capes wrote: Come on guys. We have had some really interesting input from both Anthony and Chris, and now they are backing off, praps leaving the list. What a shame. They can both annoy the hell out of me, but I have learned heaps from them both too and would really be sorry if they stopped their input. Lets try not to get too heated and personal eh. We can all benefit by counting to ten first then trying to be positive. Helen Here here! It's like observing a load of March (well, April) Hares in action. Get out there and play yer pipes! -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: I must be daft
Anita Evans wrote: Here here! or even, Hear Hear! ; -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Choyting - possible source of word and Plaid
Not wanting to be left out, here's my twopence worth.. could it be pronounced coyte, or quoit? Quoit (?), n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete a quoit.] I particularly like the references to vex and harass ; -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Plumbing the depths, and further
Chris Ormston wrote: Dear All, I recently received a card through the letterbox advertising Northumbria Pipes Plumbing Services. Do ye ken John pee'd? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] wedding
Dear List, Is there anyone who would be willing and able to play NSP for a wedding in Perthshire on August 11th this year? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] rook ms
The Rook manuscript (1840, with 254 pages plus contents) is now online at: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html John Rook was from the Wigton area of Cumbria - we don't exactly who he was, or what he did for a living, but we are trying to find more information. On the front cover there is a sketch of various instruments, including 4 drone Northumbrian Smallpipes with keyed chanter. We don't know where the original is. I scanned the pages from photocopies loaned to me by Matt Seattle, who in turn acquired them from Graham Dixon and Stuart Eydmann. I've organised the whole thing so all the pages can be accessed from an index. Quite a mix of music, not all for pipes by any means, and much of it published elsewhere, but interesting all the same. Thanks to Ross Anderson for making it available online. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: reed making
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Richard, I was hoping you would come into the discussion. Anita's method is certainly different in the initial stage of tying the cane on to the staple but I think the main thing to be looked at is the rubbing down and final scrape of the cane. Yes, to clarify a couple of points. My method is basically Colin's, with minor personal preferences, and I join in thanking him for being so open with information. Also, for anyone interested in my contribution to the art of reedmaking on the web, I must stress that it is not a technically detailed workshop guide. I have tried to provide appropriate links for those taking more than a passing interest. With regard to the scrape, I have experimented with many different nuances of style over the years, but find I prefer the stronger reed that is produced if you avoid over thinning the middle section. I agree with Alec that you have to be prepared to waste a lot of cane in the early stages of learning (and the not so early, during spells of the 'reed-making blues' which can strike at any time!) If things start going wrong, and assuming it isn't poor quality cane, I usually find I've let my 'standards' slip. However good your scraping is, if you let your measurements and technique get sloppy in the initial stages, you are wasting your time. Another point I have to make is that all the reed-making information in the world won't help you make good reeds if you aren't prepared to put in the time - you have to get a feel for the cane. -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
