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Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:29:25 -0400
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On 3/16/25 5:04 AM, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 23:52:47 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>   Banjo ... personally don't mind 'em. Great
>>     for "BlueGrass" but can be used for other. Hmmm ... remember AC/DC
>>     properly using a BAGPIPE in a top-rated song and Paul Simon blended a
>>     number of native African instruments and rhythms into an album.
>>     George Harrison liked the sitar (I kinda do too). Literally a world
>>     of sonic opportunities out there.
> 
> I don't play bluegrass and, truth be told, a little goes a long way for
> me. A lot of it is mostly rolls played over chords without much melody.
> There is a whole genre prior to bluegrass.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbj0XaZrvI
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lLkjs0c0s
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cx2sRHOd1Y
> 
> 
> The last one has a guitar track. A lot of the old time banjo is two
> finger, like the Hicks video. Boogs used three fingers and throws in a
> couple of rolls but he's playing the melody and singing over it.
> 
> Clawhammer or frailing came a little later and is more rhythmic.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgQts07fjo
> 
> Luke Kelly played it quite a bit differently.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIqr1Ge8Z5w
> 
> I play the melody rather than an accompaniment. When you can't sing you
> have to do something to entertain yourself.
> 
> The Celtic Dragon is a local bagpipe band that shows up often. Usually
> they stick to traditional bagpipe music but every now and then they'll
> take a shot at Irish songs.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMDq0lPpmo
> 
> The problem bagpipes have is thy only have 9 notes, G A B C# D E F# g a.
> Tin whistles and Irish flutes are similar and are usually in D or G, but
> you can go into the second and third registers.
> 
> D E F# G A B C# d e f# g ...  The entire range of Foggy Dew is from D to g
> so bagpipers sort of have to fake the high notes and hope nobody notices.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QofgGTDK0Ec
> 
> Red Is the Rose (Loch Lomond if you're a Scot) is the best you can do with
> bagpipes.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuvHYw_U5-w
> 
> Bagpipes also have the peculiarity that the chanter is fed from the bag.
> That leads to a variety of fingering techniques to break up notes since
> it's always going to be making some sound.  Uilleann pipes have two
> ovtaves and since they're usually played seated you can close the bottom
> of the chanter against your leg. Also, since you're pumping the bag with
> your arm you can sip a beer if you're fast enough. Definitely a superior
> design.
>   
>>     But the cat may GETCHA for it !
> 
> She's old, arthritic, and her superpower is sleeping.. Not an attack cat.


   That's what she WANTS you to believe ! But late
   at night she PLOTS ...  all the Old Wives will
   tell you so  :-)

   You're clearly a music "aficionado" - good for you
   but I'm not one. I hear what I hear, like what I like,
   don't go all historical/cultural about it to any
   great degree. It is what it is.

   And if somebody finds a good way to weave the pipes
   into rock-n-roll - GREAT !