If you can be bothered to read this after all that has been going on it concerns the use of the 'lug' to tune the chanter and little theory.
The notes to be tuned are the three that make up the Major Triad or Doh,MeSo,or Tonic,major Third and Fifth intervals. Start with the G drone on and do the G,B and D notes. With the D drone on and the G switched off, tune in D, F# and A. With the A drone switched on ( tuning bead on G drone) and the rest off, tune in A,C# and E. This leaves you with the middle C which is tuned as? fourth interval against the original G drone. That is the limit to which you can tune the chanter as if you try to tune against E for those E minor tunes you will find the middle B too sharp for the rest. Strangely enough the E note does not seem to be too sharp for the D an A drones to play against. This is called Mean tuning and any tuning issues can be corrected by means of bag pressure. Jack Armstrong was adept at this as I found out when I was asked to service his pipes where the chanter needed coaxing to play in tune. If you want a tune to test your chanter try Carnaval of Venice which covers all those middle notes. Cheers, Colin ? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
