Forum: Beer Tent
01-07-2021, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,525
Re: Fondly remembered gigs?
One more story: I got a call from a lady in Florida to play for her grandmother's funeral in the Boston area. The only tune request was "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead" :willy:
The deceased was a...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-01-2021, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,033
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
01-01-2021, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 998
Re: Help with breathing/squeezing technique...
It's easy to overblow and easy reed, especially if you're excited, say stepping up to the line in a competition. That's why may pipe majors insist on stronger reeds for the band. On The flip side,...
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-31-2020, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,310
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-31-2020, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,033
Re: Osteoarthritis in Fingers
The generic name for Voltaren is Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel 1% :thumb:
I had it prescribed for my poor old knees.
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Forum: Do It Yourself (DIY)
12-30-2020, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 652
Re: Drone plugs/corks for Kitchen Pipes
I made plugs for my smallpipes from small wooden dowels , topped with wooded balls drilled to insert and glue the dowels into them and wrapped the dwelling with hemp or cork. Depending on the ID of...
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-29-2020, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,861
Re: Tunes you absolutely HATE!
I think it depends on what your objective is in playing_ If you are playing for your own amusement, or if you're competing, or if you're playing tunes that are significant to people at moments that...
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-25-2020, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,861
Re: Tunes you absolutely HATE!
I have been requested to play theU.S. National Anthem on a few occasions. My understanding of the National Anthem Code (act of Congress around the same time the Star-Spangled Banners adopted in...
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-25-2020, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,861
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-24-2020, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,861
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-22-2020, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,525
Re: Fondly remembered gigs?
I have a few, but I'll mention only a couple
I was called by al lady to play as a surprise for her mother who was to have her last chemo appointment on that day."Dancing Queen" was the requested...
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
12-22-2020, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 1
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Help with diaphragmatic breathing
Back when I was a Middle School Band and chorus teacher, I found ma ny of my students were not producing solid breath support. Many of them though getting a deep breath involved raising their...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
12-19-2020, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 888
Re: Selbie tenor drone question
…there are two or three other adjustments you can make with Selbie drone reeds to make them flatter:
The old, tried-and-true put a dab of wax on the end of the tongue;
More radical- sleeve the...
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Forum: Webmaster & Software
12-13-2020, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,105
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Forum: Webmaster & Software
12-13-2020, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,105
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-01-2020, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,273
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
11-19-2020, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 537
Re: Stupid Beginner Question: Chanters
If one is looking for a more GHB-like sound, but with easier blowing, maybe a border/lowland/ reel pipe chanter with a top would fill the bill?
Probably NOT as quiet as moct PC's, but would have a...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
11-19-2020, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 683
Re: Question on Hardies....
I met Willie Connell in 1979, the first year I was the Steward at Loon Mountain, and met Archie MacLeod, then PM of the Stuart Highlanders PB the same weekend and started lessons with Archie the...
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Forum: Beer Tent
11-19-2020, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,238
Re: Highland goose to start?
I don't see enough advantage in transitioning through using a goose to justify the added expense, when as Matt wrote, one can cork off the drones and open them up in gradual stages as one gains...
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
11-15-2020, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 442
Re: Rasping tenor drone
How's the hemp at the drone top? at the reed seat? Leaks at either of those places could be the cause of your reed's "yodeling"
if the problem moves with the reed, per dsb0628's suggestion, then...
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
11-13-2020, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 614
Re: Breathing technique...
I was a Band/Instrumental Music and Chorus teacher for several years. Many of my younger students needed coaching on diaphragmatic breathing: When they were asked to take a deep breath, they'd raise...
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Forum: Beer Tent
11-11-2020, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 3,713
Re: Polyester thread replacing hemp?
I've been using Polyester thread for several months in wet and dry conditions, (though here in coastal New England it's only humid when it's too warm to be damp) and in my experience, moisture does...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
11-07-2020, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,062
Re: Chromatic bagpipe chanter
True- though Star Spangled Banner needs a High E if played in A, so, no way, Jose. Irish Eyes needs a high B. ( I play it in A FWIW, with the High B), Eternal Father/MELITA/ The Navy Hymn needs that...
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Forum: Uilleann, Northumbrian, Smallpipes +
11-05-2020, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,190
Re: Baritone, ugh!
if you have Three A drones, one bass, one Tenor ( Same pitch as the low a on the chanter, BTW, and one an octave higher, wouldn't that be a soprano drone rather than an alto?:shrug:
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Forum: Music
10-31-2020, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 386
Re: Journey to Sky
Adam is right-(it's …Skye, BTW)
From the tune search engine linked at the top of this forum:
There are 2 matches to your query. Go to blank search form.
Title Composer Book Number Page...
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