Hello,
here comes the second part, third will follow soon. I Am really curious what 
triggered the block (it was not in the first half of the mail).

> As I was listening to various tunes, it occurs to me:
> If I want to play with other instruments (pipers, etc) I should
> probably be looking at an instruments with a d/g tuning, yes?

In advanced playing, the open strings are of not much importance for the keys 
you play in (not more than for the violin for example). The open strings are 
seen as registers that can be combined: A typical set up with three strings 
would be: 
* c - small C or C3, the note one octave below Middle C
* g - small G or G3, the G below Middle C
* g' one-lined G or G4, the G above Middle C

allowing to play in any keys in these three ranges and to use the following 
combinations: octave parallel, duodezim parallel (very nice), fifth parallel 
(and all three at once).

The choisse of drones is much more important for the keys you play in: they 
should be choosen after the roots prefered by the instruments you want to play 
with (the traditional relation between the pitch of open strings and drones is 
not a must - its just comfortable)

to be coninued soon....



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