Regs and bottom D

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Regs and bottom D

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I've been working on my reg playing lately and keep having a problem with trying to tap the regs at the same time as I lift the chanter to play the bottom D. Any suggestions for an exercise to get past this?
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Hey PJ!

Is it at that nexus of right when the chanter comes up while tapping the reg(s)...or just reg tapping (at all) with the chanter up?
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heel of hand doesn't move from its position on or over the regs, you kind of pivot up your hand from the wrist joint to lift the chanter.
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It's right when the chanter comes up while tapping the regs. I'm practicing tapping on the off-beat in reels and hornpipes, and it's going fine except when there's a bottom D on the off-beat, and then everything goes sideways!!
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For trickier or faster playing you could always play a back D instead.

A D's a D, and sometimes a bottom D is inconvenient.
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An example:

I tap the off-beat note on the Bucks of Oranmore. For the first part, no problem, but in the first bar of the 2nd part, it starts with an A dropping to a D cran. I can never keep the regular off-beat tap at this point.
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My practice tune for hitting the D reg while playing bottom D, is the hornpipe The Plains of Boyle. I tap the the D reg every time I play the Bottom D. It happens a bunch in the first part of the tune.
My problem is still bellows with the regs. I'll freeze up my bellows, and run out of air.
My reg playing is much better after getting a flat set!
So, I'd get a flat set. :thumbsup:
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