I took lessons as a boy. I've honestly forgotten much of it except the basics.

I found my old Green Book in my pian bench and decided to refresh my memory. I picked up my chanter for the forst time in...well...too long.

I bought a new Gibson practise chanter reed.

It's a vast improvement over the stock reed that came with my chanter, which sounds like a step above a duck call rather than a musical instrument.

Here's my question:

Why does it sound out of tune?

I've recorded with this thing before (overdubs and padding for ambiance, not serious piping) and used Autotune to make it 'fit' with the other instruments.

I've used electrical tape over the holes to bring the pitches closer but I suspect that the holes were done shoddily...

Any thoughts?



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