[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I have been intrigued by the discussion of the tonal colours of the different
> keys. I am interested if anyone out there has a similiar description for the
> pipes?
Roderick Cannon's "The Highland Bagpipe and its Music" refers to a 1973
Piping Times article by Thomas Pearston about something similar. Pearston
assigned a particular attribute to each of the bagpipe's notes. Cannon said
most were based on well-known piobaireachds. These are:
low G the note of gathering
low A the piper's note
B the chiming note, note of challenge
C# the most musical note
D the angry note, the note of battle
E the echoing note
F# the note of love
high G the note of sorrow or lament
high A the piper's note, like low A
Perhaps not quite what you were looking for, but interesting still.
Wayne
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