Thanks Brad. Does anybody know the name of these tunes Becky's playing with the flute player in the pub?
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Hi guys...been off board for a while with flu
Back now, and interesting to read your comments. Glad you enjoyed the playing, but before you all get too far down the analysis route I'd just like to remind everyone that the occasion for the event was the Dave Williams Tribute weekend, held at the end of October last year in Slough.
Everyone that was there was there to pay tribute to a great pipemaker - Dave Williams, but also a great man, one who loved going for a few pints and playing a few tunes with his mates, and that is exactly what we did in his honour....had a few pints and played a few tunes...
That particular clip was taken around 9pm on the Sunday evening, just before the evening concert, and after many hours of said drinking and playing that afternoon, and also the night (and morning!) before, we were having fun and he would have liked it that way.
The tunes are some of my favourite piping tunes for a concert chanter. The first two were written by piper David Lim (fantastic tunes) the 1st is 'Edinburgh Rock' in F#m, the 2nd 'The Bunny's Hat' and the last tune in the set is indeed 'Trip to Pakistan by Niall Kenny. Tunes David and myself used to play together many years ago in the now dufunct 'Reed Riot' duelling pipes led band!
Can't do anything about my index finger curling round, it just does it...seemingly despite any attempts to straighten it, but it doesn't cause me any particular problems. That chanter is my old Hunter wide-bore in Lignum Vitae. Its got an amazing tone and bottom end off the knee quality which I can't live without, but which comes with a price...very hard and loud reeds. Some people think that has hampered my playing over the years, in a way it has dictated my style when it comes to concert chanter playing, and left arm muscles (!) but concert chanter and flat chanter playing are two different beasts and my style changes depending on the pipes i'm playing. I can tend to overgrip the chanter especially when the reed is hard and loud and I've been playing for hours on end, but its not usually a problem!
Oh, and 'that flute player' is Mike McGoldrick!!
You guys!
Back now, and interesting to read your comments. Glad you enjoyed the playing, but before you all get too far down the analysis route I'd just like to remind everyone that the occasion for the event was the Dave Williams Tribute weekend, held at the end of October last year in Slough.
Everyone that was there was there to pay tribute to a great pipemaker - Dave Williams, but also a great man, one who loved going for a few pints and playing a few tunes with his mates, and that is exactly what we did in his honour....had a few pints and played a few tunes...
That particular clip was taken around 9pm on the Sunday evening, just before the evening concert, and after many hours of said drinking and playing that afternoon, and also the night (and morning!) before, we were having fun and he would have liked it that way.
The tunes are some of my favourite piping tunes for a concert chanter. The first two were written by piper David Lim (fantastic tunes) the 1st is 'Edinburgh Rock' in F#m, the 2nd 'The Bunny's Hat' and the last tune in the set is indeed 'Trip to Pakistan by Niall Kenny. Tunes David and myself used to play together many years ago in the now dufunct 'Reed Riot' duelling pipes led band!
Can't do anything about my index finger curling round, it just does it...seemingly despite any attempts to straighten it, but it doesn't cause me any particular problems. That chanter is my old Hunter wide-bore in Lignum Vitae. Its got an amazing tone and bottom end off the knee quality which I can't live without, but which comes with a price...very hard and loud reeds. Some people think that has hampered my playing over the years, in a way it has dictated my style when it comes to concert chanter playing, and left arm muscles (!) but concert chanter and flat chanter playing are two different beasts and my style changes depending on the pipes i'm playing. I can tend to overgrip the chanter especially when the reed is hard and loud and I've been playing for hours on end, but its not usually a problem!
Oh, and 'that flute player' is Mike McGoldrick!!
You guys!
