radfordred 6,284 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/24/2020 at 11:02 AM, philmayfield said: cranachan desert Would that be Eaton Mess? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 51 minutes ago, philmayfield said: it appears someone has hidden them! On 1/24/2020 at 12:00 PM, philmayfield said: My wife’s hidden them and won’t tell me where! So much for piping in the haggis tomorrow. See the very same post this time last year, comes to us all eventually Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Something with oatmeal and raspberries I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Your memory is better than mine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,398 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 @brew The flattened seventh, or leading note, of any scale is one of the elements which gives jazz its distinctive sound. I'm not a jazz fan but the bagpipe player obviously is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 617 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I read that the nine notes of the bagpipe form a simple Mixolydian scale with a flattened 7th on top and bottom. However, music is a foreign language to me so I don't know what that means! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I bought my bagpipes on a whim (as one does) from a chap called Denny Goodwin who had a music shop on Victoria St. in Newark. He came originally from India so he must have Anglicised his name. The shop was a treasure trove of musical instruments; he sold the whole range from strings to wind. He was an accomplished jazz musician who had (still has) his own quartet. He retired from the shop some years ago but still plays gigs in the area. The pipes came with a tin of disgusting brown gooey stuff which had to rubbed onto the inside of the bag to retain the airtightness. I never got around to doing that though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,398 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Mixolydian is, roughly, G to G on a piano keyboard (white keys only, missing out F# which would be the G major scale)) but not quite because the piano is tuned with equal temperament which means each note is slightly 'out'. If bagpipes are designed to operate in mixolydian mode then they supposedly could play jazz! I think someone once referred to the saxophone*, which is not an easy instrument to master, as 'an ill wind that nobody blows any good!' Perhaps, being an American, he wasn't familiar with bagpipes. *This quote is also attributed to the oboe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Ooh! Cranachan! Toasted pin oats and whisky (a cheap one for a big flavour), folded into whipped cream. Tall glass, layered raspberries and cream mix. Gorgeous! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,480 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: @brew The flattened seventh, or leading note, of any scale is one of the elements which gives jazz its distinctive sound. I'm not a jazz fan but the bagpipe player obviously is. 2 hours ago, The Engineer said: I read that the nine notes of the bagpipe form a simple Mixolydian scale with a flattened 7th on top and bottom. However, music is a foreign language to me so I don't know what that means! 2 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: Mixolydian is, roughly, G to G on a piano keyboard (white keys only, missing out F# which would be the G major scale)) but not quite because the piano is tuned with equal temperament which means each note is slightly 'out'. If bagpipes are designed to operate in mixolydian mode then they supposedly could play jazz! I think someone once referred to the saxophone*, which is not an easy instrument to master, as 'an ill wind that nobody blows any good!' Perhaps, being an American, he wasn't familiar with bagpipes. *This quote is also attributed to the oboe. Can you stop now please until I can find a nice dark corner to lie down in, me brain 'urts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 617 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I know what you mean Brew - I find music theory to be rather complex. I've read lots about it over the years because I am fascinated by the links to pattern and mathematics. However, I have never learned to play an instrument properly so without putting theory into practice, it just doesn't stick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 After the last 2 home games @ The City Ground there’s been an annoying jock dressed bloke on Pavilion Road playing Mull Of Kintyre on his bagpipes, I’d like to see his bagpipes in the Trent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,107 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Send him to play on Nottingham castle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 hours ago, The Engineer said: I know what you mean Brew - I find music theory to be rather complex. I've read lots about it over the years because I am fascinated by the links to mathematics I presume you’ve read ‘The music of the primes’ ? Fascinating… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,398 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 8 hours ago, Brew said: Can you stop now please until I can find a nice dark corner to lie down in, me brain 'urts... Perhaps you need to go and listen to some Stockhausen. It almost makes bagpipes sound good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,480 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Discordant rubbish, whoever said it was music needs professional help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 826 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I and a few friends play at Burns Night Bashes in pubs and private parties in village halls. No bagpipes!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,398 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Always knew you were a gentleman, SIddha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 A Burns Night without bagpipes is like a day without sunshine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,261 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I salute the Haggis. Bloody lovely with chips. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Chips!! Bloody sassanach! Neaps BK, NEAPS. Experience the delights of mashed swedes. I bet you'd smother those in HP sauce as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Just thinking back to my times there, they do eat a lot of chips! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,261 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I'm surprised they don't fry the Haggis in batter first, along with their Mars bars. Incidentally, I love Neaps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I've being going to Scotland for many years both for business and pleasure. Chips used to be a staple of the diet and it wasn't until recent years that they started to serve decent food in hotels and restaurants. A crab salad in a restaurant in the fishing port of Cambeltown some years ago was made using tinned crab! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I remember at school in ‘Domestic Science’ -as it was then known- dressing a crab! I think our school must have been very upmarket in those days! it’s called Food Technology or Food and Nutrition now I believe and the children probably make pizzas and burgers.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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