Forum: Competing Pipers
11-09-2019, 06:03 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 5,769
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Forum: Beer Tent
09-19-2019, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,973
Re: Paid not to play!
A couple of weeks ago, I found a quiet spot to check my pipes with a few tunes
Two security guards then appeared to mention that I was interrupting a film shoot in a nearby stately home big style...
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Forum: Beer Tent
09-07-2019, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 500
Corran Halls and All
So we went to Oban
And with Torquil at the door
Went into the Corran Halls
To hear some class ceol mor
I took a seat and in they came
Minutes they had four
To settle in and tune a drone
And...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-29-2019, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 956
Re: 25th Jan Tattle
The relief of it not being a double booking eh
By coincidence, Roddy and I were playing at different functions but in the same venue the Tuesday before Burns
We joined forces to pipe the guests...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-27-2019, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 956
25th Jan Tattle
Having had a late cancellation for the 25th, I happily accepted a late request to play at a Burns Party on the 25th
I arrived at a huge gated manned estate where in the darkness, I accidentally...
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Forum: Beer Tent
09-20-2018, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 852
Chatsworth Turn Around
Chatsworth Country Fair is a busy place these days, with Solo Piping covering the entire weekend, plus Pipe Band contests as well on the Sunday
Good prize monies and Roddy Livingstone goaded a car...
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Forum: Competing Pipers
06-08-2018, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,464
Re: Competing without bag cover?
I often find I'm unsuccessful in getting a decent cover that allows the whole pipe bag to inflate
Most of the time, I find playing much more comfortable without these cover restrictions
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Forum: Piobaireachd
02-28-2018, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 793
Re: Busy March in Scotland for Pibroch
And on March 23rd, Roddy MacLeod will pop down from Scotland to visit Ipswich Piping Society, where I'm sure he will include some ceol mor in his repertoire
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Forum: Beer Tent
02-12-2018, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,672
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Forum: Beer Tent
02-11-2018, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,672
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Forum: Beer Tent
02-06-2018, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,672
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-29-2018, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,391
Re: Burns '18
My last one was great
Play outside in the mild but wet weather for half an hour for guests arrival, then immediately
Grab my indoor pipes to play the guests into Dinner, then
Straight into...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-25-2018, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,391
Re: Burns '18
The chef is standing with his tray
This haggis is heavy hear him say
I wish the piper would start to play
Then we could all get under weigh
Back at Boisdales for number four :wave:
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-25-2018, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,391
Re: Burns '18
Burns Earns
But lest we forget; let us also toast the eternal 'bagpipe for the public tunes' that help us pipers pockets
P/M Rob Pinkman - Itchy Fingers
P/M Donald Macleod - Glasgow Police...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-24-2018, 02:56 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,391
Re: Burns '18
I had to look up cosmoline
Petrol flavoured haggis :sick:
Roddy - that punch was nowhere near hard enough
My own adventure continued:
Writing my drivel I realised time was pressing and looked...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-23-2018, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,391
Burns '18
And so to the great wen for my first Burns of the 18 season
I realised I had left it too late for the mile hike to the station so headed back to my car, drove down and found a rare space there to...
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Forum: Beer Tent
01-03-2018, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 769
Re: A Cold Weather Tale...
Thank you Pip01. I very much enjoyed that snippet, which reminds me of how our pipes keep us guessing when cold weather hits
Away from competition platforms, Funerals have their own challenges to...
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-27-2017, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,725
Re: SPJA mess on Piping Press
This older generation of pipers, who knew nothing about musical theory, still realised that Green Hills opens on A and not the second beat note, C
Thank goodness that no-one 'corrected' them
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-26-2017, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,725
Re: SPJA mess on Piping Press
The D and G here are passing notes
Side roads off the main highway
The pentatonic of GH of T is still A
Screaming HS at this 3/4 anacrusis waffle
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-26-2017, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,725
Re: SPJA mess on Piping Press
Three pentatonics (Great Highland Bagpipe)
A - ABCEF
D - DEFAB
G - GABDE
Generally, to help ascertain the pentatonic of a tune, one can look at the first note and last note of that tune
Green...
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Forum: Beer Tent
12-25-2017, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,725
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Forum: Beer Tent
11-16-2017, 06:48 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 566
Oban 17
A crowd of ticket holders had left the small path and were pushing up against the waist high wire fence, separating them from the Games Field
Behind them, on the other side of the path, a high...
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Forum: Piobaireachd
11-07-2017, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 932
Re: Piobaireachd as Rock?
Well, I thought it was going to be rubbish, but I quite enjoyed listening to it. Crunluath not quite on the beat when pipes come back in is small beer. Pibrock eh :-)
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Forum: Beer Tent
09-08-2017, 03:19 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,257
Re: Chatsworth Open Piping 2017
With a good few of us playing in ten events, it was easy to ignore other happenings, but I now realise I never saw hunters in red livery, showing off their fine packs of beagles, which in the past...
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Forum: Beer Tent
09-04-2017, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,257
Chatsworth Open Piping 2017
The God of Chatsworth did a grand job of holding back the band of cold rain coming in from the Atlantic, but clouds stopped the sun's warmth and occasionally sprinkled their contents on all who were...
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