Good grief! Is this the definition of an anorak? Not a sarcastic comment, all this is making me feel a bit inferior. There was I, with my keyless chanter, deriving simple pleasure from the Peacock tunebook when I got hit by all this. It's enough to drive a chap to drink, speaking of which the East Coast tionol is this coming weekend - happy thought.
Cheers, Richard ps Those in the UK who do not understand the reference to the East Coast tionol, visit www.eastcoastpipers.com pps For those in North America who don't understand the term "anorak", look it up in Wikipedia. Ewan wrote: > Well, I'll take it back to three keys. Philip has made me a three key Bb > Lydian chanter for Dixon tunes (and any other border or highland > repertoire). Let me explain. > > It's more convenient (for me anyway) to play highland and border music as > written on nsp, that is with the tonic A at five fingers rather than six. > On a normal nsp chanter this involves using two keys: high A for the upper > tonic and C#. But if you want a specialized chanter you don't need a Cnat, > so you can retune the hole to C#. So only one key is required for highland > repertoire. Border tunes however occasionally use high B and G#, so two > more keys seemed desirable. > > It's a Bb Lydian chanter because it has a C mixolydian scale from the five > finger tonic but pipes are generally described by their six finger scale. > The Cmix scale is to go with the D Drones on my F set of pipes. I hope > this is all clear! > > Colin has pointed out to me that this is the same setup as the Irish Brian > Boru chanter. > > Cheers, > Ewan. > > Ewan Barker > School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences > University of Ballarat (CRICOS Provider Number 00103D) > PO Box 663 Ballarat Victoria 3353 AUSTRALIA > ph (03) 5327 9274 > > >>>> Francis Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04-Oct-06 4:46:32 am >>> > It's fun to watch the rapid evolution of this little instrument. What > began as a keyless chanter (Paul, on Sunday) has gained one key > (Edmund, on Tuesday) and now three more (Philip, also today). I'm > sure we'll get to seven soon. > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
