First posted Aug 6th, 2012 by newpiper
Yes, really - two posts in one day. Ran through the
usual playlist. Not doing too badly and can play chunks of the Rocks and Barra
by heart. But then I got tired quickly perhaps (it's the back end of the
evening and I've had a glass of wine...) but it seemed to me I was needing a
lot of pressure to keep the drones going, and they were giving up the moment I
eased off.
The fan notes that compared to Mr Kinnear my hands
look very tense on my chanter - and I know they are because sometimes it makes
my thumbs hurt. Not a problem I've ever had with whistles or recorders,
although I did have it with the chanter. Perhaps it's just mental tension, as
it were, or perhaps it's the weight of the chanter. (And I'm trying not to
think that when I have my new pipes - and I haven't actually put in a real
order as yet - all will be well)
But I thought I ought to record. I ran once through
the Highlanders (parts 1-3 only) with no problems. As soon as the recorder came
out I flapped. I think I immediately start thinking about my blog post and
criticising my playing, so stop thinking about the tune. So here is a
reasonably fast, hideously inaccurate, and frankly not very tuneful version.
Better than the previous attempts? Tunepal thought I was playing the William Tell Overture, or perhaps Atholl Brose. Somehow rather discouraging....
(And then I've deleted the bad version and posted
the awful version. Re-recorded. Still bad - and this time I know I was definitely
thinking about the blog and not the tune, hence the mess.)
Recording - The Atholl Highlanders. Status - retrieved - to be posted
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