A second octave would be great! But on the GHB you only get nine notes- G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, and high A, with three A drones; two in unison and one bass.
Pipers like to ask "how can something with only nine notes be so hard to play?"
Thanks Greg,that's an excellent video.Angus is one of the top competing pipers.
The pipes may only have nine notes but there are five pentatonic scales available. http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/gaidhlig/page3d.html
See box,about middle of page.
Working with something that wants to produce a grating squeal on you and taming it into something that makes musical sense... It's beyond me. I need something that is capable of singing BEFORE I screw it into contortions.
Not ITM, But Closely Related
Not ITM, But Closely Related
Dear Friends,
Here is some superior playing - not Irish, to be sure, but many of us play in other related traditions and I did not this clip to pass by unnoticed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9dkLniGgc
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
Nice piping. Really nice piping. Where was the second octave? ; )
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Seosamh Ui Sinan
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
A second octave would be great! But on the GHB you only get nine notes- G, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, and high A, with three A drones; two in unison and one bass.
Pipers like to ask "how can something with only nine notes be so hard to play?"
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
Thanks Greg,that's an excellent video.Angus is one of the top competing pipers.
The pipes may only have nine notes but there are five pentatonic scales available.
http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/gaidhlig/page3d.html
See box,about middle of page.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by MattO'K
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
I KNOW the GHB has only nine notes on its chanter, but that doesn't make it any less difficult to play well. I was just taking the p!ss. Sheesh.
# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by Seosamh Ui Sinan
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
nice frock!
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by mcknowall
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
"how can something with only nine notes be so hard to play?"
That's precisely WHY it's so difficult to play.
# Posted on August 3rd 2008 by OrganicPeatCreature
Re: Not ITM, But Closely Related
Working with something that wants to produce a grating squeal on you and taming it into something that makes musical sense... It's beyond me. I need something that is capable of singing BEFORE I screw it into contortions.
# Posted on August 5th 2008 by monkey440