A word of caution from a mediocre player about G sets. The only one I ever tried, the holes were too close for my fingers.
I take the point about wanting to play with people who play other instruments, but if you're starting, I can't help thinking it's wiser to start with a more normal instrument. I've met two people in the last ten years who have cheerfully ordered 17 key chanters to learn with, and never got any further. I'm sure it's because they're that much harder to get the hang of as a starter, with that bit more metal work to press at the wrong time. Having said that, I've always used an 11 key chanter, like the extra four notes, and never had any of those sort of problems. Dru On 28 May 2007, at 13:38, Klaus Guhl wrote: You are right, Paul. I want to play ususal NSP and other stuff (danish & northern german) with others. Maybe the criterions for expierenced players are others. I live on a musical NSP Island, no teacher, no other player and I play all in all just for a year. So I will buy a G chanter and will be lucky with it. Remarkable is that Pauline Cato uses a G chanter on some of her cd´s. Cheers Klaus Paul Gretton schrieb: Before this discussion goes any further, can I just emphasise that my responses were solely to the suggestion that playing a tone up on the standard chanter is a viable alternative to buying a G chanter. I took it that Klaus wants to play the usual NSP stuff (and perhaps other kinds of music) with other musicians at concert pitch, not just slow or simple tunes. I was not talking about transposing as such or playing in different keys. Cheers, Paul Gretton -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
