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Agreed Eric ,
Roll in towards your chin to flatten the note to the desired degree-roll 'out' to sharpen.
This cross fingering and 'humouring' of notes by rolling is what made the Baroque Flute work as a chromatic instrument.

I hope Cranberry doesn't see this! :lol: :lol: The U.K. 'Sunday Times' carried an amusing article today: Apparently,in the town of CRANBERRY,Penn.,some Bozo tried to rob a store wearing a disguise-trouble is,his disguise was a 'Pluto the dog' mask,which caused the shop assistant to fall about laugh...

'Catfish Blues' with Guitar and Kora 'found it's way to me' a while back.
Mmm Niiice!

Nice view Peter. It's been our hottest day in the N.E. today,don't know what temperature it was outdoors,but it was still 90-100 odd degrees in my greenhouse with the door and vents open (should have got some shading)-my poor Tomatoes! Then,We had a monsoon this afternoon too-it was ABSOLUTELY TORRE...

Cheers Dubh,
Taj played some of this stuff on Friday-I recognise 'Fishin' blues' and 'Going up country'.
Good stuff.

I'm off to see them tomorrow night in Newcastle.

Thanks Eric,
I ALMOST made the comparison between the Dixon and one keyed Flutes- I know that Tony has said that he isn't interested in adding keys,but I would bet that a single Eb key would probably make the Dixon fully chromatic.
The 'Rudall' model definately has a 'gutsier' feel to it.

I was lucky(or wise) enough to go to 'The Sage',Gateshead,on Friday night to see the legendary 'Taj Mahal' play. He played a semi-acoustic Epiphone' guitar,and electric piano on one number,accompanied by an electric bassplayer and drummer. The man is a walking encyclopaedia of 20th century music sty...

I've had my Dixon Polymer three piece Flute for three years now and I still think that it's a good beginner Flute ,and great value for money. I must admit that I'd laid off playing Flute for a while,until the other week when I got the Dixon out again-inspired by listening to Josie MacDermott,Jack Co...

That's the way I play it: very WEEDILY or WEIRDLY

There's a site by John W. Hurley (I think about the hurling stick,at the appearance of that name), called Irish Martial Arts or Bataireacht Sail Eille, that has plenty of info on this subject. I also visited the short, one page, The Bata, An Overview. The ordinary Gaelic word for stick is "mai...

A Policeman friend of mine made himself a Northumbrian Pipe Chanter from an old truncheon several years back,after doing a nightclass tutored by Colin Ross.

Two musicians were killed in a 'hit and run' incident-as well as Joe,the gifted Saxophonist/composer/educator Keith Morris was the other victim. I met,and played with Keith in 1979,and found him to be a delightful character. Music in the North East of England has suffered a double senseless loss thi...

Can't really listen at home but mention of Hank Jones reminded me of that wonderful CD of spirituals he made with Charlie Haden just a few years back. I forget the name of it but I bet others here know what I'm talking about. the album is titled 'Steal away',and it's a beauty. Haden is one of my fa...

I read recently that scholars had mistranslated,or mis-interpreted the Bible over the years,and the TRUE 'number of the Beast' is actually 616.
This was discussed on the prim and proper BBC Radio 4,the other week,and someone asked "so what happened to the other fifty?"