Is that in any key? I'm not too much educated into theory, but I know a few scale and modals.
no, that is it. You can play around the notes in the keys of Bb, Eb Gm Cm F and that about it. Its very limited. However if youre intending to play without the pipes. Yes any starting point is ok and will still contain the "sound of the pipes. The scale I wrote out to you starts in Bb, The lower Ab is actually below the scale. Hope this helps
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dont forget it is possible to play C natural and F natural on the pipes despite them not being part of the "traditional" scale, if your playing "thunderstruck" you have to play an F natural and "andy renwicks ferret" requires c natural to be played, many pipers cork off the drones when playing with other musicians as the droning Bb can sometimes be discordant during the other instruments chord changes
many pipers cork off the drones when playing with other musicians as the droning Bb can sometimes be discordant during the other instruments chord changes
Referred to as the "squawking of a dying pelican" by the priest who did our wedding.
(It's okay, it worked out. It was a small chapel and he figured, rightly, that a piper would nuke the place. We used recorded pipes.)
no, that is it. You can play around the notes in the keys of Bb, Eb Gm Cm F and that about it. Its very limited. However if youre intending to play without the pipes. Yes any starting point is ok and will still contain the "sound of the pipes. The scale I wrote out to you starts in Bb, The lower Ab is actually below the scale. Hope this helps
Key is Eb. He's laid out a six note scale from the Lydian mode. I prefer the five note scale from the Myxolydian. Not a big difference, I'd just start from the Bb as described above and leave out the Ab.
Modes are scales from different starting points in the key scale. They generate different moods.
In terms of music theory, Lydian is supposed to be a "happier" mode.
And now I'm reaching the limitations of my knowledge.
Ha, I made my first youtube video. Partly because my guitar teacher gave it to me as "homework" and partly to explain some of this better. The rest is vanity.
So, this one is Amazing Grace. It's a simple tune but I still mess it up. What I want to show is the same five notes are played all through and the pattern just moves from string to string. Play around with it and you'll find all sorts of tunes that fit this shape (Hawaii 5-0).
Technically, it's in the key of D, it starts on A, so it's mixolydian.
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hey, I've never tried this mind you, but I was just wondering; has anyone tried using an open tuning to replicate the droning effect of a bagpipe. The open strings giving it a more open sound (if that makes sense) might be an interesting way of working a celtic song or two in...
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