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2010-06-07 Thread inky-adrian
Hello all, regarding Alnwick piper's website: Hosting for this domain is not configured or the domain is not registered. Inky-Adrian -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] APS website

2010-06-07 Thread Di Jevons
Hi All Have advised the person who maintains the website for us of the problems which have occurred so hope the site will be sorted soon. Apologies for any inconvenience. Regards Di Jevons for APS To get on or off this list see list information at

[NSP] Parnell's March

2010-06-07 Thread John Dally
Parnell's March NPS Bk 2, p.3: it's written out as a jig, but isn't it really a hornpipe? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Parnell's March

2010-06-07 Thread Gibbons, John
I thought it was a march! There isn't much to choose between how people play dotted 4/4, (as in the duet book arrangement of this) and how they play 12/8 anyway. If it has 4 beats in the bar, (strong-weak-strong-weak) and a good bounce to the rhythm, it will sound right, however you spell it.

[NSP] Re: Parnell's March

2010-06-07 Thread Anthony Robb
Hello both all, 12/8 is the most accurate way of getting the Newcastle (as James Hill named it) hornpipe rhythm across (i.e. best for writing the common hornpipe 2:1 note ratio). The dotted quaver/semiquaver system gives a 3:1 ratio which is not accurate (as anyone who has used

[NSP] Re: Parnell's March

2010-06-07 Thread Barry Say
Hi All, There is of course a great deal of truth in Anthony's post, but notating hornpipes in 12/8 just doesn't do it for me. The 2:1 ratio is certainly a good guide. 3:1 feels more scottish to me. The problem I found with Parnell's march in 6/8 is that when I see 3 quavers in a 6/8 rhythm I

[NSP] Drone Reed Tongue Video

2010-06-07 Thread STEPHEN DOUGLASS
I am uploading sections of a video of Colin Ross making the tongue for a metal bodied drone reed, filmed at the same time as the chanter reed video.. I have left it 'uncut' In the interests of accuracy, mindful that what I think is surplus to the production, might be crucial piece of

[NSP] Re: Parnell's March

2010-06-07 Thread helen . capes
I'm missing something here! Isn't it a march? Helen Capes Quoting John Dally dir...@gmail.com: Parnell's March NPS Bk 2, p.3: it's written out as a jig, but isn't it really a hornpipe? To get on or off this list see list information at