Goswick Kirn - ideal for a kirn (or harvest) supper
Margaret
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I spent some time with John Armstrong c.1979/1980 playing tunes and going
through his wonderful piles of mss. He was very kind and encouraging to a
(then) young piper, and passed on some invaluable insights into how he
played and what he thought about tunes. Unfortunately I don't have any
record
There are still some places available for the next three workshops
looking at more north Northumbrian tunes for pipes and other
instruments.
Pipes pitch sessions are on Saturday 9 July and Thursday 28 July, both
from 2.00 - 4.00pm in the Parish Church Room, Embleton,
I suspect both these tunes are based on the old north Northumbrian air 'The
Throttlin' of the Reeds/Reids'
Best wishes
Margaret
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To: NSP group
Cold and Raw?
Margaret
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One or two people have posed the question: How much duplication is
there of tunes in previous publications? A brief answer is - not much!
For those wanting more detail: of the 52 tunes, half are previously
unpublished - mostly old tunes - and eight others come from my book
Jack Dodd is my father. Now aged 84, he doesn't play the banjo much, and the
pipes even less, but occasionally a new tune comes into his head (though
he's never mastered the art of writing the dots). He still has an incredible
memory for all kinds of music that he heard in his youth!
I'm happy
I've a clear mental image of seeing somewhere, a photograph of an old
street musician playing what looked very like a strung kipper box. He
was holding it like a fiddle.
I'm sure the staff at the Irish Traditional Music Archive would be able
to help with this query, Dru.
My
Anthony is absolutely right about Willie Taylor's dislike of tuning down a
fiddle; the 'knicker-elastic' comment is one he used frequently.
When I'm playing duets with Andy's nsp, I always tune down. For me, I've
spent a long time trying to find the right fiddle and strings so it doesn't
sound
Joe Hutton played this tune in the early 1980s, and that's where I
learned it - his version was basically the same as Gay McKeon's. When I
asked him where he got the tune, he couldn't remember.
Somewhere I have a poor quality cassette recording of Joe and me
playing it at one of
I've found the recent comments about music in north Northumberland very
interesting. I grew up among those who learned and played by ear (Joe
Hutton, Will Atkinson, Jimmy Little, the Cheviot Ranters band in its various
line-ups, and my dad, among many others) and owe them a great deal -
including
APPELBOLATEN should be Äppelbolåten, though my Swedish publications (and
friends!) all call the tune Gånglåt från Äppelbo - which simply means
'Walking tune from Äppelbo'. It's a tune from Dalarna, usually associated
with a fiddle player called Ärtbergs Kalle (1826-1917)
Margaret
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If anyone would like to learn some tunes linked to North Northumberland,
Andy and I are running four workshops and linked concerts over the summer
months in various venues along the Northumberland coast. Learn the tunes in
the workshop and join in playing them in the evening concert if you feel
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