Thanks so much, John, Francis, I'll try climbing out of the ravine
today.
Colin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM, John Liestman <[1]j...@liestman.com>
wrote:
Francis, you must have the earlier "pre-plateau" version!
I have posted a pdf file version at
[2]http://www.l
Thanks John. It's a gem!
Sunny up here on the plateau.
Francis
On 12 Jan 2011, at 01:11, John Liestman wrote:
> Francis, you must have the earlier "pre-plateau" version!
>
> I have posted a pdf file version at http://www.liestman.com/plateau.pdf for
> anyone to read that is so inclined. It
Francis, you must have the earlier "pre-plateau" version!
I have posted a pdf file version at http://www.liestman.com/plateau.pdf
for anyone to read that is so inclined. It is called "Drone Reeds and
the Plateau of Stability" but it is truly the plateau of happiness if
you can achieve it! Le
Colin, are you using composite drone reeds or all-cane ones? Adjustment
techniques will, of course differ.
Whatever you're using, I'd check the drone itself as a priority, checking that
everything is sealing correctly (tuning beads are often suspect), that the bore
is clean and smooth, and that
Thanks, I checked his book and it's pages 116 to 120 if anyone else is
interested. Time to re-read it (pun intended).
Colin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Dave S <[1]david...@pt.lu> wrote:
Hi,
Years ago John Leistman wrote an article about balancing drone
reeds, if
Hi,
Years ago John Leistman wrote an article about balancing drone reeds,
if you can find this article it will explain in great detail the why and
wherefore of tuning drones --- and why each set is different.
in short it's to do with the pressure each player uses and how and if
they tune th
Following on from these sage comments, does anyone have ideas about
what causes some drones to be significantly more pressure sensitive
than others. By this I mean their pitch varies more for a given change
in bag pressure. Once they are adjusted for pitch and pressure there
doesn'
On 8 Jan 2011, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
>Long notes are good practice for this - I wonder if this is one
>reason Tom Clough liked playing hymn tunes? 'Oh God our Help in Ages
>Past' (aka St Anne, or 'The Goldfish') is a good one for this, dead
>slow.
Tommy Breckons told
As many notes on an NSP chanter can be bent about a quarter tone
without putting the drones far out - at least on a good reed day - I
guess one difference between a good piper and a fairly good one is the
former will squeeze notes into tune unconsciously and accurately, the
latter co
