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Author:
Jim Ryan
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Date Posted: 21:13:06 04/21/02 Sun
In reply to:
Pat
's message, "Contest Season" on 13:22:04 04/19/02 Fri
>We had a great practice Wednesday,
I agree
>and it looks like we'll be on target for Monmouth. It's only 15 days (2 Wednesday practices)away though, so if you're having
>trouble with any tunes, you should put it into
>overdrive right about now.
"overdrive" sounds like a good idea right about now.
>The March and Strathspey's sounded pretty clean at times,
I agree
>but work needs to be done on the Reel and two Jigs.
I agree.
>Espcially the parts in the Jigs where the pipers are playing by themselves...
>that's make-or-break stuff there.
>
>Also, I know the Tenor Drummers have expressed an
>interest in competing, and I know it's too late for
>Monmouth, but is there any chance of getting an
>instructor down for them to write appropriate music?
I've just finished the ENTIRE tenor score. It's still an evolving piece, but quite complementary. I was doing it with the snare scores in mind, but I haven't heard the complete snare score (start to finish) so it may need to be roughed up a bit.
>If they can get up to the point where they'd be adding
>to our ensemble score, I definitely think it would be
>worth it,
Yes, tenors bring so much to the table. Even more so when properly tuned.
but only a strong Tenor Drum instructor
>would be able to make that determination.
>
>The next one after Monmouth is a MARCH ONLY contest,
>and I think it would be great if we could have them
>for that, but someone has to write a score and work
>with them on the set.
I believe we have a viable score for the tenors for the march set. We used it last year. We're only adding one more tune and it's the same time sig as the one preceding it. It shouldn't be too much work to add another retreat tenor score.
>
>Thoughts?
On the whole, we're making progress. We haven't heard the snare score start to finish, and we're not even sure we have a bass drummer. If we can have those things on Wednesday, I would feel more comfortable running the ACPB out there in two weeks. Otherwise, I don't think we're ready for it as a band.
We still need EVERYONE playing their pipes more at home. I can't begin to tell you what a world of difference it makes when everyone just plays their pipes about 20 minutes every other day. It keeps the reeds from drying out too much which makes it easier to tune and keep them in tune. If your chanter is all over the place at practice it's mainly because the reed isn't used to getting warm and damp.
Pipey
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