Pied Piper’s six hundred and sixty-six comments
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Re: Instrumentation: what’s "traditional" in an Irish ensemble?
Hi Nicholas. more…
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Re: origins of rolls
Let us not forget the Irish form of the "Big Pipe" played throughout Europe. Though it became extinct around 1750 we still have some of it's music in the tradition and it's playing style probably had some effect on what’s come down to us. more…
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Re: Pipes and More Pipes
The ancient "Celtic" origin theory for the western European big pipes does not hold water; the modern instruments are descended from a generic medieval form that spread from Europe into England around about 1100 and thence into Scotland and Ireland in th... more…
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Re: Tunes playable on smallpipes
http://www.bagpipejourney.com/articles/finger_positions.shtml more…
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Re: Stupid Question
Paraffin wax melts around 60 degrees C, so you'd be pretty uncomfortable for a long time before it melted. more…
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Re: Walton Bodhran Tipper
I use a piece of garden cane rapped in thread for grip with the ends sanded down to curves. more…
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Re: Dealing with session etiquette pressure
Sessions are quite variable but the ones I attend are fairly laid back on etiquette stuff, just be friendly and you’d be fine at ours. We're pretty eclectic in musical sources and glad to see a new face. more…
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Re: Dividing lines
As a bit of a dodgy site reader I prefer to have things written out in full rather than 1,2 endings, is it considered best practice to write the ABC parts as efficiently as possible to keep size down to a minimum? more…
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Manchester Peveril Tonight
Sorry about the short notice but the session at the Peveril of the Peak https://thesession.org/sessions/166 is on tonight starts 9:00 ish, alas not with Bernard, but if you want it to continue please come along and play. more…
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Re: How to know if a tune is a waltz or a mazurka or a three-two?
3/2 Hornpipes (usually written in 3/4 in the NSP tradition) often have a 1,2,3,4, 1,2 or 1,2, 1,2,3,4 split as for the first example "1-You 2-shall 3-have 4-a 1-Fish 2-ie" more…