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That would be very helpful.
One of the major advantages of the email list is that you don't have to go
looking for it.
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And Matt Seattle has published 3 books called 'Airs for Pairs', 'Airs for
Pairs 2', and 'Scottish Airs for Pairs'.
I thought they might be out of print, but a quick google suggests they are
still available - though maybe not with the original delightful cover art.
Chris
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Thanks Julia,
I really appreciate the wholly positive approach of your post.
Chris
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Sent: 22 May 2011 11:01
To: nps; inky-adrian; Richard Shuttleworth
Subject: [NSP] Re
Perhaps I should add that I have been in tutoring sessions led by Adrian,
and have found them some of the most helpful I have experienced.
And I loved the recording of Alice that Anthony posted.
Chris
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Wonderful!
Thanks for the link.
Chris
Hello folks
There may be one or two apart from Adrian interested in the Alice
person.
Here she is playing with Emily Hoile at the Chantry Museum last night
for the Windy Gyle Band Force 6 launch. This won't be to everyone's
liking
of extra pockets and straps.
Regards
Chris
Not a controversial discussion point, or anything interesting about the
music, just a question to pipers and other pipe-makers - where do you get
your cases, and what sort of case do you prefer?
Before the set I've just finished I'd not a made
Now that really is offensive.
:O)
Chris Harris
Presumably that clifftop experience already mentioned by others is
what inspired the famous novel 'Fatal Fall' by Eileen Dover.
Francis
On 13 Aug 2009, at 16:25, Julia Say wrote:
On 13 Aug 2009, colin wrote:
My favourite place is a cliff
.
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agree that Colin should be honoured in whatever
way may be possible.
If it is still possible for him to be President at this stage, within the
rules, I'd be all for it.
I do feel a bit sorry for the lady who's already been asked, though.
Chris Harris
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tonight from Wayne,
for something posted from another with the same IP address. I'll go before
the red card is brandished. Enjoy mediocrity!
Chris
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and we were kept awake all night by some latter-day Jacobites on the
campsite. As the Tennents Super Strength flowed they got more and more
vociferous in their hatred of the *** Unglish. Dunno why they came to
England - beats me!
Chris
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From: Anthony Robb [mailto:anth
Thanks Anthony!
The fast jigs are Cahir's Kitchen (comp. Paddy Keenan) Morrison's Jig
Yours truly on pipes, Cathy Goss (whistle), Andy Hornby (mandolin) and
Cathy Ormston (now Hornby) on guitar.
Chris
From: Anthony Robb [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 18 March
I'd just like to publicly thank the person who sent me the Queen's Medal
for Proper Piping
http://chrisormston.com/miscellany.aspx
Much appreciated!
Chris Ormston
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Hi All,
In the new-found spirit of altruism on this list, and for those of you
who've not already had a bootleg copy, I've uploaded some tracks of
tunes from the Clough MS here:
[1]http://chrisormston.com/clough.aspx
Chris Ormston
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them up as best as I can.
Glad you enjoy them!
Chris
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From: Robert Greef [mailto:rob...@greef.fsnet.co.uk]
Sent: 15 March 2009 16:25
To: Dartmouth NSP
Subject: [NSP] Re: The Lost Music of Newsham
Hear Hear to that!
Interesting query, too. Trade secrets?
Robert
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From: anth...@robbpipes.com [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 15 March 2009 22:42
To: 'NSP List'; Chris Ormston
Subject: [NSP] Re: The Lost Music of Newsham (and mics)
Great stuff Chris!
I've your prize winning duet set (with Cathy Goss) from the same
Correct! A short cycle ride for me on a Sunday - and a longer ride back :-)
http://www.petersen-stainless.co.uk/blb/brewery.html
Chris
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From: julia@nspipes.co.uk [mailto:julia@nspipes.co.uk]
Sent: 14 March 2009 10:11
To: 'NSP List'
Subject: [NSP] Re: Keep
-eyed period is the 1970s at the Sallyport where a dapper
gentleman would rattle through Peacock variation sets with swagger,
confidence, lyricism and rippling technique. Wonder where he is now??
;-)
Chris
From: Anthony Robb [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 12 March 2009 13
that got heavier when wet and the
laced-up bit hurt when you headed it...
Regarding bands, did you not mean Willie Whitelaw and his Waves of
Toryism?
Chris
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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:18:44 -0700
From
that got me hooked, and Chris Ormston and Anthony Robb were there
in the room in Rothbury when it happened. 1985, I think, or was it
1733? Wull Allan would have been around, but Jamie was still a
twinkle
in his Dad's eye.
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in with
all sorts of reels , jigs etc in sessions, but the hard core repertoire
is seen as the big 5-plus part piping jigs like frieze Britches and
the Gold Ring.
Discuss!!!
Chris
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:13:14 +
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: tim.ro...@btconnect.com
Please could you advise what happens to the local gigs - we only seem to get
requests for long-distance work via this list?
Regards
Chris
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From: julia@nspipes.co.uk [mailto:julia@nspipes.co.uk]
Sent: 23 February 2009 20:39
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject
Hear Hear! Thanks Matt, and Anita!
Chris
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:07:42 +
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bellowspi...@yahoogroups.com; scots_mu...@yahoogroups.com
From: bill_tel...@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: [NSP] Re: Maggie Lauder article
on Ommadawn, if you listen very, very carefully, but
it's mostly drones and one long chanter note if my memory serves me
right. Paddy
If-it-makes-a-noise-I'll-jam-along-and-market-it-as-fusion Moloney
plays the UP.
Chris
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:58:54 +0100
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And what type of knife should be used to cut them - rusty, risty or
busty??? According to the ancient scrolls. or
was it the cup and ring marks at Routin Linn..
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:25:33 +0100
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As played by Team GHB???
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:47:38 +
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Subject: [NSP] olympic games bagpipes
In case anyone's interested, on ebay now, the Highland pipes that
were
played at the olymic games opening ceremony,
see the light of day :-(
Chris
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Sent: 24 November 2008 18:03
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Oil and health
Be afraid! Be very afraid! But if you're into this kind of thing, you might
also like to take some time
Thanks John - you've hit the nail on the head! More to come from me in
the forthcoming NPS magazine!
Chris
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:45:22 -0500
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [NSP] Re: An ear for drone music
Good point John Dally made
Now I can't get Highland Cathedral out of my head! Grrr
I wonder if they've tried using it as a form of torture at Guantanamo
Bay???
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:40 +
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And, of equal relevance to NSP, The Pogues are at Newcastle Carling Academy
on 11th December!
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Subject: [NSP] York Waits concert
Kim Bibby-Wilson has requested
Sorry folks - I read the original post as being about music of the Tudors
and had assumed it was to do with Henry VIII etc which significantly
predates our tradition. Now I realise it was to do with the Tyneside crisp
manufacturer.
Chris
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Don't try this at home!
[1]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wk85_nqi60k
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much better
than that.
Of course the answer to that is to play more solo in front of others. So
it's Catch 22.
Chris Harris
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variation set you're
well on the way to conquering them all! For those of you who'd like something
slightly more accessible, Clough's variations on Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be
follow the Peacock pattern, albeit with some keyed variations thrown in for
good measure.
Chris
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Colin,
Have you been nobbled by a hockey mom/pig in lipstick???
Chris
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:15:23 -0400
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Subject: [NSP] Re: George Atkinson
Dear Adrian,
Come on let's get
Thanks Francis,
I'm not aware of any more George Atkinson recordings. I was fortunate
enough to spend a few afternoons with him circa 1977, and while he was a
little out of practice, he managed to combine detached fingering with
delightful musicality.
Chris
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arrested trying to leave again as
we were mistaken for illegal immigrants!
Chris
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Subject: [NSP] Re: the cry of the curlew, the wind in the reeds
custard pies to
create a general sense of hilarity? :)
Chris
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Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: More choyting!
What about the Three Tenors doing doing all
on the journey to the truth.
Still, if you can't stand the heat.
Chris
This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you
PS Sorry to ramble - been in the..
http://chrisormston.com/Documents/Bridge_End.pdf
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expect a prize! Tom Clough's Bellingham adjudication
speech from the 1930s still applies!!
Chris
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Thanks - I hope my fingering is more accurate than my memory for dates!
Chris
Tough on choyting, tough on the causers of choyting
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Subject: [NSP] Re: jhf
On 22 Aug 2008, Ormston
Just this morning I couldn't hear the pit hooter for all those pesky curlews
and sheep!
Chris
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Adrian gives an excellent
on the Wild Hills of
Wannies LP shows why - some of the most clear, musical interpretations of
hornpipes you could wish for!
Chris
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Subject: [NSP] Re: jhf
On 22 Aug
Where would music be today if tritones had continued to be proscribed and
thirds widely disapproved of as in the middle ages?
It might have saved us from that Maxwell-Davis stuff grin
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on a simple set, not just to develop
skills in the basic octave, but also to preserve the older tunes, but that's
probably a bit too radical for most on this list, as is my opinion that the
supply of extended chanters should be subject to a Freudian psychological
analysis of the purchaser ;-)
Chris
in between as short
as possible.
Chris
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Seeking the Galloway is also on Gordon Mooney's O'er the Border CD, and may
well be in one of his tune collections
Chris
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'Folk Songs
Nae Guid Luck variations),
where the minuet-style rhythm momentarily gives way to jig time, no matter
where one tries to put the emphasis!!
Chris
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That's why I tend to favour Clough repertoire, where the only concern is to
differentiate between some Tom, Dick or Harry ;-)
Chris
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I guess All types of pipes was always going to be a shambles - a bit like
All types of stringed instruments would be! Or the fact that most of the
nation associates Holmfirth with tedious, safe Sunday evening TV, somewhere
between the antiques slot and the god slot!
Chris
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(1809) as 'Oh Southern Breeze'
Regards
Chris
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Does any one know
I always wish they'd tried The Wild Rover to the tune of Nights In White
Satin!
Chris
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Subject: [NSP] OT Humphrey Littleton
I have just read
... or that famous song in praise of the Tyne dredgermen - Haul Cackie
Through the Water
Cacky Layton?
Ok, I stop now ;-)
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I blame the liquid paraffin ;-)
This one will run and run.
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Vickers at weddings?? I think you meant Vicars ;-)
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On 6 Apr 2008, Richard York wrote:
inappropriate tunes for weddings?
Ooh,
|GABdB2AB|c2E2E2 (3DEF|GABdB2AB|cBAGE2DE|Ggfg
cAdc|B2G2G2:||
(3def|gBBgB2AB|cEEcE2(3def|gBBgB2AB|c2E2E2(3def|gBBgB2AB|cEEcE2DE|Ggfg
cAdc|B2G2G2:||
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of Champions at Bellingham mixed up with
Crufts - sorry to interrupt the doggy talk ;-)
Chris
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Subject: [NSP] Re: old Towler
Maybe, or else related to Towser, also
I thought it was an Irish drum :-(
According to German grammar, the 1. casus, Nominativ, undefined
pluralis (any), is Bordune. 1. casus Nominativ defined pluralis
(these) is Die Bordunen.
Can you refer me to any authority you are quoting here?
And what would the terminology be if you stuck
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Subject: [NSP] Re: Back onto topic
Gibbons, John wrote:
We could try discussing piping again maybe?
The time we tried that about a year ago, war nearly broke
How about the Dowie Dens of Babayaro, Harper's Frolic, The Taylor's Have All
Gyen Styen Blind, Canny Robbie Elliott, OR Nae Guid Luque Aboot the
Hoose?
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Sent: 22 December 2006 17:38
To: 'Helen Capes'
Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: Wannies Boxing Day session
Play Elsey's Waltz for me.
Cheers
Helen
Participants are reminded that Boxing Day rules apply! This means that
Elsey's
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The other musicians are Dublin's Shay Black (brother of Mary) on guitar and
Tony Gibbons (who assured me Ormskirk is in Sligo!) on bouzouki. The tunes
are Walsh's Hornpipe and The Little Stack of Wheat.
Enjoy!
Chris
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I'm not sure about the movies, but it sounds like the same Shay! He was a
resident at the Liverpool Trad Club at the Cross Keys and also sang with
Stormalong John. I remember he qualified as one of the first male midwives
in the country. I've heard he's in the USA now!
Chris
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I've not yet worked out how to pick my nose and maintain closed fingering!
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From: andy may [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 December 2006 22:04
To: Chris Ormston; NSP List
Subject: Ormston caught in open fingering scandal
Hi List,
Check out Chris' video clip
Unfortunately, Ian, trade in consoles is restricted by those folk at the
Sega Gateshead!
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They may also, as Chris Ormston does, play
Stranger on the Shore
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that
neither sit comfortably on the chanter nor relate to the drone
accompaniment. Previous works by this composer have included a piece for
pipes which goes beyond the range of the chanter - enough said??? More
high-brow, emperor's-new-clothes fodder using the pipes as a gimmick!
Chris
I remember Sooty once playing a cran on his xylophone. It was on TV so it
must be the correct way of playing!
Next, who was born in the West Midlands, brought up in Scunthorpe, then
Tynemouth, then Gateshead? Nowhere near Wark! Answers on a
postcard
Chris
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Sorry! This should have been on-list!
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Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: New Highland Laddie
John,
At least you know what you're aiming for! It bothers me that so many people
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