Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
01-26-2021, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,438
Re: Thow on D execution
A note for fellow novice/intermediate players, if you want to get into playing piobaireachd at some point, you need the light throw. Apparently the heavy throw isn't a thing in piobaireachd (by all...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
01-16-2021, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 699
Re: Drone reeds for easy chanter reed players
I definitely noticed this, this has been my quest for the past several years. As a light blower (I play in the easy range, most easy reeds work for me out of the box with a wee shave, depending on...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
01-12-2021, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,254
Re: Bass reeds and tuning
Hm. I often find the opposite. I have to move the bass down on the pin a few times in the first few minutes of warming up. Then it settles in, and in some cases has to go back up a hair later if I...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
12-30-2020, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,422
Re: Selbie tenor drone question
Do you play a lower pitched chanter?
I played Selbies for a season or so. They chorded well with my band chanter, but were too sharp for my solo chanter, which was in the low 470's. Otherwise...
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
11-04-2020, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,248
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
11-04-2020, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 349
Re: Moisture control on smallpipes?
I'm assuming you mean mouth-blown smallpipes.
Does the bag have a zipper? If so you should be able to get a Bannatyne type tube and bottle trap for it. If not, maybe you can get a split stock for...
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Forum: Beer Tent
11-04-2020, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,634
Re: The Universe of Bagpipes?
Sad to hear this.
His articles were a wealth of information for me when I was getting started; the one on how to get started on learning the pipes has probably pointed a lot of people in the...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
09-04-2020, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,455
Re: 2020 setup?
haha
To be clear, I wasn't slagging on all the setup changes people make - I think it's absolutely worth it to chase that sound that you want, and to find what works well and what doesn't. I just...
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Forum: Beer Tent
09-03-2020, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 649
Re: Practice during COVID
My band is practicing in a park every other week or so, with whoever feels comfortable coming. Everyone stands a safe distance apart. For tuning, the pipers are instructed on what adjustments to...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
09-03-2020, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,455
Re: 2020 setup?
I did a lot of fussing around early in the year, changing reeds and chanters and such, but a few online competitions indicated that my tone and tuning was good for my grade level (4), and my time...
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Forum: Beginners, Intermediate, +
08-06-2020, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 626
Re: Extra notes
It's been said that if we had one more note, we could double our repertoire...
Here's a guy who demonstrates the full chromatic scale on a pipe chanter, tho he doesn't go up to a high B, and can't...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
08-01-2020, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,145
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
07-31-2020, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 628
Re: MacLellan A440 vs McCallum A440
Could you elaborate a bit on this setup? What reeds do you use to get the 3/4 set to A? This would be a nice setup, especially for playing indoors.
Any good sources for a used 3/4 setup?
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Forum: Beer Tent
07-31-2020, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,629
Re: $800 chanter, no silver
Hmmm. I wonder if this is "a piece of the True Cross" as it were, which I think Pip is suggesting, if I'm reading him right...
I have a PC that looks exactly like this. It came in a case with...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
07-17-2020, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,369
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Forum: History, Tradition, Heritage
07-15-2020, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 138
Views: 10,812
Re: Ku Klux Klan
I'm glad this got kicked up. Fascinating thread. Unfortunately, music can be appropriated by anybody for any purpose - the Nazis used Beethoven, Haydn, etc., for propaganda.
I've heard of...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
05-16-2020, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,052
Re: Installing Canmore Hybrid
I put a Canmore hybrid bag on a set of blackwood Dunbars myself. I've since sold that set, but I found with the grommets that if you have a combed/beaded set it's a bit easier, but if you have plain...
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Forum: Beer Tent
05-16-2020, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 5,443
Re: What tune never gets old to you?
For myself, warming up, tuning.. "We're no Awa' Tae Abide Awa'". Just two lines, can loop it a time or two if I need a second to think of what to play next. Play a D tune first like Bonnie Lass O'...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
04-27-2020, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 5,614
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
04-26-2020, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 5,614
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
04-22-2020, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,530
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
04-21-2020, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,530
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
04-10-2020, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 570
Re: Selbie Drone Screws
A hardware store or good auto parts store like Napa should have a "thread counter". Can take one in and have them check it.
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
04-04-2020, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,084
Re: Drone instability, poor blowing or moisture?
I played Kinnaird Evo's for a bit. I had to move the bridles down below the lines as well. It's hard to calibrate them to a very easy reed, even with the "easy" tongues. It might be that they...
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Forum: Technique & Instrument
03-28-2020, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,084
Re: Drone instability, poor blowing or moisture?
I just noticed this. I have a synthetic Bannatyne on a spare set of pipes. It's not bad with moisture, I just use the supplied tube and bottle. Nice full sound, good strike ins, comfortable,...
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