Check photos and videos, resumes and CV, social media profiles, public records, skilled experts, arrest records, business records, work history and news. View contact information: phones, addresses, emails and networks. So anyhow if he got a chanter in 466 yes you could tune up a halfstep.īut if he has a normal modern chanter pitching in around 478 to 480 you’ll need to be a quartertone between B flat and B.Steven Scholtes Found 12 people in Texas, Wisconsin and 10 other states ![]() If your piper friend got one of these you wouldn’t have to do anything because his tunes would come out in A Mixolydian, D major, etc. The biggest current maker, McCallum, offers chanters in a range of pitches, 466, 474, 477, 480, 482 if I remember right.Īlso a number of current makers offer chanters in A 440. The 466 chanters might be called “B flat chanters” or “orchestral chanters” etc depending on the maker. Nowadays nearly all leading Highland bagpipe makers offer chanters in 480 and 466. In the 1970’s and into the 1980’s the pitch of bagpipe chanters was rapidly rising and you’ll find old chanters pitches at 469, 472, 474, etc etc etc. This is halfway between the keys of B flat and B.īack in the 1960’s bagpipe chanters had their “A” tuned around 466 cycles, in other words Concert B flat. The standard modern chanters have their so-called “A” pitched at around 480 cycles. I don’t know if the original poster’s piper friend knows about them, or already has them, but Highland bagpipe chanters are made nowadays in several different pitches. I’m not kidding about that A note, most pipers can’t get an actual note out, it’s just “KKKKKKRRRRRRRZXZZZZZZZZZZZZ.” I’ve seen people tune the drones to this, which is pretty amusing. Modern blackwood Bb (or higher!) GHB with jet takeoff volume levels and TV noise high A note deserve their bad rep, what a squall. “You must have me confused with someone else.” It was very off the cuff, we’ve played together about 10 times. One key is the same as another on the bass buttons, you just shift your fingers for different keys.Ī friend of mine made his own Highland pipes out of cherrywood, pitched in A, very nice and not too loud either sometimes we duet (pipes and fiddle) I played a set with him at the Seattle tionol concert last Feb, and got a compliment from none other than Randal Bays. Got very dextrous with the left hand (bass buttons). I used to play the piano accordion with some highland pipers even marched in a few parades. Re: How do you play with somebody with a set of B flat bagpipes? …….the first track is a pop remix but the others aren’t, have a listen to “Old” - which is The Old Bush, Jolly Tinker and Dwyer’s # For a good example of combining Scottish pipes in A and irish tunes check Ross and Jarleth Some tracks will be in A if the piper is playing Border rather than Highland pipes. The Tannahills certainly sometimes tuned to the pipes rather than them tuning to Bb so the whole band were playing slightly sharp of Bb. Here’s myspace links to the bands Kenny mentioned. ![]() ![]() Thousands of Scottish tunes will of course. So only certain Irish tunes will fit but there a few. So the scale would be G then A, B,c sharp, d, e, f sharp, g and a. These 25 cartoons capture the highs and lows of learning to play the bagpipes. Though they have a reputation for being frustratingly difficult to learn, they can be a lot of fun once you get the hang of them. If you were playing an Eb whistle but thinging of a D one the pipes scale would begin in the mddle of the whistle rather than from all hole coved (D). Bagpipes are one of the most unique and interesting instruments out there.
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