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I spend quite a lot of time practicing GHB grace notes on my Deger E-chanter and I really enjoy it; I like to slow things right down and accelerate to a speed that is faster than I ever need to go.

John S

Would migration on the net be E-migration?

Well said Wormdiet; if the session is full of eye-rollers find one with people less up their own arsess.

John S

As Dave points out above the UPs evolved from an earlier instrument the Pastoral Bagpipe which appeared some time around 1700, and was a kind of "gentrified" instrument intended for posh folks to play. It used the same pattern of holes of the folk instruments of the period, which have come...

I have a theory about Stradivarius fiddles, I reckon his firm made sh*t of instruments over the years and all the duffers and below average, didn't make it into the present, leaving only the good and the great; a sort of natural selection. Possibly something similar happened to some extent with UPs ...

I used to use wire bridals at the base of reeds quit successfully but I stopped and now I use many turns of an elastic band, which I find more convenient.

John S

I like the E (B) chord too.
The tuning I use on my GHBs is
G 7/8
A 1/1
B 9/8
C# 5/4
D 4/3
E 3/2
F# 5/3
g 16/9 I'm not certain about this one but it is sharper than 7/4
a 2/1

John S

Thanks for the link Bonequint, amazingly clear.

John S

I don't know if this is relevant but I occasionally have a similar problem with my GHB Bass Drone, namely when I play the second of the scale on the chanter a harsh buzzing starts in the Drone. This buzzing noise can also occur all the time when the drone bottom section seeks to low and is rectified...

Very nice.

Very nice, that helps a great deal.

John S

Switching to synthetic Drone reeds is only for those prepared to sacrifice tone for less effort and understanding. If you make your own Drone reeds as (any one can do) from readily available free raw material you can acquire the skills to set up a set of pipes with amazing tone and stability easily....

The notation given is a fine and good place to start it conveys the general structure of the tune well. Be wary of people that have insufficient imagination to ornament a tune without reference to several "Iconic" recordings. Does any one really believe that SE made an in depth study of al...

Thanks.

John S

Thanks for the review Wanderer, how does the OXXXOX C nat sound is it flat?

John S