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Oh, and I'll be able to get started on the Hummelchen ornamentation on my descant recorder when I get the book, it's a whole new language :-) Makes a change from trills, turns, appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas, Re just tuning and equal temperament, I guess as a violinist I adjust automatically depend...

Thanks for the reply and the links for the book and to Remi Decker too. Toru Sonoda is sending me a book on Hummelchen in English so that will be helpful for when my Hummelchen are ready, in a few week's time. I have already heard my Hummelchen, Christian Dreier sent me a video - the tuning is good,...

Whilst waiting for my Hummelchen I got myself a Scottish practice chanter, and Robert Wallace's Bagpipe Tutor 1. Two things, wow it's going to take some puff, and work getting the lips to seal round the chanter to get it to speak. I have put some thread around the reed which has helped a little. Jus...

That set is quite a bit snazzier than the ones I'm probably getting. I like the dark colour.

Do all posts have to be moderated or is it only the first few ? Just wondering ... Normally just the first three. You can read it here (3rd paragraph down). When you have time, do have a look at the so-called CCCP (where the link came from); it has an index for getting a quick lay of the land. Just...

Well, a development, Toru Sonoda said he'd take a while to make a set, there's a waiting list, - understandable, but Christian Dreier got back to me and has a set of Hummelchen just about ready that he can make a second drone for quite quickly. He sent me a vid. They sound good, and the tuning is al...

Ah, thanks for that, that covers most tunes I'm likely to need at this stage. I have contacted both Christian Dreier and also Toru Sonoda, so far I have had several very helpful responses from Toru Sonoda and he has just sent me a fingering chart. The baroque fingering can be fully chromatic and ext...

Thanks Meticus, well played BTW. So, that goes from C to d' ? . Can I ask what other notes can you get ? Are there cross fingerings to get semitones etc ?

10 months wait, oh that's a long time.

Hello folks. This is my first post. I am a classically trained violinist, and I find myself in retirement getting interested in playing some traditional music, though I've played many fiddle tunes over the years. To that end I am looking at getting a set of pipes, tossing up between some smallpipes,...