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A chàirdean, I've just retuned the bottom strings of my Queen Mary from B A G to A G FF (giving an overall 29 string gamut of fff-FF). I want to try out an...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Jan 19, 2009 9:52 am
Tha iongnadh orm, you have succumed at last. 18k should be fine. How do you find the lack of B? When are you getting the next? I have a complete set available...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 19, 2009 2:46 pm
Simon, a charaid, ... Sure, the gold purveyors don't often offer you that choice though in the gold though ... or in the non-carat component. Well, ...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 19, 2009 6:12 pm
A chàirdean, This is a request for assistance. If anyone comes across a waulking song which has a séisd (chorus) of mainly vocables instead of words, with a...
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sanger_keith
Jan 19, 2009 7:28 pm
What about 'S mise bhean bhochd, chianail, thursach' number II page 48, in the J L Cambell and F Collinson Collection of Waulking Songs made by Donald ...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Jan 19, 2009 8:07 pm
... I do: http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/emporium/wire/ ... 0.9 is not too thin for that position. However bear in mind those holes were last used for gut...
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Karen Marshalsay
rose.urquhart
Jan 19, 2009 8:56 pm
What about Dh'eirich mi ro' bhial an latha or Gura mise tha fo eislein? Both are in Folklore and folksongs of South Uist. Karen...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 19, 2009 9:36 pm
Dear Keith and Karen, S mis' a' bhean bhochd fits on the natural gamut between d and dd or between a and aa in my reckoning. Dh'éirich mi ro bheul an latha is...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 19, 2009 10:02 pm
Dear Simon, Back at the computer again... I suppose I'm discussing the gold online because there must be a way of using commercially available gold wire to...
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sanger_keith
Jan 20, 2009 8:33 pm
Dear Alisdair If you are aiming for historical accuracy as opposed to acceptable modern performance standards then keeping the QM just for its own repertoire...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 21, 2009 1:11 am
Dear Keith, Thanks for that information. I'd quickly add that the British Army is not the native environment of the Highland pipes (casting my mind back to...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 21, 2009 1:18 am
Dear Keith, Editing by computer after midnight has a strange capacity to put my ability to count to four in doubt. Beannachdan, Alasdair...
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sanger_keith
Jan 21, 2009 2:47 pm
Oh I dont know, there were four points it was just your abilty to pitch them in a numerical order that was off, perhaps your fingers only count properly in...
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sanger_keith
Jan 21, 2009 3:24 pm
A sort of ps, since I have just realised I missed your final paragraph regarding the chanter holes. It is another topic which could go into volumes especially...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 21, 2009 4:35 pm
A chàirdean, Palmer's Metals have advised me that the 18ct 0.9mm yellow gold wire that I bought was soft drawn and composed of 75.1% gold, 15.97% silver and...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 21, 2009 7:37 pm
Dear Keith, Three is a sacred Gaelic number. Maybe Pythagorus takes things too far. I was defending more the idea that the question of the historical pitch...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 24, 2009 4:14 pm
A chàirdean, Another implication from the sẹl slinneadh is for the Highland pipes. I'll use the latin gamut note names for this message instead of the note...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Jan 28, 2009 2:21 pm
Yes that sounds right Alasdair. Occasionally I will tune my tead leagtha (60.5cm) down to DD or CC but it sounds best at EE or FF. Real Men allow 15cm over the...
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sanger_keith
Jan 28, 2009 8:46 pm
Dear Simon I assume regarding native references to pipers having letter names for the notes we are talking about before the attempts to write pipe music down,...
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Barbara
harpnfiddle52
Jan 28, 2009 11:02 pm
I am reading with interest the info on pipes and Piobaireachd and wondered if you could suggest a recording that showcases the most ancient of these. I am...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Jan 29, 2009 12:22 am
Barbara I have 2 CDs in stock which between them will answer all your points. Most interesting is the 1st CD which has 2 tracks played using a replica old set...
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sanger_keith
Jan 29, 2009 7:57 am
Sorry Simon, you have it wrong, harpers end up with wings sitting on a little cloud in their cutty sark, it's the pipers who end up down in the warm place,...
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Chad McAnally
irish_harper
Jan 29, 2009 4:56 pm
This brings to mind the medieval illustrations of the devil in the guise of a donkey playing harp to confused clergy, farm animals etc.! There are several...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 29, 2009 5:17 pm
Dear Simon, ... pins and string shoes.< As the Clàrsair Dall said, "B'annsa leibh teud chluais a thoirt uam lem thoil féin..." (You'd much rather take an...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 29, 2009 5:20 pm
A chàirdean, Let's not forget all the triple pipers on the standing stones either! Beannachdan, Alasdair ... guise of a donkey playing harp to confused...
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sanger_keith
Jan 29, 2009 7:40 pm
Since we are on the subject of 'keys' perhaps someone out there could answer a question I have been kicking around for a very long time now. In the 'other'...
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simon@...
simonchadwick
Jan 29, 2009 8:04 pm
Keith it could be either, the lute is chromatic so you can play sharp 7th and flat 7th in the same piece if you wish, whatever tuning you're in. Alasdair - it...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 30, 2009 12:03 am
Dear Keith, My guess is that the 'harp' referred to here is the lyra viol, which is also called the harp viol. When viol players started to use tunings...
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Alasdair Codona
calumcille
Jan 30, 2009 4:20 pm
A chàirdean, Reading about the instruments mentioned in the Bible (again), one comes across the word sumponyah, also spelt once in a variant reading as...
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roshelee
Jan 30, 2009 6:40 pm
Dear Alasdair, Thankyou for your good welcome. It is good to be a part of this list and look forward to learning many things. The journey of playing the harp...
