My new 3-chanter gurdy has a trompette tuned to C with D and G capos. I added 
the G for singing. My mouche is G and my 3 bourdons are C and octave Ds.

Barbara

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On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> My own G/C gurdy has a C/D trompette (C with a capo). I still don't play much 
> with the trompette, though.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't normally play a gurdy in G/C tuning, and will be having a 3-chanter 
> gurdy built that will play in both G/C and D/G. My question is, do G/C 
> players prefer a trompette tuned to low G, or a trompette that switches 
> between C and D via a capo system? I'm just wondering about that sound of the 
> coups produced on that low G note as opposed to the somewhat higher C and D 
> notes. Is it better, worse, or doesn't matter to players very much? I'd 
> rather not have a  second trompette installed to get the low G if there's no 
> real advantage to it, but if it makes a distinctly better sounding coup, I'll 
> consider it.
>  
> Thoughts?
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Mitch Gordon
> Guerneville, California, US
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