Wednesday 20 January 2021

Alcester (Virtual) Contra - 5th February 2021

Hello!
We're playing for Alcester Virtual Contra on Friday 5th February. So if you'd like to come and play-along here's the tune list for the evening! As usual we can't be 100% sure what order we're going to play these in or if we'll do all of them. We know it won't be everything! There is one tune that is put against two dances - we know we'll only do one of the dances and they're different lengths - so we'll let you know what is what as we go through!!


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The Growling Old Man / Gaspe Reel
Sleep Deprivation
Fiddling About (Part of Grandpa Joe)
One for Diana (waltz)

Two of these sets we'll be playing as "session" sets before the dance. So if you only have time to practise two, these are the two to do! 

If you want to come along - just get in touch with Meg for details!
We look forward to seeing you there!
:))
Vicki

Monday 18 January 2021

One for Aires

Hello!
It's exercise week this week. This is an exercise and a tune, so lots to get your teeth into.
The exercise is a string crossing one, not too tricky, 
I've put several videos below. One is the whole lesson, then I've split the tune out so you can play along with both parts, then play the accompaniment against my melody and then the melody against my accompaniment! Here's an example of the bowings you can use:


Enjoy
:))
Vicki
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Tuesday 5 January 2021

Lille Lappen Lila's Polska

Hello!
Happy New Year! It's 2021 and we're still all here. England has just gone into a new lockdown, so it's time to shake things up on the blog and get back to work! Just before Christmas Jonny was commissioned to write a piece of music for a Swedish Lapphund and this is that tune. The remit was to write a Swedish tune, but we wanted it playable on the Northumbrian Smallpipes. So here it is, it's a slängpolska and playable on the NSPs. 
Enjoy!
:))
Vicki
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