Hi All,
I have been waiting for an opportune moment to write this posting for several
years. I think this is an appropriate time, before answering some of Anthony
Robb's points, particularly the points concerning Kathryn
Kathryn was a tutor at the Forkworks Adult Winter Workout held at Darlington in
I believe, 1995. I attended this weekend course and subsequently she organized
a series of classes privately, which were carried out in groups of three or
four. These I attended and paid for.
I cannot fault her skill as a teacher, and if I did not derive maximum benefit
from the the experience then the failing was mine. However, I learned that her
playing is based on a very sound basis of clean fingering, all the gracings are
studied and balanced. I adopted some of the gracings in my own playing.
More importantly, I took away from the series of lessons the a greater ability
to listen critically to my own playing, and the ability to liten 'faster',
hearing greater detail in music. This I think was actually more important than
anything I learned about piping technique and I remain grateful.
Barry
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