Branles de Champaigne on the Pipe & Tabor
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2015
- Stefan Dollak plays three Branles de Champaigne on the pipe & tabor at the 2015 Phoenix Early Music Society "Kaleidoscope" event.
These dances are from the publications of Claude Gervaise, imprinted in the mid-16th century in France. Although the tunes were originally presented in 4-part harmony, Stefan is playing the principal melodies only.
Stefan is playing a tabor made by Harms Historical Percussion. He is also wearing ankle bells and has attached a small rattle to the tabor stick. The tabor pipe is actually two pipes, connected at the top: one is a 'melody' pipe and the other is a drone that sometimes toots the dominant, sometimes the tonic.
Although Stef arranged the tunes from original sources, one can certainly hear the influence of the most excellent pipe & tabor player Carles Mas, whose playing is and has been a great inspiration to Stefan.
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Wonderful, thanks very much.
Amazing, and very expressive. Thank you!
Holy crap that was amazing!
Brilliant.
Love it!
Well played. There is a simple trick to stop overblowing the drone on the double pipe - which is to place the mouthpieces to one side of the mouth so the drone is close to the side of the mouth and gets less air. Or you can close your lips more on the side of the drone. Cheers
Yeah, sometimes I do that... but it's not always reliable for me (usually results in strange intonation issues). There's also a modification that can be done in the pipe window (if one knows what they're doing and is bold enough to try it) to increase the distance between the channel and the lip by a fraction of a millimeter, so the drone is less likely to jump to the harmonic. I might just try that in the near future.
Sounds very medieval!
I love it Stefan. Do you have a tambourine on your foot, or is someone else playing too ?
Ah I read the description and now I know !
Can I ask for music sheet of this? Love it
Hi ZoeR! This suite is from the Claude Gervaise publications; this one is specifically the Bransles de Champaigne I, II, and III from the section "Onze Bransles de Champaigne" in the Cinquiesme Livre de Danceries, published in 1550. I had trouble locating this on IMSLP, which is very frustrating because I would really like to help you out. Perhaps you will have better luck, using this information.
PS: I enjoy your pipe & tabor videos!
Really nice video!! Where did you buy the flute(s)?
Hi there! I'm playing the Susato tabor pipes here. In fact, I'm playing a pair of tabor pipes, one of which works as a drone.
Cool man! Where would you recommend buying a tabor pipe?
Thanks! For beginners, the Susato company in North Carolina makes some excellent quality tabor pipes out of plastic (that's what I'm playing here). There are makers in England (Malvern) and Catalonia (Marie Hulsens) that hand-make top-quality wood pipes once you get to the 'next level.'
Great info. Thanks for the help!
Is tong-blocking drone or the other pipe a viable technique?
Hi there! The drone pipe is kind of my innovation, using the "dolce-duo" mouthpiece from the Kelischek workshop. It's a little hard to control, as the breath pressure causes interval and octave jumps that may or may not be harmonic. There is a way to adjust the windway of the 'drone' pipe so it stays (more or less) on the drone note, which I might try someday.
Where did you get the twin tabor pipe with a drone?
Hi there! I rigged it up from the Susato "dolce-duo" twin mouthpiece, with the Susato "oriole" tabor pipe bodies. In this case, I am playing a C pipe (in D minor), using a B flat pipe as a drone, using the thumb-rest to cover the thumb hole on the back to give a D drone. Of course, sometimes it jumps to a different tone as I play, but at least it gives some fun and funky rhythm and harmony.
I didn't know about the dolce duo; thanks! I already own an oriole tinwhistle, so now I'm wondering if maybe I can just get the mouthpiece and a tabor pipe to go with it!@@stefanmarkos
I spoke too soon: I no longer see the dolce-duo available from Susato. Argh!
That said, I have seen many other plastic pennywhistle manufacturers with similar items available. OR you could call Kelischek Workshop and see if they still have or make the dolce-duo mouthpiece (I don't see why not; it's basically two of their 'oriole' mouthpieces glued together at a slight angle).
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Et la chanterelle, votre tambourin n'a pas de chanterelle ?!
It does have a chanterelle, but I didn't have it adjusted correctly for this performance, so it did not 'speak.' I have recently overhauled the roping and used a chanterelle of better material and the tambourin sounds much better these days.