I feel I should speak up as a lone voice in support of D chanters, I
have a 13 key D chanter which I play with other instruments in both D
and G, I probably play this just as often in G as in D and sometimes
with mild panic setting in can manage in A
No I don't have the top a but can't say I really miss it as its always
possible to harmonise or 'play around' the note depending on the tune.
5 drones G A D A D allow me to tune them required key.
Before all you 'real pipers' start throwing cloves of garlic at me,
I've got an F+ set as well
Geoff Mew
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Bill Telfer
Sent: 15 August 2009 11:39
To: 'Matt Seattle'; 'Gordon Brown'
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East
Anglia
Based on my experience I also have to agree with Matt. I have a D
chanter and have played it iregularly over the years with a band which
contains a fiddler, concertina player, and singer, (and also duets with
a fiddler). D is a lovely pitch but only works up to a point because
traditional instruments/musicians often need to play in G. Then I'm able
to change chanters, and use the D chanter of my Scottish Smallpipes
which accommodates many G tunes but takes on a different character. If
you are really committed the ideal would be to own both D and G
chanters.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Matt Seattle
Sent: 12 August 2009 14:58
To: Gordon Brown
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East
Anglia
As a non-NSP player who does however
play regularly with NSP players I would caution that a concert D set
is
NOT the obvious choice if you are playing with other instruments
whose
main keys are G and D. In terms of the range and key of many trad
tunes played on other instruments with which you wish to play along,
my
experience tells me that you would be better off with a concert G set
which plays easily in the keys of G and D - and has the notes
equivalent to the fiddle's top string (e f# g a b) - rather than a
concert D set which plays easily in the keys of D and A and only goes
up to f# on the fiddle's top string.
I would ask NSP players to comment on the above from their own
experience.
Matt Seattle
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Gordon Brown <[1]gor...@10db.co.uk>
wrote:
Many thanks to all who replied, I've given this lots of thought! I
really am
set on a concert D set of pipes as my primary aim is to play with
the many
melodeon players that I know and this rather fixes me in D,
especially for
the majority of the tunes I already play. I am also determined to
sing with
the pipes, although I acknowledge the potential problems with the
strap.
Although we have both a chromatic and FC autoharp, the majority of
our
instruments are DG diatonics or straight D diatonic (Gordon has
converted
two 'harps by scratch building complete chord bar assemblies for
them).
Before I finally decide to order a set, is there anyone on the list
that may
wish to part with a concert D set? I've bought 'harps this way
before from
another list, Cyberpluckers, and at least we knew the owner had a
decent
knowledge of the instrument otherwise they wouldn't have
contributed
to the
list. I suspect that this goes double for this list!
Alison
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Sent: 09 August 2009 17:30
To: Gordon Brown
Cc: [4]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: Re: [NSP] Looking for other NSP players in Suffolk or East
Anglia
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