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  Topic: Reed instrument research
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:51 pm   Subject: Reed instrument research
I found A. L. Jenssen's research.

Title: Tungehornet i Norge : historie, utbredelse, repertoar, bruk og praktisk instrumentmaking / Atle Lien Jenssen
Author: Jenssen, Atle Lien 1956-2011
Year : 2 ...
  Topic: Sackpipa in Vikings show
Baglady

Replies: 3
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:14 pm   Subject: Sackpipa in Vikings show
Actually, they sounded like Scottish small pipes. I don't remember a drone so they could have been a hornpipe although it seemed to be continuous so a bag is likely. Unless they were circular breath ...
  Topic: Sackpipa in Vikings show
Baglady

Replies: 3
Views: 7785

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:33 pm   Subject: Sackpipa in Vikings show
Interesting to hear bagpipes in Uppsala on the History Channel's Viking series.

I've given up on trying to compare anything this show comes up with with actual facts. Suspended disbelief is what ...
  Topic: Viking music
Baglady

Replies: 3
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:39 pm   Subject: Viking music
Thanks, I'll take a look.
  Topic: Reed instrument research
Baglady

Replies: 2
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:28 pm   Subject: Reed instrument research
"Atle Lien Jenssen took the floor. He is in the process of a masters project relating to tungehorn. Tungehorn is an instrument made from the horn of (usually) a goat. It has three to seven finger ...
  Topic: Reed instrument research
Baglady

Replies: 2
Views: 6507

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:19 pm   Subject: Reed instrument research
Atle Lien Jenssen, a folk musician from Norway, presented a paper on tungehorn which is a reed instrument in 2009. He died in 2011. I'm wondering if he ever published and if anyone could get hold of ...
  Topic: Viking music
Baglady

Replies: 3
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:47 pm   Subject: Viking music
I'm looking at joining a viking age group and I wondered if anyone plays for one of these groups? What do you know about the music of the age and what do you play...if you do?
  Topic: The future of NSAA and the forum
Baglady

Replies: 8
Views: 11373

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:26 pm   Subject: The future of NSAA and the forum
I like ELSF
  Topic: Gudmunds Nils Larsson Tunes
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:24 pm   Subject: Gudmunds Nils Larsson Tunes
If I've got it right, the pipes we play now aren't exactly like the pipes the old players used. Weren't they modernized? So I've decided to play tunes that fit into the culture I'm in now, the Minne ...
  Topic: The future of NSAA and the forum
Baglady

Replies: 8
Views: 11373

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:49 pm   Subject: The future of NSAA and the forum
Internationalizing the whole entity...hmmmm...I'm thinking about that.

It's true that there are few actively playing at this moment and because of that we need to maintain and grow some kind of sup ...
  Topic: Dråm tours California
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:38 pm   Subject: Dråm tours California
Oooo...I'd love to have them come to MN. I think their instrumentation would play well here. We have a strong harp, nycklharpa and sackpipa community here. Hmmm...sackpipa workshops...
  Topic: Thanks Jerry Revelle
Baglady

Replies: 1
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:25 am   Subject: Thanks Jerry Revelle
Sorry to hear of Jerry's passing. Only his efforts brought me together with Seth's pipes and made a whole new world of music and culture open up for me.
  Topic: Jerry Revelle passed away
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:59 am   Subject: Jerry Revelle passed away
Wow...Rest in peace Jerry. I didn't know him long but I enjoyed the time I spent with him.
  Topic: Piping for dancers is cool
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:22 pm   Subject: Piping for dancers is cool
I played a duet with my daughter on the hardingfele for the Fjell og Fjord youth dancers last night. It was a lutefisk dinner at a Lutheran church. Yummy fish and lost of matching Norwegian sweaters ...
  Topic: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:39 pm   Subject: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
We had fun at the farm even though it was rainy. My daughter has decided it's our fault that it rains every time we play an outdoor event. We played to help the kids shake their cream into butter wh ...
  Topic: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
Baglady

Replies: 5
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:28 pm   Subject: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
I'm finishing up our bunader and running through some tunes for the gig on Saturday. It should be fun. We mostly just wander around and play some tunes and tell some stories...oh, and we have a coup ...
  Topic: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:56 pm   Subject: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
Maybe I should look into your book to get some material?
  Topic: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
Baglady

Replies: 5
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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:34 pm   Subject: Musical Milkmaids of Minnesota
How do you like that? I just came up with it.

Anyway...

Our city has a Norwegian historical farm and I'm going to volunteer there as a Norwegian cousin and tell the story of Annie Larson and Be ...
  Topic: Female Sackpipa (in 19th century)
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:53 pm   Subject: Female Sackpipa (in 19th century)
I've been taking another look at the pictures and the 3 men are obviously related. Father and sons possibly?

I'm formulating a character presentation of the Larson and Skifstrom ladies so I'd like ...
  Topic: HFAA Workshop report
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:10 pm   Subject: HFAA Workshop report
I just spent the weekend in Wisconsin at the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America workshop. I was able to jam with another piper and traded some tunes and chat. I need to learn some schottishes a ...
  Topic: Baglady heads to Nisswa
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:17 pm   Subject: Baglady heads to Nisswa
I know what you're saying Seth. It's hard to maintain a large playlist on multiple instruments. I just try to keep up a few tunes to demonstrate on instruments I'm not infatuated with at the moment. ...
  Topic: A bit more
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:30 pm   Subject: A bit more
Good info from the Swedish side. It all lines up with the public records I'm finding here.

In the US census of 1895 Andrew and Breta Skifstrom are listed in Cokato with their 4 living children A ...
  Topic: A bit more
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:23 pm   Subject: A bit more
Oh...and I have to amend my theory of female domination in sackpipa a little. The music of the herd women was very hereditary in nature and kept to specific families and farms because the animals wer ...
  Topic: A bit more
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:08 pm   Subject: A bit more
I was able to spend a few minutes with Jerry's Skifstrom contact. She was on her way out when we finally connected so we didn't have long but I think it was fruitful. She confirmed that they would p ...
  Topic: Baglady heads to Nisswa
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:11 pm   Subject: Baglady heads to Nisswa
I had a good time in Nisswa. There will be one and maybe two or three people looking for pipes from Seth and one woman will be looking for information on pipers from Dalarna in her family along with ...
  Topic: Baglady heads to Nisswa
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:30 pm   Subject: Baglady heads to Nisswa
I'm heading out for Nisswa soon. I plan to play in the parade Saturday morning with my daughter playing hardingfele and then hang around the festival grounds and jam wherever I can. I'm going to col ...
  Topic: A bit more
Baglady

Replies: 10
Views: 11490

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:30 pm   Subject: A bit more
You know Jerry...I've been thinking how amazing it is that the Minnesota connection to sackpipa came from your family. That's so serendipitous! I tried to contact the family but I'm sure I sounded l ...
  Topic: A bit more
Baglady

Replies: 10
Views: 11490

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 12:56 am   Subject: A bit more
The connection of bagpipes, herders, and bars seems to be universal. I've played in a few bars and made a little money but I didn't know the trick of cuffing people to get paid better.
  Topic: A bit more
Baglady

Replies: 10
Views: 11490

PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:04 pm   Subject: A bit more
Cool! I found these pictures while indulging my interest in folk costumes and thought these ladies were interesting. I like the connection.

http://folklorefashion.durantextiles.com/the-pasture- ...
  Topic: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Baglady

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PostForum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA)   Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:16 pm   Subject: Using turpentine on blow-pipes
Blowpipe mouth pieces aren't usually treated but you should try not to use your teeth on them anyway. Most people use a more hygienic plastic mouth piece these days. One thing you can do to keep you ...
 
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