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12275
are there exercises to improve nimbleness in the fingers of the lefthand?...
bill kilpatrick
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Feb 1, 2007
9:26 am
12276
Here's the link to R.J. Hampton's ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Hampton-Bagpipes He doesn't currently have any of the style I bought up for sale. I bought...
David T. Helmers
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Feb 1, 2007
4:10 pm
12277
I believe the the tune you are looking for is The Blue Cloud. It is published in Adam Quinn's book. It was written about Anthony Kerr's old blue car that...
Jori Chisholm
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Feb 1, 2007
5:19 pm
12278
I have an exercise specifically for the left hand and the thumb gracenote on the Free Downloads page of my website: ...
Jori Chisholm
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Feb 1, 2007
5:22 pm
12279
thanks david - hampton's pipes look great and sooo afordable ... i'll report on my latest aquisition when it arrives. ciao from italy - bill...
bill kilpatrick
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Feb 1, 2007
5:41 pm
12280
thank you jori - please excuse my ignorance in asking for the exercises - i play german pipes with a record (blockflote-ish) fingering pattern and the E-F-E...
bill kilpatrick
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Feb 1, 2007
5:54 pm
12281
Thank you! I guess the groom got the name slightly wrong. I am familiar with that tune -- have the "Down Under" CD by SFU. This will be a good excuse to buy...
Pam Brownlee
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Feb 1, 2007
9:19 pm
12282
I stumbled across this tune on the web a year or so ago, and have lost the link. Do any of know the link, or who wrote it? Seems as if it was one of the Brit...
boatmoon21
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Feb 2, 2007
4:19 pm
12283
Hi , it is in the tune files , I have just checked . It was not composed by any Brit unit . It was if I remember composed by Will Melon. The piper of Fallujah...
ali fra
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Feb 2, 2007
4:48 pm
12284
"Seems as if it was one of the Brit units, maybe the Irish Rangers. Don" ... actually it was a united states marine sergeant, and as it happens a black man....
david schnyer
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Feb 2, 2007
4:51 pm
12285
It's in our Files/Tunes folder. It was written by a member of this board, in reference to 1st Sgt Dwayne Farr, USMC, who was deployed in Fallujah. The Royal...
Emmet Bondurant
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Feb 2, 2007
4:52 pm
12286
the mention of thge royal irish rangers reminds me, i've got "rangers of iraq" as an mp3 in my files. i don't have the music for it but it might be worth...
david schnyer
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Feb 2, 2007
5:50 pm
12287
It's now in the Files/Tunes folder, too....
Emmet Bondurant
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Feb 2, 2007
7:38 pm
12288
outstanding emmet, fast work. i went looking for it intending to post a url but got nothing on google. "gunner" ...
david schnyer
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Feb 2, 2007
9:13 pm
12289
Do you have an exercise on how to bend the 'C' like in Blue Cloud? Jori Chisholm <jori@...> wrote: I have an exercise specifically for...
Gregor MacGregor
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Feb 3, 2007
1:23 am
12290
That tune was originally written by Will Mellon, but after several people began modifying it and reposting it, he took down the original, so what you see there...
Bobby Hickson "Rednec...
redneckpiper1
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Feb 4, 2007
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12291
my schaferpfeife arrived and for the 20 min. or so that i played it before destroying the reed entirely ... it was great! wolfgand put some gunk in the bag to...
bill kilpatrick
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Feb 5, 2007
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12292
Wow! That's a pretty expensive reed. What kind of reed did he give you for the drone? I agree with you that rosewood has gotten a bad press. It can have a ...
David T. Helmers
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Feb 5, 2007
9:34 pm
12293
... It's quite easy to do! 1. Play B 2. Instead of lifting the middle finger off the hole, straighten your finger and slide it off the hole. Here's a video! ...
Jori Chisholm
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Feb 6, 2007
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12294
i know ... reeds are a complete mystery. the thought of paying that much for what appears to be so little disappears when i think of making one myself. i'll...
bill kilpatrick
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Feb 7, 2007
8:29 am
12295
... that much for what ... myself. i'll probably be able ... plastic, two-blade ... barrel-shaped reeds ... pipes every now and ... useless for others - ... ...
David T. Helmers
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Feb 7, 2007
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12296
Anyone know any Air Force tunes written for bagpipes? My husband is playing a military wedding ceremony, and has been asked to include something generally...
Pam Brownlee
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Feb 8, 2007
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12297
The RCAF march past is the 4/4 "Wings". It is often played along with Scotland the Brave. Ian. ... playing ... as the...
Ian
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Feb 8, 2007
12:23 am
12298
can't help you there, the only air force songs i know are the rowdy ones, e.g. "i wanted wings", "save a fighter pilot's a**" etc. and those aren't what's...
david schnyer
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Feb 8, 2007
3:54 am
12299
Weeeeelllllll...if we didn't tell them the names and just played the tunes... My brother in law used to play organ for weddings a lot -- his favorite tune for...
Pam Brownlee
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Feb 8, 2007
3:59 am
12300
I've got a couple sets of American tunes which I like to call The All- America Set. Some might be good for military events: America the Beautiful, Marine...
Jori Chisholm
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Feb 8, 2007
7:19 pm
12301
... *************** At first this crossed my mind. Then I decided that the Air Force would rather not have the Marine's Hymn at their event. And then I thought...
Jean Hayes
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Feb 8, 2007
8:54 pm
12302
... ************ Sorry, I can't hear (in my head) this tune on the pipes. With chromatics and off- the- pipes notes... God Bless America is not too bad though....
Jean Hayes
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Feb 8, 2007
8:58 pm
12303
I'm interested in going to a piping camp this summer. Could you recommend some? I need to be able to lodge there, and i can't go anywhere outside of north...
tuba_bagpiper
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Feb 9, 2007
2:20 am
12304
Long ago, I went to one at Eastern Kentucky University. It was taught by Duncan Johnstone. Beautiful campus, stayed at the dorms really cheap. good time all...
John Howland
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