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Ever had one of those moments when you realize you've been working in the wrong direction all along? I've been working hard so that my piping would NOT suck. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Julia Say <[1]julia@nspipes.co.uk> wrote: On 9 Sep 2011, Francis Wood wrote: > Is there an obvious repertoire of tunes for this useful variant? > On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:40, Richard York wrote: > t a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think about it > > could look remarkably like a large bagpipe set with an extra long open ended > > chanter... Didn't the inestimable Mr Hoffnung orchestrate for 3 vacuum cleaners and a floor polisher? It was a long time ago, but I have the LP somewhere... 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. mailto:julia@nspipes.co.uk 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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On 9 Sep 2011, Francis Wood wrote: > Is there an obvious repertoire of tunes for this useful variant? > On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:40, Richard York wrote: > t a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think about it > > could look remarkably like a large bagpipe set with an extra long open ended > > chanter... Didn't the inestimable Mr Hoffnung orchestrate for 3 vacuum cleaners and a floor polisher? It was a long time ago, but I have the LP somewhere... Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Is there an obvious repertoire of tunes for this useful variant? Francis On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:40, Richard York wrote: > I wonder when someone will develop the double action bellows - one to inflate > the pipes, another to fit a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think > about it could look remarkably like a large bagpipe set with an extra long > open ended chanter... To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Would we get round to organising them, though, Julia? Happy diverting-from-whatever-you're-supposed-to-be-doing :) Richard. On 08/09/2011 11:17, Julia Say wrote: On 8 Sep 2011, Richard York wrote: Sorry, how can you tell I have far too much to do today and am seeking diversionary tactics? Its called constructive procrastination, Richard. I'm getting to be an expert on it, too. Shall we run courses on it in our spare time? ;-) Julia --- Text inserted by Panda IS 2011: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: [1]http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID =pav_19169&SPAM=true&path=C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Richard\Local%20Settings \Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Internet%20Security%202011\AntiSpam --- -- References 1. http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_19169&SPAM=true&path=C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Richard\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Internet%20Security%202011\AntiSpam To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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On 8 Sep 2011, Richard York wrote: > > Sorry, how can you tell I have far too much to do today and am seeking > diversionary tactics? Its called constructive procrastination, Richard. I'm getting to be an expert on it, too. Shall we run courses on it in our spare time? ;-) Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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On 08/09/2011 10:07, christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu wrote: I used to suffer from dustmites all year round until a suitable treatment was found. I wonder when someone will develop the double action bellows - one to inflate the pipes, another to fit a vacuum cleaner attachment, which if you think about it could look remarkably like a large bagpipe set with an extra long open ended chanter... Sorry, how can you tell I have far too much to do today and am seeking diversionary tactics? Richard. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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> the >streaming eyes and waterfall nose generated by the Northumbrian >grassland on that day entirely surpassed all my previous experience. > Horrible isn't it? and it's not just (Northumbrian) grassland. I used to suffer from dustmites all year round until a suitable treatment was found. Enough indeed. Csírz (egészségedre!) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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The mite of the roman empire! Malcolm -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of gibbonssoi...@aol.com Sent: 06 September 2011 23:22 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Cc: edmundspri...@btopenworld.com Subject: [NSP] (no subject) In response to an unmet need for harvest tunes, and incidentally tunes commemorating Northumbrian wildlife, I was inspired to write this after an afternoon's piping with Edmund in Northumberland, when Edmund, Gisela and I all went for a walk afterwards... X:1 T:The Harvest Mite M:9/8 R:Slip Jig K:G |:c|BAf gAB GAB|dBf dBg Aec|BAf gAB GAB|BAd eAc A2:| |:e|gGA fBc edB| gGA Bfd ceA|gGA fBc edB|cBe fAc A2:| |:c|dBf gBe GdB| gBf GdB eAg|dBf gBe GdB|AeB fAc A2:| If anyone feels this deserves a set of irritating variations, they are welcome to go for a walk in long grass in search of inspiration! The inspiration develops from the next day onwards but is relieved with antihistamines John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote: The inspiration develops from the next day onwards but is relieved with antihistamines My first major hay-fever attack came on a school trip to Chesters fort. Although I had been a sniffely and sneezy youth up to that point, the streaming eyes and waterfall nose generated by the Northumbrian grassland on that day entirely surpassed all my previous experience. Perhaps the Northumbrian plaid was developed as a large scale handkerchief. Enough! Barry To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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In response to an unmet need for harvest tunes, and incidentally tunes commemorating Northumbrian wildlife, I was inspired to write this after an afternoon's piping with Edmund in Northumberland, when Edmund, Gisela and I all went for a walk afterwards... X:1 T:The Harvest Mite M:9/8 R:Slip Jig K:G |:c|BAf gAB GAB|dBf dBg Aec|BAf gAB GAB|BAd eAc A2:| |:e|gGA fBc edB| gGA Bfd ceA|gGA fBc edB|cBe fAc A2:| |:c|dBf gBe GdB| gBf GdB eAg|dBf gBe GdB|AeB fAc A2:| If anyone feels this deserves a set of irritating variations, they are welcome to go for a walk in long grass in search of inspiration! The inspiration develops from the next day onwards but is relieved with antihistamines John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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--- On Thu, 30/6/11, Francis Wood wrote: Hello Anthony, I don't think we disagree. At Stuart Hardy's musical altitude, I'm sure you're right. That's a level I can only admire but never approach. On a more basic level, playing the tune with a dotted rhythm will get you through in a far less exposed manner than playing straight, which would seem to be an ability to acquire before refining the playing to a more regionally idiomatic expertise. Hello Francis I'm still not sure I can agree completely. I've taught lots now myself (more or less regularly since 1976 and mostly beginners/youngsters) - probably in the region of 3500 pupil-hours and found that (hornpipes aside - which are slowish anyway) people get get away with jigs and reels played steady and straight but as soon as we try and dot/lilt them they fall away after a bar or two.This is especially true of (even) slowish jigs. I used to take the approach you outline; get them playing evenly and steadily and then put the regional (some would say the all important) accent in afterwards but getting people to feel a good lilt and use it consistently after having spent months mastering the straight version has proved very difficult indeed. In recent years I've tried to get the lilt in from the off so that even if fingers aren't responding the brain would be taking something in and it seems to work better. Of course the old guys would never hear the straight version in the first place and they have the steadiest pace and control I've ever heard. Scottish and Irish bands were popular in Northumberland but when the old guys swiped their tunes they used their own accent to play them. Sadly that distinctive accent is all too rare these days and it would be great to see more pipers from this area taking it on. The problem is how best to achieve it - which ever way we tackle it results are a long time coming. As aye Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Is 'The rotting of the cotton threads' the title of a tune I haven't learned yet? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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4-bar jigs are worth thinking about too - see 'I cannot get time to play with my hinny' (both versions) on FARNE, or of course 'Wylam Away'. There are a few others, like Blowzabella, but maybe there should be more! John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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The most I can find on the 'Poll Ha'penny' ~ 'Holey Ha'penny' connection is on [1]www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/POA_PORS.htm: POLL HA'PENNY (Maire Na Leat-Pingin/Pingean). AKA and see "[2]Carolan's Dream," "[3]Brian the Brave [1], "[4]Garrai na bhFeileoig (Garden of Butterflies), [5]Holey HaPenny/Halfpenny, "[6]Molly Halfpenny/Ha'penny," "[7]Molly MacAlpin," "[8]O'Carolan's Farewell to Music," "[9]Paul Ha'Penny," [10]Remember the Glories of Brian the Brave. Irish, Hornpipe, Long or Set Dance (4/4 time). A Dorian (Mulvihill). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1915 & 1001): AAB (O'Neill/1850): AABB (Mitchell, Mulvihill, O'Neill/Krassen). The dance version of the air Molly MacAlpin, by the ancient harper Laurence OConnellan, born at Cloonmahon, County Sligo, in the mid-17th century (c. 1645). Donal O'Sullivan in his Carolan biography (vol. 1, p. 18) reported that the Irish harper and composer OCarolan (1670-1738) thought so highly of this tune that he was supposed to have said he would rather have been its composer than any of his own melodies. Ciaran Carson, in his book Last Nights Fun (1996) thinks it may be possible that the title Poll Hapenny may have derived from the English title Holey Hapenny, since the word poll in Irish means hole. See [11]Molly Macalpin for more on the history of this tune. See also the related English tune [12]The Radstock Jig. The famous uilleann piper Patsy Tuohey, one of Francis ONeills informants, recorded this tune on an Edison cylinder. It was recorded in modern times by whistle player Mary Bergin under the title Garrai na bhFeoleoig (Garden of Butterflies). Mulvihill (1^st Collection), 1986; No. 7, pg. 120 (appears as Pol Hapenny). O'Neill (ONeills Irish Music), 1915; No. 397, pg. 190. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 208. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1783, pg. 333. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 983, pg. 169. Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey Casey in the Cowhouse (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Mulligan MUL 027, Martin OConnor - A Connaughtmans Rambles. Piping Pig Records PPPCD 001, Jimmy OBrien- Moran Sean Reids Favourite (1996). As usual, it descends into guesswork about the place where it gets interesting. There seems no connection between the *tunes* 'Poll Ha'penny' and 'Holey Ha'penny', at least to my ear, even with my lousy sense of rhythm. The site is less help on our 'Holey Ha'penny', unfortunately. John John -- References 1. http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/POA_PORS.htm 2. outbind://84/CAR_CASU.htm#CAROLAN'S_DREAM 3. outbind://84/BRANCH_BRIDE.htm#BRIAN_THE_BRAVE_[1] 4. outbind://84/GAMB_GAY.htm#GARRAI_NA_bhFEILEOIG 5. outbind://84/HJ_HONOL.htm#HOLEY_HA'PENNY/HALFPENNY 6. outbind://84/MOLL_MOM.htm#MOLLY_HALFPENNY/HA'PENNY 7. outbind://84/MOLL_MOM.htm#MOLLY_MACALPIN 8. outbind://84/OA_OG.htm#O'CAROLAN'S_FAREWELL_TO_MUSIC 9. outbind://84/PAR_PAY.htm#PAUL_HA'PENNY 10. outbind://84/REE_RH.htm#REMEMBER_THE_GLORIES_OF_BRIAN_THE_BRAVE 11. outbind://84/MOLL_MOM.htm#MOLLY_MACALPIN 12. outbind://84/RAA_RAJ.htm#RADSTOCK_JIG To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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Matt wrote: how the arpeggios in the last strain - which I previously thought of as mere padding - can come alive if the initial note of four is held as long as possible without making the next three impossible - does this work for any NSP players here? The idea of delaying the off-beat notes in the arpeggios has two realisations on NSP - you can either play the initial note short, staccatissimo, with a gap before the remaining notes, or else play it as long as possible without of course slurring - more like on BP. As the strain's repeated, you can compare and contrast. John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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I'd like to share with you all some quotes from an article in the Newcastle Journal newspaper about Jessica Lamb. The paper has an article entitled "school girl piper Jessica a star in the making" I picked them up and within no time at all I was playing a tune." I could play by ear and I just took to them straight away. From there I got better and better and now Im so proud of myself. Im brilliant and Kathryn Tickell has high hopes for me." Some of you may be aware of this 14 year old precocious nay dillousional child. This is the child who has been repeatedly given feedback by pipers who ARE brilliant and has ignored it; year on year she has had the same feedback yet listening to the video attached to the article is still ignoring it. Chris Ormston & Adrian Schofield have both given this girl advice but clearly she feels she knows better than those who are recognised by us all as true masters of the pipes. This girl has a long,long way to go before she can claim to be "brilliant". The comments of her mother (the typical pushy mother) show where the girl gets it from - "Jessicas mum Catherine Lamb, 42, a nursery nurse, said: As soon as Jessica picked up the Northumbrian pipes she was a little genius. She could play a tune straight away. We just knew she was going to be fantastic at it, she was a natural."" The absurdity of the whole article is summed up by the papers suggestion that the northumbrian pipes were an unknown instrument until K Tickell came on the scene..sums up their naiivety really! [1]http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/04/11/ schoolgirl-piper-jessica-a-star-in-the-making-61634-23362451/ LR __ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos Free. [2]Try it Now! -- References 1. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/04/11/schoolgirl-piper-jessica-a-star-in-the-making-61634-23362451/ 2. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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The BBC Radio 3 website is up and running again - one can listen to Peter Maxwell Davies' piece 'Kettletoft Inn' for NSP, cor anglais, string quartet and double bass at _http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/vbngm/_ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/vbngm/) but probably only today tomorrow and perhaps Friday. No comment on her style this time... John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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I saw Kathryn Tickell in concert a few weeks ago and when she was introducing Holey H'penny, she mentioned Chris Ormston who she had competed against in the rather distant past. She spoke with much respect - shame its not two-way. Chris says... "Next, who was born in the West Midlands, brought up in Scunthorpe, then > Tynemouth, then Gateshead? Nowhere near Wark! Answers on a > postcard" Come on Chris, your bigger than that. Be nice. Jol. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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For pity sake, would you let it go already?... Does anyone here actually knows Tickell personally and has her contact? I want to match her up with Gibbons, so they can have a pint together and sort out these issues. And for that matter, I would appreciate any help in also tracking down actress Scarlett Johansson personal contact...for a pint and a friendly chat. Of course I would have to avoid saying stupid things that would completely ruin the mood, like "...here's some funny stuff: I play the bagpipes!" and "How do you feel about Staccatto? I prefer legatto myself" or even worst: "Say, there's a friend of mine who plays Small pipes...wait, where are you going? Come back, please! I love you". Miguel-the-match-maker 2006/5/19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > From her website: > =A9 2001 Kathryn Tickell > A _lazy grace_ (http://www.lazygrace.com/) production > My point exactly > John To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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>From her website: =A9 2001 Kathryn Tickell A _lazy grace_ (http://www.lazygrace.com/) production My point exactly John -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
