On 17 Jun 2011, at 14:14, [email protected] wrote: > The Uilleann pipe chanter can be, and often is, played closed, by resting > the chanter on the knee. > It's possible, but more difficult, to get just as clean, detatched playing > as with nsp. > > However this isn't seen as a fundamental distinguishing feature, and is > not insisted upon. The chanter can be played open or closed, and is indeed > played both ways, to get more varied effects.
Hello Chris, Thanks for this. I'm ignorant about Uilleann pipes as you'll probably gather. But do you mean to say that the chanter can be played using two radically different fingering systems and still remain _in tune_? If not, can the closed method probably really and properly be regarded as part of the core technique of those pipes? Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
