... I call those the 'crunchy' bits. The sequence is not quite unique to Dixon, it also occurs in The Laird's Good Brother in James Thomson's recorder ms,...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Nov 1, 2003 8:41 am
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No matt, i haven't moved on, it was just a thought, Dave ... From: Matt Seattle [mailto:matt@...] Sent: 31 October 2003 17:34 To:...
on 11/2/03 9:01 AM, bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com at bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: Bob Cameron <r.g.cameron@...> ... We need a moderator on...
Hi list, I couldn't help myself. The subject of syncopated notes brings me back to my conservatory days. That's scary in itself as it was long ago. The idea...
These look like pastoral pipes to me. Does that mean that Jimmy Allen played the pastoral pipes, instead of or in addition to NSP? ...
John_Dally@...
Nov 2, 2003 6:43 pm
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More simply, there's no evidence that any of the portraits of JA were from life - more likely recycled stock imagery with random detail. On the other hand, he...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Nov 2, 2003 10:49 pm
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That must be the PP in the photograph. John Matt Seattle <matt@dragonflymu To: bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com sic.co.uk> cc: Subject:...
John_Dally@...
Nov 3, 2003 5:06 am
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... Apologies John - I didn't check the link before replying, and wrongly assumed it was an engraving you meant. When I did check the link it displayed the ...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Nov 3, 2003 8:52 am
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There is considerable syncopation in Baroque music- particularly as it occurs in a contrapuntal context, as indeed in renaissance music. take a look, for...
Was anyone at the concert Hamish Moore organised (in Pitlochry) the evening before the Glenfiddich competition? Please report! Cheers, Paul Gretton Schimmert,...
Paul Gretton
info@...
Nov 3, 2003 9:35 am
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Point taken, yet many early music fans feel the same way about what we play. ... Slan Leibh, Bob Cameron...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Nov 3, 2003 2:12 pm
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Lowland Scottish variant of the Irish 'organ pipe'. This pipe was formerly owned by the notorious Jimmy Allan, piper to the Duchess of Northumberland. The...
John_Dally@...
Nov 3, 2003 3:26 pm
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Does anyone understand the purpose of the long bell/foot extension to the chanter on these (pastoral) pipes. Sean Jones ... From: John_Dally@......
... It provides a low leading note - a C natural under the bottom D - as far as I know...
Matt Seattle
matt@...
Nov 3, 2003 4:58 pm
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... Hello Sean, The purpose of the bell, apart from giving a low "C" (with keys C# as well) was to get enough length to allow the second octave on the pipe. It...
Hi Sean Foot joint gives the lower leading note of C. One example which is in either in Pitt Rivers, Oxford or Morpeth Chantry has slides on the foot joint...
Christopher Bayley
chris.bayley@...
Nov 4, 2003 6:35 am
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With any luck there will be an appraisal of Hamis's concert in Common Stock December issue. Cheers - Jock...
Jockagnew@...
Nov 4, 2003 10:44 pm
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Whoopee! So I'll just have to be patient as to "I was there" responses until then. (Or should I still glue my ear to "Pipeline"? I suppose it depends on...
Paul Gretton
info@...
Nov 5, 2003 9:22 am
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I recently purchased a chanter from Alan and the quality is very good. I am aprehensive about spending the money to buy the rest of the set without some...
I have a CD that has Seamus Ennis playing a tune listed as "The Rainy Day" as part of a set of 3 reels. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find it....
It's tune #1196 in A in O'Neill's. Paddy Keenan's setting is tune #263 in THE COLLECTION OF PIPE FRIENDLY TUNES by John B. Walsh (Irish Pipers' Club, P.O. Box...
John_Dally@...
Nov 8, 2003 3:21 am
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Is there a copy of the "The Rainy Day" Online (eg on a web page or tune search site? John_Dally@... wrote: It's tune #1196 in A in O'Neill's. Paddy...
Hi, may this be the one? http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1807 It says it was recorded by Seamus Ennis... Best regards, Eivind ... From: Bradley...
<snipped> ... SSP ... I play all sorts of stuff on my SSP, including Irish tunes. I think that the main consideration should be whether the tune sounds good on...
Hello All, I've Finally posted Photos of the 2003 North Hero Piper's Gathering to my website at: http://www.bcpipes.com/North%20Hero%202003.html Please visit...
I heard the upper octave of the pastoral pipes requires a little different fingering than the bottom, which uses the same fingering as the highland pipes. If...
For those who wet their pants when the see or hear Uilleann pipes in a movie or television show, "Master and Commander", the new movie, features about 15...
I recently built a very nice bellows for my chanter from Allen Ginsberg. I was nervous about attempting this and wasting my money, but having made large tank...
Shame about the type of pipes. I seem to remember that there was a smallpipe-making competition on board one of the ships in Nelson's fleet during the...
I've built a stitched bellows for myself rather than a tacked one, primarily beacuse the stitched version allows the use of thinner wood. The leather for two...
