[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes

2011-09-02 Thread Margaret Watchorn
Goswick Kirn - ideal for a kirn (or harvest) supper Margaret To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Shield's H'pipe

2011-07-14 Thread Margaret Watchorn
followed by an instant recall of the tune once it started. Best wishes Margaret -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Seattle Sent: 14 July 2011 22:04 To: Dartmouth NPS Subject: [NSP] Re: Shield's H'pipe To mak

[NSP] Pipes workshops/sessions

2011-06-07 Thread Margaret Watchorn
, Northumberland. Concert pitch session is on Saturday 27 August from 2.00 - 4.00pm at the same venue. Cost: -L-8 including refreshments and music. Contact me offlist for more details if you're interested. Best wishes Margaret -- To get on or off this list see list informati

[NSP] Re: Rotting of The Cotton Threads

2011-01-17 Thread Margaret Watchorn
I suspect both these tunes are based on the old north Northumbrian air 'The Throttlin' of the Reeds/Reids' Best wishes Margaret -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Gibbons, John Sent: 17 January 2011 12:4

[NSP] Re: Proudlock's Hornpipe - earliest reference?

2010-10-11 Thread Margaret Watchorn
Rob John Armstrong of Carrick told me that Lewis Proudlock was a dancing master born in the Elsdon area in about 1830, and active in the Thropton/Elsdon area in the mid 19th century. I've no idea whether or not he composed the hornpipe, though! Margaret To get on or off this list see

[NSP] Re: Skinny-piping

2010-08-17 Thread Margaret Watchorn
Cold and Raw? Margaret -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Sweet & Salt Water tune collection

2010-07-10 Thread Margaret Watchorn
rling', `Little Fishie', `Tweedside' and `Chickens and Sparrow Grass'. All seconds are previously unpublished. Hope this helps. Best wishes Margaret -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] New tunebook

2010-07-05 Thread Margaret Watchorn
Now available: Sweet and Salt Water A collection of 52 old and new tunes, with harmonies. Contains tunes from Joe Hutton, Cheviot Ranters, John Readshaw, William Darling, William Dobson etc, as well as newer tunes by Jack Dodd and Margaret Watchorn. Price: -L-10 plus

[NSP] Concerts and workshops

2010-06-13 Thread Margaret Watchorn
Anyone who's in north Northumberland during the next few months might be interested in the following concerts and workshops. Hope to see some of you there. Margaret WORKSHOPS Saturday 14 August 2.00 - 4.00pm. Parish Church Room, Embleton A workshop specially for playe

[NSP] Re: Jack Dodd

2010-04-07 Thread Margaret Watchorn
I'm happy to share more information about him and his tunes, on or off the list. Margaret John Dally wrote: Playing through some of Jack Dodd's tunes today, I wondered if anyone on the list could tell me about him, or send me to some resource on the web that might have information abou

[NSP] Re: kipper box

2010-02-10 Thread Margaret Watchorn
iddle player, and it's stuck ever since. Margaret -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Sliabh na m'bhan (was Gaelic Pronunciation)

2010-02-09 Thread Margaret Watchorn
Irish origin. There are some unusual offerings including The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld, and My Home (played in A rather than G) - I suspect to prove that nsp can be played in keys other than G and D major. I shall do some serious listening tonight! Margaret -Origina

[NSP] Re: NSP duet with other instruments

2010-02-09 Thread Margaret Watchorn
he top of the piano and played along till the end of the set, when Hannah decided it was definitely home time! Margaret To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Sliabh na m'bhan (was Gaelic Pronunciation)

2010-02-06 Thread Margaret Watchorn
ng it at one of the house sessions we used to have in those days. Happy days. Margaret -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: An enquiry - Pallister family of Cambo - 3 xi 2009

2009-11-03 Thread margaret
There are recordings of him playing three or four tracks on 'Morpeth Rant' - he was a 'canny hand', as my dad would say. I'll ask Dad and see what he can remember of him. Not sure about the dam, though... Fontburn was the nearest to Cambo but it was completed earli

[NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file - William Darling

2009-11-03 Thread margaret
sic theory, and upon the following instruments: Clarionets, Cornopeans, French Horns, Euphoniums and Side Drum. Margaret Francis Wood wrote : On 3 Nov 2009, at 10:01, Anthony Robb wrote: > In my 20+ years playing up north I got to at least a couple of > hundred > dances, parties

[NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file - William Darling

2009-11-03 Thread margaret
7;t feel the need to write down tunes he could play without dots! Best wishes Margaret -- Gibbons, John wrote : And the place! John -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.d... [mailto:lute-...@cs.d...] On Behalf Of Paul Gretton Sent: 02 November 2009 17:10 To: n...@cs.d... Subject: [NSP]

[NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file

2009-11-02 Thread Margaret Watchorn
nitely evidence of people being able to read/notate music in north Northumberland, as well as plenty of examples of those who play (or played) by ear. Best wishes Margaret PS As Anthony pointed out in a different thread, the school song of the former Duchess's Grammar School in Alnwick was C

[NSP] Re: Tune title spelling

2009-08-18 Thread Margaret Watchorn
"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 Ä

[NSP] Re: this list is safer now

2009-06-09 Thread Margaret Watchorn
at i...@pipesandfiddle.co.uk for details. We'll be learning by ear, but will also have the 'dots' to take away - how's that for a compromise? Margaret To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Joe Hutton question

2009-04-30 Thread Margaret Watchorn
arch a few years ago, but I'm not aware of 'dots' for either tune being published; we do have photocopies of handwritten versions of them both from Joe. Hope this helps Margaret Andrew and Margaret Watchorn -- This message was sent on behalf of i...@pipesandfiddle.co.uk at