G# on D Chanter?

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G# on D Chanter?

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Howdy,

Is it possible for play an upper octave G# on a D chanter?

If so, how is it fingered?

Many thanks,

A.C.
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Re: G# on D Chanter?

Post by An Draighean »

A.C. Fairbanks wrote:how is it fingered?
With a G# key. :)

It would be very difficult to half-hole (with the third finger).

O'Farrell gives a fingering for G# (same for both octaves), but it doesn't work very well on any of my chanters:

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Re: G# on D Chanter?

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It works better in the second octave, but pretty much only in an A-G#-A situation, and you would have to practice the crap out of it. Ronan Browne used it in the Morning Thrush if I remember rightly. If you need a descending G# you need a key. In fact just get a key.
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Re: G# on D Chanter?

Post by A.C. Fairbanks »

Many thanks for the suggestion, but with my present practice set, the fingering does not give me anything other than a subtle change in timbre.

I'll experiment further when I take delivery of my full set in October.

All the best,

A.C.
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