Worst piper in the band

[vmac3205]

Wow, thanks for all that. Really good advice! Our band tunes to Blue bells becuse it uses all the notes and holds on the key tuning ones. Good thinking tuning the tenors to different pitches. Saves time and angst.

[OC Richard]

Our band tunes to Blue bells becuse it uses all the notes and holds on the key tuning ones.

That's very interesting! I've never heard a band use Bluebells but it makes a lot of sense, especially for listening for High G's.

Most bands around here use Green Hills: the first part lets the tonemeister listen to LA, C, E, F, and B. Only touble is there's no Low G and the Ds are short.

The second part lets the tonemeister listen to High A, High G, F, and E.

For listening to Ds, some tonemeisters here like to have bands play Lochanside.

What I was talking about, though, was tunes that a solo piper can perform at a gig and take his lower hand off the chanter to touch up his drones during the performance without affecting the melody.

Good thinking tuning the tenors to different pitches. Saves time and angst.

Yes not only are the two tenors tuned to different pitches, but also different strengths, because my 482 band chanter has a much stronger reed than my 466 gig chanter.

The bass is very forgiving and I can just slide it in or out to suit whichever chanter.

[vmac3205]

Ah, gotcha! The things our mothers never told us....