On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Anthony Robb <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
* My solo pipes are happy playing at 458 which is well on the
way to
F# but when I do Em tunes I tune drones to a reasonably
happy compromise between fingered B and bottom E. To keep in
acceptable tune with these drones I find I am playing at 454.
I
keep it all as relaxed as possible and "Bonny at Morn", "Peter
Bailey's Pig" etc sound good to my ears.
Just curious - why play Bonny At Morn in Em? Would Am not fall more
readily under the fingers, or do people generally not have an Fnat key?
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