I had occasion to drop in on an Irish session last week at a local pub with my SSP in A. A few of the tunes were accessible to the SSp, particularly some in D,...
Sounds like you could use Uilleann pipes there, Bob. I actually have a set here for sale, but am waiting to hear from a prospective buyer here in Glasgow who...
When we hold session my teacher EJ plays Uilleann for some tunes, then SSP's for a few, then border pipes for the rest. It's nice to have all 3 sets at your...
IMHO D Scottish smallpipes are preferable if you want to sit in Irish sessions. Fiddlers, whistlers, (and uillean pipers) play tunes mostly in G, followed...
Sounds like a case for interchangeable chanters - Ive got a swayne G border chanter for sessions, the best thing to do is wait till the tune has only a couple...
Thanks, Donald. I fiugure for all the Irish sessions I go to, it's not worth taking up a whole new set of pipes. Better to try to get some sessions of "proper...
Bob Cameron
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Mar 7, 2006 8:22 pm
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Thanks, Donald. I figure for all the Irish sessions I go to, it's not worth taking up a whole new set of pipes. Better to try to get some sessions of "proper...
Bob Cameron
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Mar 7, 2006 8:23 pm
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Accompaniment at a session is a tricky business. One guitar at a time is the norm since different chord progessions will usually clash. Melody is the most...
there were two guitars, three bodhrans, a banjo, two fiddles a whistle/flute player and a button box player. The SSp was mostly buried. I'm sure session...
Bob Cameron
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Mar 8, 2006 2:06 am
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2 guitars, 3 bodhrans, and a banjo? You're lucky the roof didn't cave in. ... progessions will ... nothing to ... by ... the name. ... are ... played ... ...
Hi again If playing A ssp these same tunes will be in D, but wont necessarilly be played in D by fiddlers, whistlers etc. Normally they want to play them in G....
Here are some of the tunes I have been playing on D smallpipes at scots/irish sessions along with uillean pipers, fiddlers etc. Gold Ring (5pt) Jimmy Wards ...
I find this very confusing. Any tune can be in any key. It may be more appropriate on fiddle in E, but we aren't talking about playing it on the fiddle. I have...
Ewan Barker
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Mar 9, 2006 11:23 pm
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Ho Robin, Where abouts in Canada are you? I'm east coast just outside Halifax. Greg ... From: bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com...
Of course you can play any tune in any key . We all know that. But when you move across instruments or keys you may or may not lose something. as pipers we...
You generally lose though because of the limitations of the instrument, not because of the key though. You hit the nail on the head ... melodian ... says it...
< Any tune can be in any key. true, but more appropriate and effective in some than others depending on the instrument. to take an extreme, try to imagine the...
I only found out recently from a mandolin player in Scotland that Caliope house was not originally a pipe tune. I had assumed that it was since I heard that it...
Hello! As you probably all know (because I've mithered you before!) I've been doing a Masters in Education. I have chosen as my target for research teaching...
gleaned from a quick skim of the beginning: typos: waste instead of waist, confirguration substantive point: "It is easy to raise the right shoulder to...
oops, meant to send this to vicki c ... From: bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher.birch@... ...
for the time being, more proofreading than pedagogy: table of contents: check spacing, punctuation and capitalisation for consistency for example: "Notes - A,...
Hi all, I played my first couple of gigs with a celtic group this weekend. At rehersals we all thought there'd be no need to use microphones or amplify my...
It's amazing the number of people who say to me, "you'll not need to mic up your pipes will you". I carry with me at all times my AKG C1000. The smallpipes...
I've found that, when putting a mic on the chanter, most people aim it at the bottom opening or something similar. The problem with that is that the sound...
I'm currently using a pair of AKG clip-ons for my smallpipes. The chanter mic is attached using a cunning device I made out of a 'nectar' card (knew I'd find a...
I have been informed by an impeccable source that for wind instruments the higher harmonics come out of the open end, the lower harmonics from the finger (or...
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Mar 21, 2006 7:58 am
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I keep the baritone drone on my A smallpipe tuned to D (on a longer tenon) since it sounds so rich in D tunes and shut it off the rest of the time. I wanted to...
