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At various times in my life, I've put significant effort into: electric bass steel-string acoustic guitar piano trumpet singing songwriting I dabble in, but have never really given the proper time to: chapman stick mandolin irish bouzouki whistles native american flutes didgeridoo lap dulcimer djemb...

Each key is $125 on top of that so I figured four keys adds $1000 on to the price so that comes to $2,075 right? If I am wrong please correct me ASAP so I can correct the listing. 4 x $125 = $500, not $1,000. So, according to Seth's site... a D chanter in silver: $1,075 4 keys: $500 extra chanter r...

A couple of years ago I would have said that I had a preference for ergonomic scalloping because I found it more comfortable, but I think it was mostly because I still had some beginner's death grip. My hands are more relaxed now, and after playing a bunch of chanters I agree with Pat Cannady that I...

fel bautista wrote:I used the method Benedict showed you to tune my drones as well

Would you mind sharing this method with the rest of the class?

Muchos Gracias to Gabriel, Eileen, Benedict, Jimmy, Máire and everyone else who pitched in!

Anything out there for Mac users? I haven't seen similar freeware for the Mac, but I've been happy with Amazing Slow Downer and I think it is worth the $45, considering how often I use it. A couple of big selling points for me were the audio quality when slowed and the ability to slow down AAC file...

You can always have Google translate it for you to hilarious effect! Here's a sample: "The piper is a kind of fetishist. It is the race which the between always you talk together not only the musical instrument itself, concerning the material and the like. Below, the picture of drivelling the U...

I bought a used Seth Gallagher C set in 2003, but I wasn't all that thrilled with the chanter. Benedict Koehler quickly reeded it at the 2003 SoCal Tionol and it was much better, but it still left me wanting. A year later I acquired a Koehler & Quinn C chanter which I am thrilled with. On a whim...

Koehler & Quinn concert 1/2 set
Seth Gallagher full C set with a Koehler & Quinn chanter

I would think your D chanter would scare everyone away since it kinda looks like some kind of alien gynecological instrument. This is L.A. That sort of thing draws a crowd here, plus an illustrated story in the Weekly about how alien gynecological instrument parties are all the rage amongst the hip...

Douglas wrote:Thanks Chad. I am a big fan of Dougie MacLean. I saw him at McCabb's in 1993. I would like more details on that.

Here's a link for ticket and show info: http://www.acousticmusicseries.com/tickets.htm

It's a nice tune. It sounds Scottish. Who composed it? The fiddle tune comes from Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean. It was originally published as "The Gael" on his 1991 album "The Search", which was commissioned as a soundtrack for the Official Loch Ness Monster Exhibi...

The misty star gazing stuff of Spillane was made to get girls... In fact, you can almost tell how "romantic" the music will be by how long and curly the guy's hair is. Interesting theory. It seems to hold up across genres: http://www.musiconphoto.com/Andreas_Vollenweider_03_50.jpg http://...

it could be a particularly brash and defined vibrato. That's what it sounds like to me - a fast vibrato from drumming the E and ghost D fingers while playing a C natural, perhaps even while lifting the chanter slightly off the knee. And do I detect a hint of raspberry and just a flutter of white pe...

djm wrote:One of the funniest things I ever heard was a parody of Springfield's "Fire" being sung by Elmer Fudd - I think it was Billy Crystal doing it.

Sounds like you're thinking of Robin Williams singing Bruce Springsteen's Fire.