[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-18 Thread SWise10
In a message dated 17/05/2006 18:02:28 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed end smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secretar

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-18 Thread Christopher . Birch
apart from English). Chirs -Original Message- From: Gibbons, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched Colin, 'Right reverend' for the Chairman and VP, surely?? I would abs

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Jim Stewart
Ian Lawther wrote: > Just to take this discussion outside our immediate sphere I htough I would > share a sound clip with you. In amongst the dozens of emails from the NSP > list this morning I got one from a Colarado based group that mixes "bagpipes > with rocking blues". I went to their site t

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Richard Shuttleworth
At last, the voice of reason in this discussion. Well said Colin! Richard Colin wrote: > There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed > end > smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice > President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secr

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Ian Lawther
Just to take this discussion outside our immediate sphere I htough I would share a sound clip with you. In amongst the dozens of emails from the NSP list this morning I got one from a Colarado based group that mixes "bagpipes with rocking blues". I went to their site to have a listen and think w

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Gibbons, John
of them citing these as role models. Hope all's well, John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 May 2006 18:02 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play

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2006-05-17 Thread Rosspipes
There is no 'official' NPS policy on telling folk how to play the closed end smallpipes as far as I am aware in my position as Chairman and Vice President of the NPS. I beleive that Julia - NPS Secretary - has said this already. Therefore 'competition' style or any other style does not exist

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Colin
From: "Gibbons, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "nsp" ; "what.me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched > Julia, > > This topic is certainly worth a detai

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Gibbons, John
attached - pity the title's gone really. John -Original Message- From: Julia Say [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 May 2006 15:20 To: nsp; what.me Subject: [NSP] Re: nps detatched On 17 May 2006, what.me wrote: > This is what I'm trying to get at - I would like to

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Julia Say
On 17 May 2006, what.me wrote: > This is what I'm trying to get at - I would like to know: does the NPS > accept that legato is a correct way of playing the pipes? Adrian and all: Please note change of email address, and hence change of mental hat. As far as I am aware, the NPS does not have,

[NSP] Re: nps detatched

2006-05-17 Thread Gibbons, John
Adrian, You asked This is what I'm trying to get at - I would like to know: does the NPS accept that legato is a correct way of playing the pipes? I hope true legato is an absolute no-no; slurring/sliding only permitted as a deliberate and rare effect - eg in Border Spirit. As for how to