A friend of a friend, who was a trained musician, once amazed me - I played
a tune, she (after checking one note if I remember) had to write the dots
out, which she did perfectly, before she played it. I was very impressed
but confused as it's completely the opposite of the way I work. She was
Everybody is discussing the statement
A bad player puts people off the instrument and also teaches
you the "wrong" was to play.
Where does that leave us ? I've reached a certain level of proficiency in
the instrument, I try to keep my fingering detached as far as I can but I'm
conscious tha
"Ian Lawther" said
Enter those who saw the chance to make some money by promoting an
attractive young woman >who was marketable beyond the dowdy folkies.
So is the argument that piping would be far better off without all those who
came into piping at least partially as a result of said young
what...@ntlworld.com said
> after talking to Tommy Breckons shorltly before his death and chatting
> to fellow pipers after his funeral, I have come to the conclusion that
> the Northumbrian Pipers' society has lost its way. I therefore ask: is
> it time to form some other group or socie
ldn't be taken as an
indicator of the quality of the course!
Lets see what others think.
Francis
On 12 Mar 2009, at 16:19, Mike and Enid Walton wrote:
Alan
I think one of the good things about the Sunday session was the
other musicians there, which couldn't be arranged at other times
Original Message-
From: Gibbons, John [mailto:j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk]
Sent: 13 March 2009 10:50
To: 'Alan Corkett'; Mike and Enid Walton
Cc: NSP LIST
Subject: [NSP] Re: Halsway playaround
Alan,
I think this would be a bad idea - the tuition is crucial to getting
people
thinki
I suppose it's a problem you face whenever playing music not from your own
"tradition". It took a melodeon workshop in Ireland to make me realise that
I had a local style of box playing, and that I want to keep it ! If it's an
Irish reel or jig, it normally goes on the whistle now. Some polka
So we've had a long discussion about rants, reels, polkas.
I'm sure that those resident in the North-East should continue to play these
tunes with a good traditional rant rhythm.
What about those pipers like me, resident in the far south ? Some of the
tunes we play on the pipes (Salmontails,
: said
as we have most of the other tunes that are in our publications in
ABC form it could be applied to all those tunes that beginners have
difficulty in lifting off the page.
As you say the main problem is in finding someone to do the job.
Colin R
If we do actually have tunes in NPS publi
If tunes (the "first 30" in the current context, but it holds for all
the NPS tunes) were posted in "abc" format on the NPS website, it would
enable people with the necessary programs to print them in whatever
format they wished, hear them as midis, transpose them etc. It might,
of
Does nobody have any suggestions for this problem ? I was eagerly awaiting a
flurry of responses as I also have the same problem. I tried putting wool in
the drones, only distorted the sound I'm afraid.
Mike Walton
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