Comments on: Bagads: The Long and Short of It http://www.dunaber.com/2010/02/15/bagads_the_long_and_short_of_it/ by Michael Grey ... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mike http://www.dunaber.com/2010/02/15/bagads_the_long_and_short_of_it/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 mike Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:15:10 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/?p=627#comment-2249 Thanks, Vince. Yes. We needs more bands in trews and natty little vests. And balmorals. Yes. Balmorals. :-) M. Thanks, Vince. Yes. We needs more bands in trews and natty little vests. And balmorals. Yes. Balmorals. :-)

M.

]]> By: Vince http://www.dunaber.com/2010/02/15/bagads_the_long_and_short_of_it/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 Vince Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:57:00 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/?p=627#comment-2248 Well put Mike. I also found a disconcerting sameness to the rhythms and melodies, but I wonder if the limitation of having to play certain music actually presents the bagads with a greater opportunity to explore possibilities with instrumentation and arrangement? Keep in mind, they're playing within the simple edict: "Play this kind of music for 10 minutes, but everything else is up to you." That's an opportunity modern pipe bands just don't have in our current competition format, sadly. Maybe if we added cool vests with traditional trim... Well put Mike. I also found a disconcerting sameness to the rhythms and melodies, but I wonder if the limitation of having to play certain music actually presents the bagads with a greater opportunity to explore possibilities with instrumentation and arrangement? Keep in mind, they’re playing within the simple edict: “Play this kind of music for 10 minutes, but everything else is up to you.” That’s an opportunity modern pipe bands just don’t have in our current competition format, sadly. Maybe if we added cool vests with traditional trim…

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