Shetland cod: Scottish country dancing - good introduction, new Scottish country dancing page @ WUaS, Universal translator & AI, Pibroch Sheet Music

Scottish country dancing - good introduction ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_pHry4NIpI ...

with instruction ...

new Scottish country dancing wiki subject page at WUaS ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Scottish_Country_Dancing

*

Winter Storm 2008 Ceol Beag Andrew Lee

Such fine piping -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUxiHzBbR9g -

*

Hilarious, and well shot, video, -

condom bagpipe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPedwnc5e_s -

which I haven't yet added to WUaS's Bagpipe Tutorials -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bagpipe_Tutorials -

not sure what to read in this :)...

*

and check out the 'Scotticism' (Wikipedia entry)-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotticism -

which I just added to wiki, World University & School's 'Scots' wiki, subject page -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Scots -

for open teaching & learning.

(WUaS is like Wikipedia with MIT OCW).

... used to have a t-shirt of a piper playing under a tree on a very windy day,

with his kilt pegged out like a tent, which said

"Blaw, blaw ye stormy windes, I dinna care the noo" -

('Blow, blow you stormy winds, I don't give a hoot' ?)

which I'm guessing is an example of Scotticism :)

*

These will indeed be fascinating AI programming challenges for an universal translator ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator ...

(Translating colloquialisms in a universal translator,

from and to all 3,000-8,000+ languages,

will indeed make for a lot of creative programming and artificial intelligence) ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence.

:)

*

Out of a possible 23 Piobaireachds on 2 of

Donald MacLeod's "Classic Collection of Piobaireachd Tutorials" (Vols. 1 & 2) CDs,

I was able to download sheet music for 11 pieces from this very useful Patrick McLaurin Tune Database Search -

http://www.patrickmclaurin.com/tunedatabase/final.php -

which you'll also find with other piping sheet music possibilities at World Univ & Sch's Bagpipe Tutorials -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bagpipe_Tutorials#Bagpipe_Sheet_Music_for_Printing

... so cool ...

Now to play with wee Donald and learn ... :)

*

I'm looking further for Piobaireachd Society sheet music online (relating to Vols. 1&2 above, for ex.), as well as for Donald MacLeod's "Classic Collection of Piobaireachd Tutorials" with Cantaireachd (relating to Piobaireachd Society Books 4&7, and which isn't so far on iTunes, for ex.), and these also both by the piece ... if you happen to know of sources :)

*

Listen to great Piobaireachd here ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Pibroch,_Piobaireachd_or_Ce%C3%B2l_M%C3%B3r

at WUaS's Piobaireachd wiki page,

where I hope we'll link over time a few good examples of all Ceol Mor ... :)

Check out "The Desperate Battle," for example ...

"Was that the Kenny MacLean who took the gold at Oban in 1974?" :)

...