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"I thought of a tough one;
Alternate fingerings!
If X OXX XOXX produces Cnat, Then what would for example these 2 fingerings ( X OXX XOOX, or X OXX OXOO) which produce different tonal variances for Cnat, what would they produce? Or simply put, have cross fingerings and their tonal variations been included as well? If not, how does the instrument react should they be playing (another being a G roll done by using this X XXX OXOO, and tapping w/ the 1st finger RH
>>Bearing in mind that many chanters of different makers react differently, for this first version of the software we have opted to develop a simplified cross fingering in relation toa n acoustic set of pipes. We will rely on feedback from vPipers to make improvements. These possible improvements will be published by vPipes under a new software version that can be installed on all vPipes.
In general terms each note, for example first octave A, has 4 tonal variations on the vPipes, each with their own tuning.
1. close fingering 1st oct. A on the knee
2. open fingering 1st oct. A on the knee
3. close fingering 1st oct. A off the knee
4. open fingering 1st oct. A off the knee
The fingering for each of these 4 variations will be as follows:
1. x xxo xxxx x
2. x xxo ---- x
3. x xxo xxxx o
4. x xxo ---- o
The hyphen ‘-‘ jeans that whatever is fingered in that position has no effect and the last column indicated on/off knee.
On the vPipes, the closed fingering Cnat es x oxx xoxx and the open fingering for Cnat is x oxx xo--, such that either of the fingerings that you mention x oxx xoox and x oxx oxoo will produce the same result.
Any thoughts re: the cross fingerings (the last question I asked?). Cross fingerings are hugely important to the advanced player. OH yes, I what I meat to say was that Robbie fingers his 1st octave G Rolls like
X XXX OXOX, and taps with his 1st finger. This fingering brings the G slightly down in pitch, just a wee few cents, but enough to make quite an aural difference.
>>In this case, there is no difference on the vPipes between x xxx oxox and x xxx oooo, and in both cases the result will be an open fingering G. The fingerings for closed fingered and open fingered G are as follows:
x xxx o-xxx
x xxx o----
Also the thump one get when tapping a G roll (X XXX OOXX and using 2 fingerings to tap) as opposed to using one, etc.
>>In this case, if you tap with only one finger, the tap will be an F#, if you tap with both fingers the tap will be silent (if on the knee) or a soft D (off knee) and will sound slightly different, so it’s the same on the vPipes as an acoustic set.
What was the process you went through re: sampling sounds/notes?
>>Confidential for the moment and if I told you ‘I’d have to kill you’, in true 007 style….!!!
Do you foresee the pitch of B?
>>One can play in B by simply transposing -1 semitone from the C samples included with the vPipes. Although in the future we may be in a position to sample a B chanter.
If the cross fingers havn't been provided in this ver. of the software, is that something that can be added in later versions? Where will the updates be offered (on the site I presume)?
>>If we do carry out any improvements in the vPipes software, these will be published under a new SW version on our web-page. These updates will be free although you would have to send the vPipes to us to do the update, unless of course you wish to acquire a specific USB device to be able to update yourself."