Noisy Neighbour?

funnily enough I've just had to deal with a 'passive aggressive' this last week, they are cancerous individuals within organisations and need to shape up or ship out!
 
ger147 said:
You fancy a house swap for a fortnight?

I play Piano (a real one, not a digital), my m8 plays the Bagpipes and my 11 year old daughter has a 12ft trampoline. Oh, and I have 2 dogs!!

They'll throw a street party for you when you get back :D
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LOL - when I was in secondary school I played trombone in the school brass section - we lived in a semi - our neighbours loved me. But I didn;t do it very often :)

One of my uncles and a cousin play the pipes. They weren't allowed to practice indoors and so walked around their house as they played. Fortunately my uncle was a forester (on South Deeside) and they lived in the foresters house - on the edge of the forest and no neighbours anywhere near.

Must ask my brother about his kids and how they practice - as my nephew plays the pipes and niece the tenor drum in a pipe band and they live in a small estate in a village on North Deeside.

And I too have just got my electronic keyboard down from the loft and I'm going to start playing it again.
 
chrisd said:
I wouldn't go that way personally.

You've called her bluff this time, if either knock again just say that you've had enough of their sheer pettiness and tell them to go away and leave you and your family alone, they not welcome on your property and you will forcibly remove them if they trespass onto it again.

I'm sure that they will go down the Council/police route at some stage but if they complain unfairly they will be seen through!

I would certainly do the fence etc, it was the veiled threats I would leave out
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I was only kidding about the dog and students. But I will play music at 3pm in an afternoon.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
LOL - when I was in secondary school I played trombone in the school brass section - we lived in a semi - our neighbours loved me. But I didn;t do it very often :)

One of my uncles and a cousin play the pipes. They weren't allowed to practice indoors and so walked around their house as they played. Fortunately my uncle was a forester (on South Deeside) and they lived in the foresters house - on the edge of the forest and no neighbours anywhere near.

Must ask my brother about his kids and how they practice - as my nephew plays the pipes and niece the tenor drum in a pipe band and they live in a small estate in a village on North Deeside.

And I too have just got my electronic keyboard down from the loft and I'm going to start playing it again.
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Don't you use a practice chanter when indoors? Much quieter i believe.
When i was playing in brass bands i always used a mute when practicing my cornet, and when i was teaching myself the drums i had rubber practice mats that fit on each drum to keep the noise down a bit.
Good on you reguarding the keyboard, i've always found music a great way to relax, either listening or playing. :cool:
 
blackpuddinmonster said:
Don't you use a practice chanter when indoors? Much quieter i believe.
When i was playing in brass bands i always used a mute when practicing my cornet, and when i was teaching myself the drums i had rubber practice mats that fit on each drum to keep the noise down a bit.
Good on you reguarding the keyboard, i've always found music a great way to relax, either listening or playing. :cool:
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Yeh - the chanter is fine - but IO guess sometimes you've got to get the bag up.
 
blackpuddinmonster said:
I've noticed its best to keep on the good side of our scottish brethren.
To be honest they both sound like someone abusing a load of cats when being played by a beginner.
But shhh... don't let "them" know that. :whistle:
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To be honest I've perfected that same sound on the many hundreds of sounds on my keyboard!
 
Been 'lucky' with neighbours over the years... Any issue's have been solvable [amicably]... Will be moving on retirement in a year or so and whilst you can pick a nice home you don't really have much say in selecting neighbours... My old Mum had to move twice in her retirement years due to incoming neighbours making her life unhappy...
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The pipes make a beautiful sound - you just have to understand the music.
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Never said they didn't, once you know what your doing. Amazing Grace, By Cool Siloams Shady Rill, Going Home never fail to raise the hairs on the back of the old nape, when performed with aplomb
I did say "when being played by a beginner".
I understand music fine, i could sight read at 7yr old. To say my taste in music is eclectic would be to put it mildly though, ranging from Brighouse & Rastrick to Black Sabbath and most things in between, although my 70s disco is a bit sparse. :whistle:
 
blackpuddinmonster said:
Never said they didn't, once you know what your doing. Amazing Grace, By Cool Siloams Shady Rill, Going Home never fail to raise the hairs on the back of the old nape, when performed with aplomb
I did say "when being played by a beginner".
I understand music fine, i could sight read at 7yr old. To say my taste in music is eclectic would be to put it mildly though, ranging from Brighouse & Rastrick to Black Sabbath and most things in between, although my 70s disco is a bit sparse. :whistle:
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You can only be a really cultured person when you can appreciate a pibroch - here's a wee bit of Faye Henderson playing a pibroch - grand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXUCLKjypbM
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
You can only be a really cultured person when you can appreciate a pibroch - here's a wee bit of Faye Henderson playing a pibroch - grand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXUCLKjypbM
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Thanks SLH, its always good to learn something new. Never heard the term before.
It just shows the importance of passing on our cultural heritage to the next generation. Especially with a form of music that cannot be reproduced accurately, or given justice to, using traditional musical notation.
A lovely tune too, although a little repetative.;)
 
blackpuddinmonster said:
Thanks SLH, its always good to learn something new. Never heard the term before.
It just shows the importance of passing on our cultural heritage to the next generation. Especially with a form of music that cannot be reproduced accurately, or given justice to, using traditional musical notation.
A lovely tune too, although a little repetative.;)
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The repetition is core to the structure of a pibroch - a theme plus subtle variations on stressing and emphasis as much as anything else - you really have to listen carefully to appreciate the variations on the theme and the skill and musicality of the piper.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
You can only be a really cultured person when you can appreciate a pibroch - here's a wee bit of Faye Henderson playing a pibroch - grand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXUCLKjypbM
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14 minutes 25 seconds of that SLH! I got to 31seconds to see if it got tuneful at all but was struggling to coax the moggie back through the window he broke trying to escape!

........ And I thought my keyboard playing was ropey!
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The repetition is core to the structure of a pibroch - a theme plus subtle variations on stressing and emphasis as much as anything else - you really have to listen carefully to appreciate the variations on the theme and the skill and musicality of the piper.
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Think I would prefer a pint of Bathems.
 
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