Scott GK MacLeod's Blog, page 73

Pacific temperate rainforests: Definition of #Philosophy in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy? search: 'Meaning of Life' https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/li... by Thaddeus Metz (with African philosophy focus 'Definitions' articles, - 'external

Definition of #Philosophy in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy? search: 'Meaning of Life' https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/ by Thaddeus Metz (with African philosophy focus https://www.uj.ac.za/contact/Pages/Prof-Thaddeus-Metz.aspx) & 'Definitions' articles. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/definitions/ 'external standpoint' for #AskingQuestions ?

Definition of #Philosophy in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy? search: 'Meaning of Life' https://t.co/zwvSuTpAkj by Thaddeus Metz (with African philosophy focus https://t.co/3RfP0F4YBB) & 'Definitions' arts. https://t.co/JK6tC5bgn5 'external standpoint' for #AskingQuestions ?— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229126727089049601?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1229145074191065088?s=20


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Definition of #Philosophy in #StanfordEncyclopediaOfPhilosophy? search: 'Meaning of Life' https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/li... by Thaddeus Metz (with African philosophy focus https://www.uj.ac.za/contact/Pages/Pr...) & 'Definitions' arts. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/de... 'external standpoint' for #AskingQuestions ?

Definition of #Philosophy in #StanfordEncyclopediaOfPhilosophy? search: 'Meaning of Life' https://t.co/G8OBtLMVFE by Thaddeus Metz (with African philosophy focus https://t.co/s1kHSrLaeW) & 'Definitions' arts. https://t.co/4WXDWmR2tr 'external standpoint' for #AskingQuestions ?— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1229128465330270208?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1229144987129901056?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229145586508500998?s=20
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1229147161209606145?s=20



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The Meaning of Life (1983) ... somehow embedded ...

https://youtu.be/OpdNmkZ1wMg


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“Well, it's nothing very special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”

https://www.moviequotes.com/s-movie/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life/



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Definition of #Philosophy in #StanfordEncyclopediaOfPhilosophy? search: '#MeaningOfLife' https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/li... by Thaddeus Metz (w #MontyPython @JohnCleese https://www.nrf.ac.za/content/profess...) & 'Definitions' articles: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/de...  #AskingQuestions with HUMOR @WorldUnivAndSch?

Definition of #Philosophy in #StanfordEncyclopediaOfPhilosophy? search: '#MeaningOfLife' https://t.co/zwvSuTpAkj by Thaddeus Metz (w #MontyPython @JohnCleese https://t.co/rwepLuB0HX) & 'Definitions' articles: https://t.co/JK6tC5bgn5 #AskingQuestions with HUMOR @WorldUnivAndSch?— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229143887207251968?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1229144902971187201?s=20
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1229147246639247360?s=20



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#MontyPythons' #MeaningOfLife #philosophy “Well, it's nothing very special. Try & be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now & then, get some walking in, & try and live together in peace & harmony with people of all creeds & nations.” https://youtu.be/OpdNmkZ1wMg~

#MontyPythons' #MeaningOfLife #philosophy “Well, it's nothing very special. Try & be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now & then, get some walking in, & try and live together in peace & harmony with people of all creeds & nations.” https://t.co/PiKu5Kacro~— HarbinBook (@HarbinBook) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229143967276515330?s=20

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1229144797065048064?s=20

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1229147323541815296?s=20



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Lost Original
Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013


Mr. K said   in times of great crudity
it is necessary   to be subtle
so please wrap around me
with awkward grace
I may have suffered some Rilke Damage
or do I just have a little trouble
with fantasy tripwires
while engrossed in the sky's lexicon
& hills like purple pachyderms
"there's been a great upsurgence"
said the announcer   but I didn't catch
what of   & what of where
does it come from where does it go
still asking   on down the road


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Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013
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Mr. K said   in times of great crudity
it is necessary   to be subtle
so please wrap around me
with awkward grace
I may have suffered some Rilke Damage
or do I just have a little trouble
with fantasy tripwires...
https://poets.org/poem/lost-original…~

Lost Original
Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013
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Mr. K said in times of great crudity
it is necessary to be subtle
so please wrap around me
with awkward grace
I may have suffered some Rilke Damage
or do I just have a little trouble
with fantasy tripwires...https://t.co/Gh31Tawh7H~— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229179829414531072?s=20


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Lost Original
Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013
2-
while engrossed in the sky's lexicon
& hills like purple pachyderms
"there's been a great upsurgence"
said the announcer   but I didn't catch
what of   & what of where
does it come from where does it go
still asking   on down the road

Lost Original
Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013
2-
while engrossed in the sky's lexicon
& hills like purple pachyderms
"there's been a great upsurgence"
said the announcer but I didn't catch
what of & what of where
does it come from where does it go
still asking on down the road— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229179816517099520?s=20


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Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013 #BeatPoets
-http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/...
-http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/...
-https://woodlandpattern.org/archives/...
-https://poets.org/poem/lost-original
-https://poets.org/poems/anselm-hollo
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_...
-https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poet...
Lost Original 1 https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/stat...
& 2 https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/stat... ~

Anselm Hollo - 1934-2013 #BeatPoets
-https://t.co/aFPVl93ils
-https://t.co/of9LYY1WQd
-https://t.co/VYgF2bZBr0
-https://t.co/Gh31Tawh7H
-https://t.co/w5PvtNNLwV
-https://t.co/1oqRy77rRR
-https://t.co/92nXt9APZU
Lost Original 1 https://t.co/n50nE0O5iW
& 2 https://t.co/8XZiTv209L ~— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229182463991148545?s=20




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Del Close & John Brent - How To Speak Hip - A2 - Basic Hip Appreciating this language of 'digging' something :) @SpeakkVisually - https://youtu.be/icfrM19vx90 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_... #Hipsters #Hippies #BeatGeneration #BeatPoets #Beats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Close https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brent_(comedian) ~

Del Close & John Brent - How To Speak Hip - A2 - Basic Hip Appreciating this language of 'digging' something :) @SpeakkVisually - https://t.co/dSkXLjyHVe https://t.co/BgvQ87rDlg #Hipsters #Hippies #BeatGeneration #BeatPoets #Beats https://t.co/mwRfqk4Xju https://t.co/LtrjQlVFpP ~— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 17, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1229236658861555712?s=20



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https://twitter.com/SpeakkVisually/status/1227601852004524032?s=20



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Hi Ma,

You might find interesting parts of this Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's article on Habermas' thinking ...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/habermas/

Love, Scott



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Scott MacLeod
Fri, Feb 14, 3:20 PM (2 days ago)
to me, Janie

Hi Ma,

Am sympathetic with Habermas' s philosophical anthropological thinking in article esp.

L ove, Scott



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So true!
Appreciating ... https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/habermas/ ... and esp. ... 
"Habermas's interest in the political subsequently led him to a series of philosophical studies and critical-social analyses that eventually appeared in English in his Toward a Rational Society (1970) and Theory and Practice (1973b). Whereas the latter consists primarily of reflections on the history of philosophy, the former represents an attempt to apply his emerging theory of rationality to the critical analysis of contemporary society, in particular the student protest movement and its institutional target, the authoritarian and technocratic structures that held sway in higher education and politics.Habermas's critical reflection takes a nuanced approach to both sides of the social unrest that characterized the late sixties. Although sympathetic with students' demand for more democratic participation and hopeful that their activism harbored a potential for positive social transformation, he also did not hesitate to criticize its militant aspects, which he labeled self-delusory and “pernicious” (1970, 48). In his critique of technocracy—governance by scientific experts and bureaucracy—he relied on a philosophical framework that anticipates categories in his later thought, minus the philosophy of language he would work out in the 1970s. Specifically, Habermas sharply distinguished between two modes of action, “work” and “interaction,” which correspond to enduring interests of the human species (ibid., chap. 6). The former includes modes of action based on the rational choice of efficient means, that is, forms of instrumental and strategic action, whereas the latter refers to forms of “communicative action” in which actors coordinate their behaviors on the basis of “consensual norms” (ibid., 91–92). Habermas's distinction in effect appropriates the classical Aristotelian contrast between techne and praxis for critical social theory (1973b, chap. 1). The result is a distinctively Habermasian critique of science and technology as ideology: by reducing practical questions about the good life to technical problems for experts, contemporary elites eliminate the need for public, democratic discussion of values, thereby depoliticizing the population (1970, chap. 6). The legitimate human interest in technical control of nature thus functions as an ideology—a screen that masks the value-laden character of government decision making in the service of the capitalist status quo. Unlike Herbert Marcuse, who regarded that interest as specific to capitalist society, Habermas affirmed the technical control of nature as a genuinely universal species-interest; pace Horkheimer and Adorno in their Dialectic of Enlightenment, the technical interest did not necessitate social domination.Habermas defended this philosophical anthropology most fully in his Knowledge and Human Interests (1971b; German ed., 1968b), the work that represents his first attempt to provide a systematic framework for an interdisciplinary critical social theory. As Habermas conceived his task, he had to establish critical social theory as a respectable, distinct form of knowledge, in large measure through a methodological critique of the then-dominant positivist philosophy of science and historicist hermeneutics. He thus develops a theory of “knowledge-constitutive interests” that are tied both to “the natural history of the human species” and to “the imperatives of the socio-cultural form of life,” but are not reducible to them (ibid., 168). "His focus on student movements in the 1960s is fascinating, philosophically, and his books are remarkable resources about this too! - https://twitter.com/jurgenoutfitter - :) 
Love, Scott


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Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>2:23 PM (5 hours ago)to Scott, JanieMa, 
I only found one reference to Manuel Castells in the Stanford Encyclopedia to Philosophy - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization/ - and as a Castellian, and with regard to Globalization, about which I've also written academically: 
"For example, there is substantial empirical evidence that cross-border flows and exchanges (of goods, people, information, etc.), as well as the emergence of directly transnational forms of production by means of which a single commodity is manufactured simultaneously in distant corners of the globe, are gaining in prominence (Castells 1996)."
Habermas is also cited in these article: 
"Jürgen Habermas, a prominent cosmopolitan-minded theorist, has tried to formulate a defense of the European Union that conceives of it as a key steppingstone towards supranational democracy. If the EU is to help succeed in salvaging the principle of popular sovereignty in a world where the decay of nation state-based democracy makes democracy vulnerable, the EU will need to strengthen its elected representative organs and better guarantee the civil, political, and social and economic rights of all Europeans (Habermas 2001, 58–113; 2009). Representing a novel form of postnational constitutionalism, it potentially offers some broader lessons for those hoping to save democratic constitutionalism under novel global conditions. Despite dire threats to the EU posed by nationalist and populist movements, Habermas and other cosmopolitan-minded intellectuals believe that it can be effectively reformed and preserved (Habermas 2012).
In opposition to Held, Habermas, and other cosmopolitans, skeptics underscore the purportedly utopian character of such proposals, arguing that democratic politics presupposes deep feelings of trust, commitment, and belonging that remain uncommon at the postnational and global levels."This SEP article is written by Bill Scheuerman who taught at Pitt for some years (https://polisci.indiana.edu/documents/profiles/scheuerman1.pdf and https://intlstudies.indiana.edu/people/faculty/scheuerman-william.html) - and who's most recent book is titled "Civil Disobedience" (sounds like he could be a Quaker too!). Do you happen to know him? 
Love, Scott

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_temperate_rainforests_(WWF_ecoregion)
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Slender seahorse: World Univ & Sch's brand? @WorldUnivAndSch like @MITOCW in 4 languages with @Wikipedia in ~300 > "Think Free Universal BEST STEM Education" Re who have changed world & the universities' superstars who have done so (there are a lot!) & re

World Univ & Sch's brand? @WorldUnivAndSch like @MITOCW in 4 languages with @Wikipedia in ~300 > "Think Free Universal BEST STEM Education" Re who have changed world & the universities' superstars who have done so (there are a lot!) & re Steve Jobs @Apple https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1228822318551588866?s=20 ~

World Univ & Sch's brand? @WorldUnivAndSch like @MITOCW in 4 languages with @Wikipedia in ~300 > "Think Free Universal BEST STEM Education" Re who have changed world & the universities' superstars who have done so (there are a lot!) & re Steve Jobs @Apple https://t.co/CLvYSJ1vvO~— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 16, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1228867301966929920?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1228868439831273474?s=20

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1228871519154999296?s=20





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Anthropology perspective re #PhilosophicalEpistemology > http://scottmacleod.com/papers.htm
@HarbinBook

My #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital ethnographic book& VISIT Harbin Hot Springs #VR http://tinyurl.com/p62rpcg http://scottmacleod.com/ActualVirtualHarbinBook.html & https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy &Esp
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/ ~

Anthropology perspective re #PhilosophicalEpistemology >https://t.co/3fHn8WWGEj @HarbinBook
My #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital ethnographic book& VISIT Harbin Hot Springs #VR https://t.co/8h3ggSUQdt https://t.co/vwLiMifahH & https://t.co/yxZ2jjwakf &Esp https://t.co/v2s5iAnNzt~— Languages-World Univ (@sgkmacleod) February 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1228473788267786240



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How best to plan for all ~200 countries I wonder in these regards, Spencer & all? @WorldUnivAndSch
is planning online law schools https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School in all ~200 countries https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States ' languages & with faculty to address just such questions under one 'umbrella'

How best to plan for all ~200 countries I wonder in these regards, Spencer & all? @WorldUnivAndSch is planning online law schools https://t.co/HxWJoXescJ in all ~200 countries https://t.co/LRKdU7cdv4 ' languages & with faculty to address just such questions under one 'umbrella' https://t.co/BLtgcdgJrZ— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1228812215270043649?s=20



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“... when people share their DNA data with the likes of Ancestry and 23andme, they may not be aware that governments can legally demand it be handed over to police investigators.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/02/04/ancestry-fights-the-us-government-as-feds-try-to-grab-dna-data/ …

“... when people share their DNA data with the likes of Ancestry and 23andme, they may not be aware that governments can legally demand it be handed over to police investigators.” https://t.co/1kAYA7YDJX— Spencer Wells (@spwells) February 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/spwells/status/1228790406214647808






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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_seahorse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse
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Andean flamingo (Phoenicopterus andinus): Happy Valentine's Day! "Looking for inspiration? Check out the "Make A Card" starter project: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1180..." . . . "Need a Valentine's Day #STEAM lesson? Ask your students to design a v

Psst — making a Scratch project is a wonderful way to tell someone how you feel any day of the year.

Looking for inspiration? Check out the "Make A Card" starter project: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/11806234/

Psst — making a Scratch project is a wonderful way to tell someone how you feel any day of the year.

Looking for inspiration? Check out the "Make A Card" starter project: https://t.co/weqkg0AP9n pic.twitter.com/dlSrDQdlhj— Scratch Team (@scratch) February 14, 2020

https://twitter.com/scratch/status/1228357705670307840?s=20



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Need a Valentine's Day #STEAM lesson? Ask your students to design a valentine. Once the valentine is complete, have them practice their coding by using a  MINDSTORMS to deliver the valentine to someone else! #ValentinesDay

Need a Valentine's Day #STEAM lesson? Ask your students to design a valentine. Once the valentine is complete, have them practice their coding by using a MINDSTORMS to deliver the valentine to someone else! #ValentinesDay pic.twitter.com/r7OCUZ1cuV— LEGO Education (@LEGO_Education) February 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/LEGO_Education/status/1223622134540402688?s=20




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[Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Last chance to review the recommendations, next steps
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Nicole Ebber via lists.wikimedia.org
9:44 AM (2 hours ago)
to Wikimedia, affiliates, EDs, Internal

Hi everyone,

We’re in week 4 of community conversations about the movement strategy recommendations. Thank you to everyone who has already taken part. The community conversations will continue until Friday, February 21 - you can get involved on Meta[1] in Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Spanish, and Portuguese, strategize with your community or organization, or send the core team your feedback to strategy2030@wikimedia.org.

This current round of community conversations is the last opportunity to suggest improvements to the recommendations. They will be finalized before the end of March, and then published for the movement to understand them, reflect on what they mean in their project, local, or thematic context, and move into implementation.

== Movement feedback: what happens next ==
All feedback is being collected, reviewed and analyzed on an ongoing basis. Here are the  next steps after February 21:

* Week commencing February 24: the core team will summarize all the feedback received in a report. You are welcome to continue commenting and discussing during this time, but the discussions will not be as closely facilitated and documented.

* Week commencing March 2: the core team will publish the above report on Meta to give the movement an opportunity to review the content and give feedback as to whether it accurately reflects their input. The closing date for this is March 6. This summary report will then be finalized and published.

In mid-March, the feedback from the Board of Trustees, movement conversations and reviewers' input will be considered in the creation of the final, improved set of recommendations. A rationale for things that have not been considered will be provided, too. Our aim is to have the recommendations finalized and published in late March. More about the actual integration work coming soon.

== Video and podcast about our work; one-pager ==
Members of the core team - Tanveer Hasan, Information and Knowledge Liaison, and Mehrdad Pourzaki, Information and Knowledge Manager - recently held a presentation about all the recommendations at the Wikimedia Foundation All Hands. They provide a quick, concise overview
of every recommendation and also some insight into how each was developed. Video of the presentation [2] and the presentation slides [3] are now on Commons.

Jan Ainali has interviewed me for his podcast Wikipedia Podden. I’m speaking with him about the past, present and future of movement strategy[4].

The one-pager created by Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) has been very popular. Again, a big thank you to Andrew for putting this together. In addition to Arabic, English, and Hindi versions, it is now also available in Farsi [5, 6].

== Meeting notes from the office hours  ==
We have published a condensed summary of the meeting notes [7] from the office hours that were held by the core team on Thursday, January 30. The notes provide an overview of the key points and questions that were raised during the two calls as well as summaries of the responses.

== Do you have further questions? ==
Members of the core team will join the upcoming Wikimedia Café on February 15 [8], which will focus on the movement strategy recommendations. The Wikimedia Café is a community-led meeting hosted by User:Pine and User:Bluerasberry, and we are happy to take part and help answer any questions people may have about the recommendations. Additionally, if you are looking for more information about any of the above topics or about the movement strategy in general, take a look at
our FAQ section [9].

Happy weekend,
Nicole

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_movement_strategy_recommendations_presentation_at_WMF_All-Hands_2020.webm
[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Movement_Strategy_at_WMF_All_Hands_2020.pdf
[4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP_72_-_Wikimedia_2030,_a_strategy_interview.mp3#{{int:filedesc}}
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:One-page_overview_of_the_first_version_of_the_Wikimedia_2030_movement_strategy_recommendations.pdf
[6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ÙÙØ®Ùص_تÙصيات_ÙيÙيÙيديا_اÙاستراتيجية_2030.pdf
[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports/Movement_strategy_office_hours_notes
[8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Café
[9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Frequently_asked_questions



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Info WorldUniversity
11:35 AM (58 minutes ago)
to strategy2030, Lydia, Katherine, Stephen, Wikimedia, Nicole, affiliates, EDs, Internal

Thanks for this great plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim - regarding the sum of all knowledge. I enjoyed your podcast - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP_72_-_Wikimedia_2030,_a_strategy_interview.mp3#{{int:filedesc}} - in particular. (Seems like in the 'united states of whatebber' per your Twitter photo, Nicole - https://twitter.com/antischokke - that tactics, by way of comparison, have been very significant thus far in the Wikimedia movement).

(In that CC-4 MIT OCW-centric wiki World University & School donated itself to Wikidata in 2015, and received WUaS Miraheze MediaWiki in 2017 as a consequence, am curious if WUaS would be considered an affiliate per these email addressees above, or what?)

I have questions relating mostly to "the sum of all knowledge" goal of Wikipedia -

A) epistemology questions - How does or will Wikimedia / Wikipedia / Wikidata approach academic knowledge, eg in the ~32 departments in MIT OCW, for example, in particular, in this strategizing - and per information technology as a new aspect of knowledge generation?

B) linguistic questions - How will Wikidata approach its ~300 languages in becoming a platform for academic linguistic departments, and regarding the sum of all knowledge (and eventually all 7,111 known living languages)? ... and also regarding the Wikidata lexicographical project.

C) questions, brainstorming and knowledge-wise, about 'ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy' as a new social science and STEM method ... how could Wikipedians and others begin to develop this wiki project in the Wikidata / Wikimedia ecosystem?

D) questions about planning for all 7.5 billion people in first 300 languages, and then in all 7,111 known living languages, as Wikipedia wiki editors, curators, knowledge generators? It seems that these potentially 7.5 billion people on the planet earth are most remarkable as generators of "the sum of knowledge." How is Wikipedia planning for all these 'knowledge generators'?

Thanks,
Scott
(see blog 'label' regarding 'ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy' in this blog -
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/keyhole-sand-dollar-agenda-and-minutes.html )



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- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.



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Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com via lists.wikimedia.org
12:24 PM (9 minutes ago)
to Wikimedia

Hello Nicole,

The second video seems to be incomplete. There are, for example, several
jump cuts, e.g., at 05:07, 11:08, 17:08, 22:31, etc. At 11:14 the
presenters invite questions or comments, and at 41:32 someone is clearly
being called upon to offer one, but they are not shown in the video. Could
you please provide a link to the entire video without cuts, including any
questions or comments and the responses to them?

Todd

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 10:45 AM Nicole Ebber
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Dear Anant Agarwal (CEO of edX),  
I just applied to this position a second time very succinctly (at Jim Spohrer's suggestion who says hi) - 
Head of Content Strategy & Acquisition at edXhttps://boards.greenhouse.io/edx/jobs/1921466
https://www.edx.org/about-us

I've attached, too, my CV, as well as my cover letter. Thank you.

Sincerely, Scottworlduniversityandschool.org
- http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages- https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch 

-- - Scott MacLeod- http://scottmacleod.com 



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Friday, February 14, 2020Scott MacLeod
10:45 AM (2 hours ago)
to Larry, Jim

Dear Jim, and Larry,

I came across this video yesterday from edX hiring and talent managers (in this 'Integration Specialist' job opening - https://boards.greenhouse.io/edx/jobs/2018844 - which I won't apply for) -

Libby Bowen - edX Hiring Manager Interview - February 15, 2019 with Rose Sinclair -

https://youtu.be/DHlo8Hf-EMM

- and which is on the edX recruiting channel (which is Rose Sinclair's endeavor I think)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrZsc4AQga6nv9XoKhsz_g

and found all of these interviews fascinating. And in one of them, the co-CEO, Adam Medros, was interviewed. I 'LinkedIn' with him per his video edX recruiting video - https://youtu.be/7si3HzgEIxA - and with " - which I enjoyed, & am in communication with Anant Agarwal these days regarding CC-4 MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch in ~200 countries' languages & exploring edX collaborations. Best regards, Scott (worlduniversityandschool.org & scottmacleod.com)." And while he looked at my LinkedIn profile this morning, the connection is pending.

After watching these videos, and also recognizing how valuable it would be to be an edX partner / member / collaborator (but their business manager Lee seems to have closed the door on this for WUaS) for licensing with the state of California's BPPE and then for WASC senior accreditation as a platform, it strikes me too that these excellent diverse edX managers in all of these videos (and the entire edX organization too) could be a great platform and infrastructure from which to build and grow World Univ & Sch. How to connect with them in all these regards, I wonder? I think edX's 3 missions, but esp its research mission - https://www.edx.org/about-us "Advance teaching and learning through research" in particular - is perhaps most significant in these regards too. Am keeping my eye on https://www.edx.org/careers but in preparing for WUaS Monthly Business Meeting tomorrow, 2/15/20 - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/keyhole-sand-dollar-agenda-and-minutes.html - I wonder how to connect further with edX - and especially collaborate with them. Send Adam Medros and Rose Sinclair and Anant Agarwal my two edX job applications again, upon their invitation?

I enjoyed too, Jim, your

"AI and OpenPower" IBM video -
https://youtu.be/4_uQdNtjl60 - and your mentioning Tarun Sainani, who came over to a party at my place with Takeshi Suzuki last October 2019. Am hoping WUaS can develop cognitive assistants in our home robotics' projects with time.

Thanks, Scott



Rose Sinclair -

"The Talent Behind Acquiring Talent: Meet Rose" - https://blog.edx.org/talent-behind-ac...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsinclair89/

Olga Stroilova, a MIT PhD in Algebraic Topology from the Ukraine, and a coder, who has worked at edX and WayFair (which just went under in Boston losing 350 jobs), and who may have been involved in making some of these videos above - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stroilova/de ...


Adam Medros, has moved from the COO position at edX - a real Chief Operating Officer with Dartmouth and Harvard MBA degrees - to co-CEO with Anant now -

https://www.cnbc.com/adam-medros-edx/

http://www.adammedros.com/

https://www.edx.org/press/edx-appoints-adam-medros-president-coo





On 5:52PM, Tue, Jan 28, 2020 Scott MacLeod
Dear Anant,

I just applied to this position a second time very succinctly (at Jim Spohrer's suggestion who says hi) -
Head of Content Strategy & Acquisition at edX
https://boards.greenhouse.io/edx/jobs...
https://www.edx.org/about-us

I've attached, too, my CV, as well as my cover letter. Thank you.

Sincerely, Scott
worlduniversityandschool.org
- http://worlduniversityandschool.org/A...
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...
- https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch


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Hi Scott,

Thank you for your interest in edX and the Head of Content Strategy & Acquisition position! Your application has been received and will be reviewed by a member of the Talent Acquisition team.

Our team values the time you took to research edX and apply, and will respond as soon as possible. In the meantime, feel free to follow us on social media!

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- World University and School- http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
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Keyhole sand dollar: Agenda and Minutes for the open WUaS Monthly Business Meeting this Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 9 am PT * * * Agenda and News for Feb 15, 2020 WUaS Corporation Board Meeting

Dear Universitians and friends, 
Please join our open WUaS monthly business meeting if you might be interested. 
And thank you for your support of World Univ & Sch. There are no changes in the financial reports for A) World University and School, and for the B) WUaS Corporation from last month's reports. 
Please join us at our OPEN @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress monthly business meeting on Sat 2/15/20 at 9am PT, 12noon ET electronically - Email info @ worlduniversityandschool.org WUaS is seeking 500-2000 online undergraduates in English at https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School in fall as WUaS licenses

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1228129502879830017?s=20
World University's open monthly business meeting Agenda for February 15, 2020:- https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2020/02/agenda-and-minutes-for-open-wuas.html- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

The next WUaS Monthly Business Meeting will meet on the 3rd / THIRD Saturday of the month, on March 21, 2020, open, hour-long and electronically-mediated. 
Sincerely, Scott
https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch- https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch
- https://twitter.com/WUaSPress
- Languages - World Univ - https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States



Agenda & News ... 

Agenda and News for Sat Feb 15, 2020 World University & School Monthly Business Meeting

0Please remember that open WUaS Monthly Business Meeting (in the manner of Friends/Quakers) is an opportunity for you to help create wiki MIT OCW-centric World University and School. Please email info@worlduniversityandschool.org to join the hour-long conversation on 3rd Saturdays at 9am PT.

1World University and School is seeking our 2nd undergraduate matriculating class for free-to-students' online CC-4 MIT OCW-centric Bachelor's degrees in English, in the autumn of 2020 (where you can also wiki-teach, edit, share resources and ideas, learn, develop a teaching conversation - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects) ...

2Monies are now newly available to World University and School for state of California BPPE licensing (after first attending a CA BPPE workshop on 2/20/19 in San Jose, CA)! Seeking to head to another BPPE licensing workshop on 11 March 2020 in Sacramento, CA ...
- https://www.bppe.ca.gov/schools/application_workshops.shtml- https://www.bppe.ca.gov/forms_pubs/approval_nonaccredited.pdf 

3WUaS needs the monies now for accreditation (probably for WASC senior accreditation), after licensing CA's BPPE. 

4World University and School's web site is now editable again, with secure FTP, so it will likely not be hacked again. (Unfortunately, due to a hack before the end of 2019, our donations button was removed, and we lost out on received donations).
World University and School, and the WUaS Press, continues to seek professional web site development. 

5World University and School is exploring collaborating for licensing courses for cryptocurrency compliance in nation states in Europe and regarding both Stanford law CodeX and WUaS Law Schools - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_SchoolSee: https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/panthera-stanford-law-school-codex-mtg.html (and with regards too to WUaS seeking to facilitate a single digital currency backed by some number of ~200 countries' central banks and distributed via Universal Basic Income experiments to all 7.5 billion people on planet, and for alleviating poverty - see the WUaS Press below). 

6In planning for matriculating students in all ~200 countries' languages, and speakers of all 7,111 known living languages, and thus, brainstorming-wise, for all 7.5 billion wiki teachers and learners on the planet - and also for Universal Basic Income experiments re all 7.5 billion people to alleviate poverty - WUaS may seek to collaborate with Alphabet / Google. In these regards, here's Alphabet / Google CEO Sundar Pichai: "One of the next frontiers for Maps will be to help the billions of people who live without a physical address get a digital one. These open-source digital addresses, called Plus Codes, are based on lat. & long. coords. ..."http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/73990824.cms … #RealisticVirtualEarth ~
- https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1225495801218113536?s=20- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1225495689414823942?s=20

7WUaS is planning our WIKI criteria for adding and with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ahead. And it's likely that WUaS will develop a first set of Artificial Intelligence / AI Universities (emerging from CC-4 licensed MIT OCW in 4 languages), and so planning for this for both humans and bots - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/anisoptera-ana-cotta-dragonfly-planning.html.

8World Univ & Sch seeks to develop a realistic virtual earth for STEM, classrooms, and everything, and potentially with the TensorFlow CHIP #TPU #EdgeTPU for image recognition https://twitter.com/rzembo/status/1223648708023193600?s=20… & #MachineLearning > #RealisticVirtualEarth #RealisticVirtualHarbin @HarbinBook for #EthnoWikiVirtualWorldGraphy new social science #ActualVirtual method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_processing_unit … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network … ~ and as part of WUaS AI and machine learning developments especially - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1224063932299481088?s=20

9 While WUaS filed our Form 990-N, (Electronic Notice (e-Postcard) for Tax-Exempt Organizations Not Required to File Form 990) successfully in early January 2020, WUaS will file the SI-100 with state of California soon. 







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Agenda and News for Feb 15, 2020 WUaS Corporation Board Meeting

AThe WUaS Press / Corporation seeks too, brainstorming-wise, as we code for matriculating students/ Universitians in all 7,111 known living languages and in ~200 countries each a Wikidata PIN# (in its ~300 languages), to plan for all 7.5 billion people, and to explore facilitating a single digital currency, for example, the "Pi" cryptocurrency or similar, to be distributed by Universal Basic Income experiments (to alleviate poverty).See, too - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/panthera-stanford-law-school-codex-mtg.html

BThe WUaS Press has begun to update our web site newly too - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

CThe WUaS Press will file the SI-550 card with state of California soon. 





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See, too, for further details -

Pseudanthias tuka (Yellowstriped Fairy Basslet): Developing Agenda & News for World University and School's open monthly business meeting (in the manner of Friends/Quakers) on Saturday, 15 Feb 2020
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/pseudanthias-tuka-yellowstriped-fairy.html











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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_sand_dollar
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Easter Island, Chile (Rapa Nui): . . . Genes . . . Report ALL cases of Coronavirus into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics in #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords planning for all 7.5 billion people on planet in all ~200 nation states' WUaS Univs & in a SIN

Genes ...


Report ALL cases of Coronavirus into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics in #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords planning for all 7.5 billion people on planet in all ~200 nation states' WUaS Univs https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States & in SINGLE #RealisticVirtualEarth https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Hospital ?

Report ALL cases of Coronavirus into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics in #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords planning for all 7.5 billion people on planet in all ~200 nation states' WUaS Univs https://t.co/LRKdU7tOTE & in SINGLE #RealisticVirtualEarth https://t.co/SpuwGvkzA1 ? https://t.co/km9qU5YcvS— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1227462592601448448?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1227466480436031488?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1227467022935740417?s=20
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1227468024145379329?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1227468619615014919?s=20


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Hospitals in China are reporting their experiences with hundreds of coronavirus patients so far.

Hospitals in China are reporting their experiences with hundreds of coronavirus patients so far. https://t.co/fHN0nMsQVd— MIT Technology Review (@techreview) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1227461208284024832?s=20


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https://link.medium.com/7zL63vauY3    Thanks Ed. Rapid response capabilities needed: molecular diagnostics, vaccines, neutralizing antibodies, and homes easily converted to off-the-grid full-recycling quarantine-biospheres. Not just for this epidemic, but the next one.

https://t.co/8gF7gotjNU Thanks Ed. Rapid response capabilities needed: molecular diagnostics, vaccines, neutralizing antibodies, and homes easily converted to off-the-grid full-recycling quarantine-biospheres. Not just for this epidemic, but the next one.— george church (@geochurch) February 11, 2020

https://twitter.com/geochurch/status/1227150486320615424?s=20


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... Time for Kaiser Permanente also to get their quarantine facilities up to speed again I'd think, for example, and similarly in most states in the US, and around the world ... as well as to get AI and more data, working ... and in all ~200 countries (to prevent all this suffering in China for example).


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Stanford's / Google's #ProjectBaseline for reporting ALL cases of Coronavirus into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics in #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords could be ideal & in China, & all ~200 countries (#SmartphoneVideoTo3D App into Google's Project Baseline with #AvatarBots?)

https://t.co/8gF7gotjNU Thanks Ed. Rapid response capabilities needed: molecular diagnostics, vaccines, neutralizing antibodies, and homes easily converted to off-the-grid full-recycling quarantine-biospheres. Not just for this epidemic, but the next one.— george church (@geochurch) February 11, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1227472636000776193?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1227472827466571777?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1227472940318515201?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1227473118555406336?s=20
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1227473454598905857?s=20




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Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Total Confirmed
45,210
(at 1:38 pm Pacific Time on 12 February 2020)

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We are tracking the 2019-nCoV spread in real-time. Cases and locations can be viewed here; data available for download. #nCoV2019 @JHUSystems
  https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

We are tracking the 2019-nCoV spread in real-time. Cases and locations can be viewed here; data available for download. #nCoV2019 @JHUSystems https://t.co/qfVymyUf7v pic.twitter.com/SS9zUwrQxT— Lauren Gardner (@TexasDownUnder) January 22, 2020

https://twitter.com/TexasDownUnder/status/1220014483516592129?s=20


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Huge jump in Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours:
- 14,840 new cases
- 242 deaths

That is a 33% rise in cases and a 22% increase in deaths.

The revised data is due to a review of past suspected cases.

Previous concerns over the misreporting of the scale appear to be true.

Huge jump in Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours:
- 14,840 new cases
- 242 deaths

That is a 33% rise in cases and a 22% increase in deaths.

The revised data is due to a review of past suspected cases.

Previous concerns over the misreporting of the scale appear to be true.— Peter McCormack (@PeterMcCormack) February 13, 2020

https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1227757377308561409?s=20



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Example of a beginning Avatar Bot Electronic Medical Record #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords ~
https://web.archive.org/web/20170831212017/https://www.topbots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ai_healthcare_challenges_800x350.jpg ? ~ Into a #RealisticVirtualEarth ~ #RealisticVirtualEarthForSurgery > https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Hospital
@WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress Languages-WorldUniv > @sgkmacleod ~

Example of a beginning Avatar Bot Electronic Medical Record #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords ~https://t.co/07V9U0CiZr ? ~ Into a #RealisticVirtualEarth ~ #RealisticVirtualEarthForSurgery > https://t.co/SpuwGvCarz @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress Languages-WorldUniv > @sgkmacleod ~— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) September 26, 2019

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1177365478144016384?s=20



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MIT - hand washing

To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing https://t.co/NkS8yJKzvx— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/MIT/status/1227624672503660544?s=20



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A beautiful visualization of a horrible contagion:https://t.co/H2wL4SrHcQ— Laurence Moroney (@lmoroney) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/lmoroney/status/1227655791252951040?s=20


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Stanford's / Google's #ProjectBaseline for reporting ALL cases of Coronavirus into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics in #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords could be ideal & in China, & all ~200 countries (#SmartphoneVideoTo3D App into Google's Project Baseline with #AvatarBots?)

Stanford's / Google's #ProjectBaseline for reporting ALL cases of Coronavirus into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics in #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords could be ideal & in China, & all ~200 countries (#SmartphoneVideoTo3D App into Google's Project Baseline with #AvatarBots?)— HarbinBook (@HarbinBook) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1227473454598905857







* * * * Rising sea levels and storm activity as a result of #ClimateChange threatens the vulnerable moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui. Find out more at https://artsandculture.google.com/pro... with @ICOMOS and @googlearts

Rising sea levels and storm activity as a result of #ClimateChange threatens the vulnerable moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui. Find out more at https://t.co/ZLuv2yN6Xy with @ICOMOS and @googlearts pic.twitter.com/IMwV5y8lfK— CyArk (@CyArk) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/CyArk/status/1227628473134379008?s=20







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Western Honey Bee: re my upcoming 'Honey in the Bag' Scottish small pipes' album ..., Seeking to begin piping lessons with Connor Sinclair soon - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/202... - and this video her

Western Honey Bee re upcoming 'Honey in the Bag' Scottish small pipes' album ....



Scott MacLeod 
9:58 AM (5 hours ago)
to Connor, Andrew, Roddy, Finlay

Hi Connor,

I'm writing to inquire about Skype lessons with you on my Scottish small pipes. How might this work best? Would you be available to meet some afternoon at 4 or 5 pm, Glasgow time, in Skype (which is 8am or 9am in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live - in Canyon CA 94516)? Or another time? Am seeking to develop my "Honey in the Bag" Scottish small pipes' album and CD (on my A chanter), as well as experiment playing B flat and D chanters and with the Combo Drone on my Walsh SSP and for a Scottish Country Dance band I play in in Berkeley. Thanks very much.  (I've lived 2 full years in Edinburgh, studying at Fettes College in the 1st year 6th in ~76-77 and at the University of Edinburgh in 2003-2004 in the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies, and where Gary West was my tutor, so - like you, Andrew, with CMU / Pittsburgh PA / USA culture, am a bit familiar with Scottish culture). Thank you.

Best regards, Scott
Scott GK MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com/piping.htm -

PS
FYI, Connor, here are some recent related emails to Roddy and Finlay in these regards:

Thanks so much, Finlay and Roddy,

I think I'd like to explore taking the next 5 lessons or so with Connor Sinclair, as a young world class piper (with a music degree from the Glasgow Royal Conservatoire in piping in part too) who also plays the flute and whistles in an ensemble / traditional music group (where many keys are played here by Connor Sinclair on the flute and whistle - https://gnossmusic.com/media/ :). And he's won the Gold medal at the Northern Meeting (https://www.pipesdrums.com/article/northern-meeting-2019-day-1-silver-medal-goes-to-mackenzie-mccready-takes-a-msr/) recently. I think he'd be good at experimenting with the Scottish small pipes on D and B flat chanters too (and with Combo Drone also), which could be enjoyable for him as well. I'll email him to inquire.

I created an initial structure for the tunes I'm planning to play on my Honey in the Bag upcoming album - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/maunga-terevaka-volcano-honey-in-bag.html?m=0 - which is another big step in this process.

Am seeking to make my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" a world class Scottish small pipes' album. Here's Stuart Liddell :), and where this Piping Live performance is a kind of model of the playing old favorites amazingly well - and for my upcoming album -

https://youtu.be/tuhlcFj8NUw -


https://youtu.be/gOU0OrqXSHU - in these regards. Am also taking a bit of an "The Ascension of Inveraray & District Pipe Band - 2004-2013" approach to my "Honey in the Bag" album -

https://youtu.be/wbikiMAjhDM.

In an innovative way, am wondering too about founding an online Scottish small pipes quartet in real real time, possibly with A. Bova and D. Nevins, when information technology from Google, for example, for this comes along. What do you think? Will broach this with all of you.

Thanks so much. (And bon voyage, Finlay!).

Best regards, Scott
- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod
- https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Bagpipe_Tutorials


PPS
In addition to taking lessons in preparation for my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album, which I'm planning to do fairly traditionally (see these tunes - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/02/gobies-scott-macleods-honey-in-bag-cd.html), playing MSR HJ slow airs etc., on a SSP A chanter, I'm also interested in learning to play the Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D, and

1) with GHB sheet music (let's call this in the key of A mixolydian - with 2 sharps in the staff key notation - see below), as well as

2) Open Band (Berkeley) Scottish Country Dance band sheet music in multiple keys for the sheet music staff notation (but mostly in the keys of A, D, G, C and B flat in the sheet music staff notation). (See - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand).

... To share a concrete, practical example, playing "The Battle of Waterloo" tune works on the A chanter and on the D chanter with the same fingering and sounds good - and so I could use the same GHB sheet music in A to play both. Why and how to think about this? (The 4 drones of my Walsh Scottish small pipes, with a combination drone, and the ability to produce a fifth sound-wise, or chord-wise, raise another set of related questions I'd be interested in conversing about with a potential NPC teacher as well). (And could I even possibly explore become a National Piping Centre online Scottish small pipes' teacher at some point in the future - and with these foci too?). Thank you!


PPPS
And could I explore emailing you, Connor, the sheet music (in a Google Docs format) from Open Band every week, so you could get a sense of the music for different chanters even - and all in an experimental vein (and thus potentially enjoyably especially)? (It's also a rich trove of Scottish dancing sheet music).

With very best wishes, Scott


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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com




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Scott MacLeod solo album "Honey in the Bag" tune list


1
2/4 Marches 2

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt


2
Jigs 3

Honey in the Bag
The Banjo Breakdown
Cabar Feidh


3
Reels 3

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Willie Cumming’s Rant
Loch Carron


4
March Strathspey Reel 3

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
The Cameronian Rant
Dolina MacKay


5
Jigs 4

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
Archie MacNab
James MacLellan’s Favourite


6
6/8 Marches 2

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed


7
Strathspey Reels 4

The Fiddler
Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt


8
Air 1

Chi Mi’n Toman


9
2/4 Marches 2

The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope


10
Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2

The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song


12
6/8 Marches 2

Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


13
Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka


14
Hornpipes

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker


15
Gaelic Air Jigs

Morag of Dunvegan

The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm




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('structure' of tunes below from Angus D. MacColl's solo album "The Clan MacColl"
Released: Jan 1, 1996
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-clan-maccoll/181193033)



1
2/4 Marches 2


2
Jigs 3


3
Reels 3


4
March Strathspey Reel 3


5
Jigs 4


6
6/8 Marches 2


7
Strathspey Reels 4 each


8
Air 1


9
2/4 Marches 2


10
Strathspeys/Reels 6


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2


12
2/4 Marches 2


13
Reels 6


14
Gaelic Air Jigs



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Tempos for Tunes - bagpiping tunes


Here are my off-the-cuff suggestions for a beginning soloist for these tune types. Keep in mind that bands and more advanced soloists will often play these faster - especially the marches.
Slow Marches, airs & waltzes ........... 45-60 bpm
2/4 marches .................................. 58-68 (maybe up to 74 if not competing)
6/8 marches .................................. 55-68
4/4 marches .................................. 74-80
Reels ........................................... 74-80
Strathspeys .................................. 108-120
Jigs ............................................. 108-120
Hornpipes ..................................... 74-82

Hope that helps.

--Bruce Wright- http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-135600.html - 



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Hi, Finlay (MacDonald), and Roddy (MacLeod),

Thanks for your email, and for checking on Monday morning about your availability for a lesson (before you leave for the States on Wednesday?) Tuesday? Looking forward to it, if we can fit a lesson in. I'm emailing both of you with regard to my remaining 6 lessons with the NPC (since you might have some good ideas about this too, Roddy - as the NPC's principal).

In addition to taking lessons in preparation for my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album, which I'm planning to do fairly traditionally (see these tunes - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/02/gobies-scott-macleods-honey-in-bag-cd.html), playing MSR HJ slow airs etc., on a SSP A chanter, I'm also interested in learning to play the Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D, and

1) with GHB sheet music (let's call this in the key of A mixolydian - with 2 sharps in the staff key notation - see below), as well as

2) Open Band (Berkeley) Scottish Country Dance band sheet music in multiple keys for the sheet music staff notation (but mostly in the keys of A, D, G, C and B flat in the sheet music staff notation). (See - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand).

So I'd be interested in learning which NPC teachers might have experience with these other Scottish small pipes' chanters and keys. If Mr. Nevans (re his playing "small pipes, and also an expert on theory!!!") is one possibility, great - but if there are other NPC teachers who have explicit experience with this, I'd be interested in learning of them too. And, to share a concrete practical example, playing "The Battle of Waterloo" tune works on the A chanter and on the D chanter - and I could use the GHB sheet music in A to play both. Why and how to think about this? (The 4 drones of my Walsh Scottish small pipes, with a combination drone, and the ability to produce a fifth sound-wise, or chord-wise, raise another set of related questions I'd be interested in conversing about with a potential NPC teacher as well). (And could I even possibly explore become a National Piping Centre online Scottish small pipes' teacher at some point in the future - and with these foci too?). Thank you!

Cheers, Scott
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes
- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod


What musical key does the bagpipe play in?
http://www.themacleods.net/qanda/skmqa019.htm

The bagpipe scale is based on the Mixolydian mode or scale. This scale is based on a major scale but with a minor seventh. Specifically the bagpipe uses the A Mixolydian mode. This is related to the key of D Major and contains the notes, G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, and A.
https://learn.dojouniversity.com/what-is-the-bagpipe-scale/

--
- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com






* * *I think this "The Clan MacColl" played by Angus D. MacColl, released in 1996, may become another model (see blog entries) for structuring my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" online album and CD:



The Clan MacColl
Angus D. MacColl
World
1996
Listen on Apple Music
TITLE TIME

1
2/4 Marches: John MacFadyen of Melfort / Clan MacColl
3:49

2
The Seagull Jigs: An Eala Bhan / The Seagull / The Thief of Lochaber
3:50

3
Reels: Traditional / The Man from Glengarry / Willie Murray
2:53

4
March Strathspey Reel: Leaving Lunga / John Roy Stewart / Charlie's Welcome
4:22

5
Archie Beag Jigs: Archie Beag / Archie Mac Nab / Scace o' Tatties / Joshua James
3:31

6
6/8 Marches: Ross MacPherson of Connel / Anne MacDougal of Clachan
3:11

7
Strathspey Reels: Susan MacLeod / Caber Feidh / John Morrison of Assynt House / Sound of Sleat
4:07

8
Tommy Tully's Air
2:56

9
2/4 Marches: Kelly MacColl / Margaret M. Black
3:42

10
Strathspeys/Reels: Lady Madelina Sinclair / Stumpie / Cutty's Wedding Danahasaig / The Road to Benderloch / S'iomadh Rud a Chunna Mi / The Silver Spear
4:44

11
Gaelic Air Reel: Togail Curs Air Leodhas / The Masons Apron
3:20

12
2/4 Marches: Mrs J. MacColl / Braes of Castle Grant
3:51

13
The Swallow's Tail Reels: The Swallow Tail / Easy Club Reel / Mrs. MacLeod / The Altyre Wedding Reel / Break Yer Bass Drone / The 4th Floor
3:53

14
Gaelic Air Jigs: Gruagach Og an Fhuilt Bhain / Calleach an Dudain / Con Al an Dranndain / Calliope House
4:56

Released: Jan 1, 1996

Angus MacColl solo album "The Clan MacColl"
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-clan-maccoll/181193033



*
Scott MacLeod solo album "Honey in the Bag" tune list


1
2/4 Marches 2

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt


2
Jigs 3

Honey in the Bag
The Banjo Breakdown
Cabar Feidh


3
Reels 3

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Willie Cumming’s Rant
Loch Carron


4
March Strathspey Reel 3

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
The Cameronian Rant
Dolina MacKay


5
Jigs 4

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
Archie MacNab
James MacLellan’s Favourite


6
6/8 Marches 2

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed


7
Strathspey Reels 4

The Fiddler
Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt


8
Air 1

Chi Mi’n Toman


9
2/4 Marches 2

The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope


10
Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2

The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song


12
6/8 Marches 2

Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


13
Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka

14
Hornpipes

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker


15
Gaelic Air Jigs

Morag of Dunvegan

The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm




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1
2/4 Marches 2


2
Jigs 3


3
Reels 3


4
March Strathspey Reel 3


5
Jigs 4


6
6/8 Marches 2


7
Strathspey Reels 4 each


8
Air 1


9
2/4 Marches 2


10
Strathspeys/Reels 6


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2


12
2/4 Marches 2


13
Reels 6


14
Gaelic Air Jigs



* * * 
"Honey in the Bag" album played by Scott GK MacLeod on Scottish small pipes ...


6/8 Marches

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed
Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


2/4 Marches

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt
The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope



Strathspeys

Cabar Feidh

The Fiddler

Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

The Cameronian Rant




Reels

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Loch Carron

Willie Cumming’s Rant

John MacLean, Johnny Red-Rory (Washabuck, Cape Breton)

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt

Dolina MacKay

Cabar Feidh

Poisoned Dwarf
Twisted Fingers

The Charms of Whisky
Dancing Feet
The Ale is Dear
Malcolm the Taylor
Muddah Rudh



Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker



Jigs

Honey in the Bag
Cabar Feidh
Archie MacNab

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
James MacLellan’s Favourite

The Banjo Breakdown ?
The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm



Slow Airs

From Babylon to the Bay



Gaelic Airs

Morag of Dunvegan
The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song
Chi Mi’n Toman
+



Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka


Amazing Grace in 5 parts (dubbed over?)





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Here are my off-the-cuff suggestions for a beginning soloist for these tune types. Keep in mind that bands and more advanced soloists will often play these faster - especially the marches.

Slow Marches, airs & waltzes ........... 45-60 bpm
2/4 marches .................................. 58-68 (maybe up to 74 if not competing)
6/8 marches .................................. 55-68
4/4 marches .................................. 74-80
Reels ........................................... 74-80
Strathspeys .................................. 108-120
Jigs ............................................. 108-120
Hornpipes ..................................... 74-82

Hope that helps.

--Bruce Wright

- http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/a... -




--
- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com





*

Ma′unga Terevaka volcano: "Honey in the Bag" UPCOMING #ScottishSmallPipes solo album in A - tune list, And learning to play Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D & COMBO DRONE
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/maunga-terevaka-volcano-honey-in-bag.html & https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/bagpiping ~ https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes @scottmacleod ~

Ma′unga Terevaka volcano: "Honey in the Bag" UPCOMING #ScottishSmallPipes solo album in A - tune list, And learning to play Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D & COMBO DRONEhttps://t.co/E3b4bIpzN6 & https://t.co/AIrqGCitNt ~ https://t.co/F235V8apH8 @scottmacleod ~— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 10, 2020

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Ma′unga Terevaka volcano: "Honey in the Bag" UPCOMING #ScottishSmallPipes solo album in A - tune list, And learning to play Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D & COMBO DRONE https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

Ma′unga Terevaka volcano: "Honey in the Bag" UPCOMING #ScottishSmallPipes solo album in A - tune list, And learning to play Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D & COMBO DRONE
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/maunga-terevaka-volcano-honey-in-bag.html & https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/bagpiping ~ https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes @WorldUnivAndSch ~

Ma′unga Terevaka volcano: "Honey in the Bag" UPCOMING #ScottishSmallPipes solo album in A - tune list, And learning to play Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D & COMBO DRONEhttps://t.co/Ox6z8DwqGP & https://t.co/JfJFFuGLAz ~ https://t.co/FTInKtiD7r @WorldUnivAndSch ~— ScottMacLeod (@scottmacleod) February 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1226919335932751872?s=20
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https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1226921235486932997?s=20



* 
Hi, Finlay (MacDonald), and Roddy (MacLeod),

Thanks for your email, and for checking on Monday morning about your availability for a lesson (before you leave for the States on Wednesday?) Tuesday? Looking forward to it, if we can fit a lesson in. I'm emailing both of you with regard to my remaining 6 lessons with the NPC (since you might have some good ideas about this too, Roddy - as the NPC's principal).

In addition to taking lessons in preparation for my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album, which I'm planning to do fairly traditionally (see these tunes - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/02/gobies-scott-macleods-honey-in-bag-cd.html), playing MSR HJ slow airs etc., on a SSP A chanter, I'm also interested in learning to play the Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D, and

1) with GHB sheet music (let's call this in the key of A mixolydian - with 2 sharps in the staff key notation - see below), as well as

2) Open Band (Berkeley) Scottish Country Dance band sheet music in multiple keys for the sheet music staff notation (but mostly in the keys of A, D, G, C and B flat in the sheet music staff notation). (See - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand).

So I'd be interested in learning which NPC teachers might have experience with these other Scottish small pipes' chanters and keys. If Mr. Nevans (re his playing "small pipes, and also an expert on theory!!!") is one possibility, great - but if there are other NPC teachers who have explicit experience with this, I'd be interested in learning of them too. And, to share a concrete practical example, playing "The Battle of Waterloo" tune works on the A chanter and on the D chanter - and I could use the GHB sheet music in A to play both. Why and how to think about this? (The 4 drones of my Walsh Scottish small pipes, with a combination drone, and the ability to produce a fifth sound-wise, or chord-wise, raise another set of related questions I'd be interested in conversing about with a potential NPC teacher as well). (And could I even possibly explore become a National Piping Centre online Scottish small pipes' teacher at some point in the future - and with these foci too?). Thank you!

Cheers, Scott
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes
- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod


What musical key does the bagpipe play in?
http://www.themacleods.net/qanda/skmqa019.htm

The bagpipe scale is based on the Mixolydian mode or scale. This scale is based on a major scale but with a minor seventh. Specifically the bagpipe uses the A Mixolydian mode. This is related to the key of D Major and contains the notes, G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, and A.
https://learn.dojouniversity.com/what-is-the-bagpipe-scale/

--
- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com






* * *I think this "The Clan MacColl" played by Angus D. MacColl, released in 1996, may become another model (see blog entries) for structuring my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" online album and CD:



The Clan MacColl
Angus D. MacColl
World
1996
Listen on Apple Music
TITLE TIME

1
2/4 Marches: John MacFadyen of Melfort / Clan MacColl
3:49

2
The Seagull Jigs: An Eala Bhan / The Seagull / The Thief of Lochaber
3:50

3
Reels: Traditional / The Man from Glengarry / Willie Murray
2:53

4
March Strathspey Reel: Leaving Lunga / John Roy Stewart / Charlie's Welcome
4:22

5
Archie Beag Jigs: Archie Beag / Archie Mac Nab / Scace o' Tatties / Joshua James
3:31

6
6/8 Marches: Ross MacPherson of Connel / Anne MacDougal of Clachan
3:11

7
Strathspey Reels: Susan MacLeod / Caber Feidh / John Morrison of Assynt House / Sound of Sleat
4:07

8
Tommy Tully's Air
2:56

9
2/4 Marches: Kelly MacColl / Margaret M. Black
3:42

10
Strathspeys/Reels: Lady Madelina Sinclair / Stumpie / Cutty's Wedding Danahasaig / The Road to Benderloch / S'iomadh Rud a Chunna Mi / The Silver Spear
4:44

11
Gaelic Air Reel: Togail Curs Air Leodhas / The Masons Apron
3:20

12
2/4 Marches: Mrs J. MacColl / Braes of Castle Grant
3:51

13
The Swallow's Tail Reels: The Swallow Tail / Easy Club Reel / Mrs. MacLeod / The Altyre Wedding Reel / Break Yer Bass Drone / The 4th Floor
3:53

14
Gaelic Air Jigs: Gruagach Og an Fhuilt Bhain / Calleach an Dudain / Con Al an Dranndain / Calliope House
4:56

Released: Jan 1, 1996

Angus MacColl solo album "The Clan MacColl"
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-clan-maccoll/181193033



*
Scott MacLeod solo album "Honey in the Bag" tune list


1
2/4 Marches 2

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt


2
Jigs 3

Honey in the Bag
The Banjo Breakdown
Cabar Feidh


3
Reels 3

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Willie Cumming’s Rant
Loch Carron


4
March Strathspey Reel 3

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
The Cameronian Rant
Dolina MacKay


5
Jigs 4

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
Archie MacNab
James MacLellan’s Favourite


6
6/8 Marches 2

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed


7
Strathspey Reels 4

The Fiddler
Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt


8
Air 1

Chi Mi’n Toman


9
2/4 Marches 2

The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope


10
Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2

The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song


12
6/8 Marches 2

Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


13
Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka

14
Hornpipes

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker


15
Gaelic Air Jigs

Morag of Dunvegan

The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm




* *

1
2/4 Marches 2


2
Jigs 3


3
Reels 3


4
March Strathspey Reel 3


5
Jigs 4


6
6/8 Marches 2


7
Strathspey Reels 4 each


8
Air 1


9
2/4 Marches 2


10
Strathspeys/Reels 6


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2


12
2/4 Marches 2


13
Reels 6


14
Gaelic Air Jigs



* * * 
"Honey in the Bag" album played by Scott GK MacLeod on Scottish small pipes ...


6/8 Marches

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed
Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


2/4 Marches

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt
The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope



Strathspeys

Cabar Feidh

The Fiddler

Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

The Cameronian Rant




Reels

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Loch Carron

Willie Cumming’s Rant

John MacLean, Johnny Red-Rory (Washabuck, Cape Breton)

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt

Dolina MacKay

Cabar Feidh

Poisoned Dwarf
Twisted Fingers

The Charms of Whisky
Dancing Feet
The Ale is Dear
Malcolm the Taylor
Muddah Rudh



Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker



Jigs

Honey in the Bag
Cabar Feidh
Archie MacNab

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
James MacLellan’s Favourite

The Banjo Breakdown ?
The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm



Slow Airs

From Babylon to the Bay



Gaelic Airs

Morag of Dunvegan
The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song
Chi Mi’n Toman
+



Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka


Amazing Grace in 5 parts (dubbed over?)





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Here are my off-the-cuff suggestions for a beginning soloist for these tune types. Keep in mind that bands and more advanced soloists will often play these faster - especially the marches.

Slow Marches, airs & waltzes ........... 45-60 bpm
2/4 marches .................................. 58-68 (maybe up to 74 if not competing)
6/8 marches .................................. 55-68
4/4 marches .................................. 74-80
Reels ........................................... 74-80
Strathspeys .................................. 108-120
Jigs ............................................. 108-120
Hornpipes ..................................... 74-82

Hope that helps.

--Bruce Wright

- http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/a... -




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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com





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Ma′unga Terevaka volcano: "Honey in the Bag" album in A, Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D * * * Scott MacLeod solo album "Honey in the Bag" tune list

Hi, Finlay (MacDonald), and Roddy (MacLeod),

Thanks for your email, and for checking on Monday morning about your availability for a lesson (before you leave for the States on Wednesday?) Tuesday? Looking forward to it, if we can fit a lesson in. I'm emailing both of you with regard to my remaining 6 lessons with the NPC (since you might have some good ideas about this too, Roddy - as the NPC's principal).

In addition to taking lessons in preparation for my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album, which I'm planning to do fairly traditionally (see these tunes - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/02/gobies-scott-macleods-honey-in-bag-cd.html), playing MSR HJ slow airs etc., on a SSP A chanter, I'm also interested in learning to play the Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D, and

1) with GHB sheet music (let's call this in the key of A mixolydian - with 2 sharps in the staff key notation - see below), as well as

2) Open Band (Berkeley) Scottish Country Dance band sheet music in multiple keys for the sheet music staff notation (but mostly in the keys of A, D, G, C and B flat in the sheet music staff notation). (See - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand).

So I'd be interested in learning which NPC teachers might have experience with these other Scottish small pipes' chanters and keys. If Mr. Nevans (re his playing "small pipes, and also an expert on theory!!!") is one possibility, great - but if there are other NPC teachers who have explicit experience with this, I'd be interested in learning of them too. And, to share a concrete practical example, playing "The Battle of Waterloo" tune works on the A chanter and on the D chanter - and I could use the GHB sheet music in A to play both. Why and how to think about this? (The 4 drones of my Walsh Scottish small pipes, with a combination drone, and the ability to produce a fifth sound-wise, or chord-wise, raise another set of related questions I'd be interested in conversing about with a potential NPC teacher as well). (And could I even possibly explore become a National Piping Centre online Scottish small pipes' teacher at some point in the future - and with these foci too?). Thank you!

Cheers, Scott
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes
- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod


What musical key does the bagpipe play in?
http://www.themacleods.net/qanda/skmqa019.htm

The bagpipe scale is based on the Mixolydian mode or scale. This scale is based on a major scale but with a minor seventh. Specifically the bagpipe uses the A Mixolydian mode. This is related to the key of D Major and contains the notes, G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, and A.
https://learn.dojouniversity.com/what-is-the-bagpipe-scale/

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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com






* * *I think this "The Clan MacColl" played by Angus D. MacColl, released in 1996, may become another model (see blog entries) for structuring my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" online album and CD:



The Clan MacColl
Angus D. MacColl
World
1996
Listen on Apple Music
TITLE TIME

1
2/4 Marches: John MacFadyen of Melfort / Clan MacColl
3:49

2
The Seagull Jigs: An Eala Bhan / The Seagull / The Thief of Lochaber
3:50

3
Reels: Traditional / The Man from Glengarry / Willie Murray
2:53

4
March Strathspey Reel: Leaving Lunga / John Roy Stewart / Charlie's Welcome
4:22

5
Archie Beag Jigs: Archie Beag / Archie Mac Nab / Scace o' Tatties / Joshua James
3:31

6
6/8 Marches: Ross MacPherson of Connel / Anne MacDougal of Clachan
3:11

7
Strathspey Reels: Susan MacLeod / Caber Feidh / John Morrison of Assynt House / Sound of Sleat
4:07

8
Tommy Tully's Air
2:56

9
2/4 Marches: Kelly MacColl / Margaret M. Black
3:42

10
Strathspeys/Reels: Lady Madelina Sinclair / Stumpie / Cutty's Wedding Danahasaig / The Road to Benderloch / S'iomadh Rud a Chunna Mi / The Silver Spear
4:44

11
Gaelic Air Reel: Togail Curs Air Leodhas / The Masons Apron
3:20

12
2/4 Marches: Mrs J. MacColl / Braes of Castle Grant
3:51

13
The Swallow's Tail Reels: The Swallow Tail / Easy Club Reel / Mrs. MacLeod / The Altyre Wedding Reel / Break Yer Bass Drone / The 4th Floor
3:53

14
Gaelic Air Jigs: Gruagach Og an Fhuilt Bhain / Calleach an Dudain / Con Al an Dranndain / Calliope House
4:56

Released: Jan 1, 1996

Angus MacColl solo album "The Clan MacColl"
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-clan-maccoll/181193033



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Scott MacLeod solo album "Honey in the Bag" tune list


1
2/4 Marches 2

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt


2
Jigs 3

Honey in the Bag
The Banjo Breakdown
Cabar Feidh


3
Reels 3

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Willie Cumming’s Rant
Loch Carron


4
March Strathspey Reel 3

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
The Cameronian Rant
Dolina MacKay


5
Jigs 4

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
Archie MacNab
James MacLellan’s Favourite


6
6/8 Marches 2

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed


7
Strathspey Reels 4

The Fiddler
Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt


8
Air 1

Chi Mi’n Toman


9
2/4 Marches 2

The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope


10
Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2

The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song


12
6/8 Marches 2

Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


13
Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka

14
Hornpipes

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker


15
Gaelic Air Jigs

Morag of Dunvegan

The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm




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1
2/4 Marches 2


2
Jigs 3


3
Reels 3


4
March Strathspey Reel 3


5
Jigs 4


6
6/8 Marches 2


7
Strathspey Reels 4 each


8
Air 1


9
2/4 Marches 2


10
Strathspeys/Reels 6


11
Gaelic Air Reel 2


12
2/4 Marches 2


13
Reels 6


14
Gaelic Air Jigs



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"Honey in the Bag" album played by Scott GK MacLeod on Scottish small pipes ...


6/8 Marches

Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed
Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray


2/4 Marches

Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt
The Hills of Perth
Johnny Cope



Strathspeys

Cabar Feidh

The Fiddler

Dalnahasaig
Captain Horne

The Cameronian Rant




Reels

Helen Gladden’s Reel
Loch Carron

Willie Cumming’s Rant

John MacLean, Johnny Red-Rory (Washabuck, Cape Breton)

John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt

Dolina MacKay

Cabar Feidh

Poisoned Dwarf
Twisted Fingers

The Charms of Whisky
Dancing Feet
The Ale is Dear
Malcolm the Taylor
Muddah Rudh



Hornpipes

The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Jolly Beggarman
The Man From Skye
Angus John’s Fancy - http://plheineman.net/angusjohnsfancy...

Calum Beag
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker



Jigs

Honey in the Bag
Cabar Feidh
Archie MacNab

Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
James MacLellan’s Favourite

The Banjo Breakdown ?
The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm



Slow Airs

From Babylon to the Bay



Gaelic Airs

Morag of Dunvegan
The Mermaid’s Song
Tiree Bridal Song
Chi Mi’n Toman
+



Polkas

The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka


Amazing Grace in 5 parts (dubbed over?)





* 
Here are my off-the-cuff suggestions for a beginning soloist for these tune types. Keep in mind that bands and more advanced soloists will often play these faster - especially the marches.

Slow Marches, airs & waltzes ........... 45-60 bpm
2/4 marches .................................. 58-68 (maybe up to 74 if not competing)
6/8 marches .................................. 55-68
4/4 marches .................................. 74-80
Reels ........................................... 74-80
Strathspeys .................................. 108-120
Jigs ............................................. 108-120
Hornpipes ..................................... 74-82

Hope that helps.

--Bruce Wright

- http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/a... -




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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com









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