A compromise might be a pair of e's, one a true 6th above G, for playing in G; another - a perfect fourth above the B, and keyed, for playing in E minor. The low E might be harder to arrange practically, but may not be as critical acoustically??
As the most prolific and also one of the best pipemakers both produce in F+, and most others too, I don't see much benefit in arguing who's to blame for the emergence of this de facto standard. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: 07 February 2011 09:56 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NSP] Re: Esoteric tuning relationships >Can one maker (which one?) have that much influence? Possibly, I think. I didn't have a specific one in mind as I was primarily speculating on the process (that's why I wrote "a maker" rather than "one maker", but didn't CR fairly recently mention someone "down the road" making lots and lots of pipes in F+? >I was told 20 >cents sharp of F is the tradition. I've heard variously "about 20" and "between 10 and 20" (and occasionally 25) I tune my chanter manipulating the >reed depending on the season and the reed, trying to get the best >balance up and down the chanter, regardless of how many cents I'm off >from F. Of course, this creates problems when playing with other >pipers. But I reckon, at least I'm blowing steady and I'm in tune >with myself. This is probably the best approach unless you regularly play with others or a band the more keys you >want to play in, then the more compromises you have to make in tuning >individual notes? This is inevitable. It's why the concept of "temperament" originated in the first place. Even D poses problems where the E is concerned (so does G for that matter!) and the B is also problematic in A minor. > To play in pure Em one might have to order a >chanter to play specifically in Em. In an ideal world, yes! CB To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
