Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:29:40 +0000 Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <20250227080310.0000604d@gmail.com> <_LadnYkDg_cJGU_6nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@giganews.com> From: c186282 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:29:25 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <0K6cnZni1tuZB0v6nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> Lines: 78 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-L7tkxT/vYPoAsAqfUsiwgirrtz1cl4sP3JgSdS5ALJWXW/1KMd0xrDtXAUlZVGIDakuQLB0Kidfci7p!luY/xrjDWeWmvMxVNwWmMuvAw90h/zI8vdLPlduywQPp9jiWX8pf6/rgQ6Wg/Q3caETFQJTF2PW5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 5344 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 !