Bagipes Banned from Edinburgh Wedding !

[saxandpipes]

Slightly off-topic, but I'm curious about the quartertone sharp tuning of a chanter. Is that a sharper than the drones, thereby giving a richer sound from the tones rubbing, or is everything tuned up a bit? ...

Easy answer is:

If the chanter is tuned high, the drones will be too. There is no musical advantage to having one's drones flat to the chanter.

Cheers,

Michael

[CMcG]

Easy answer is:

If the chanter is tuned high, the drones will be too. There is no musical advantage to having one's drones flat to the chanter.

Cheers,

Michael

Unfortunately, a difference in tuning of chanter relative to drones seems to be an all too common problem... It makes sense to me that the ought to be tuned the same though!

[saxandpipes]

Unfortunately, a difference in tuning of chanter relative to drones seems to be an all too common problem... It makes sense to me that the ought to be tuned the same though!

Yes, they OUGHT TO BE tuned the same... whether they are or not, would most likely come down to the level of skill of the particular piper. As I said before, there is no musical reason why anyone would do that on purpose...

Cheers!

Michael