Hello,
I am new to piping and have no contact with other pipers or teachers. Could someone explain how to cran?
Thanks,
PC
Paul if you are in Dublin why don’t you contact the Pipers Club in Henrietta street.You will get all the help you need from experts.
Slan go foill
Uilliam 
Planing to,
My wife is attending night classes for the next few weeks so cannot the clasess in Henrietta street just yet.
I can figure out most ornaments even if (I cannot play them) but the cran has me stuck.
PC
Paul:’ a ’ cut lifting chanter off knee then play
‘f’‘‘g’‘f’ or’g’‘f’‘g’ staccato keeping chanter off knee
finish with’a’cut put chanter back on knee.
Play this slowly at first emphasise the tight staccato spead up later.
The E cran is the same except you play e chanter on knee .Choice of fgf or gfg is up to you.
Hope this helps but do get along to Henrietta Street.Try the Saturday classes.
Slan go foill
Liam 
Has anyone tried cran’s in the high octave? I use them in Heaton Chapel (by Lunasa) to break the high E into a triplet, sounds pretty neat.
Virgil
…
RE: “the cran is usually confined to D and E, and isn’t used at all in the second octave…”
Is it possible that Cran’s are never played in the high octave (only possible on E) if one is limited by tradition? For those risk-takers out there who are not afraid of being glared at in the Irish Music Circle, I challenge you to try breaking tradition by throwing cran fingering onto a high E. It gives an unexpected rythmic sound, similar to that of the low octave cran (albeit not as powerful).
Food for thought.
Virgil
I play crans on E in the second octave..
There are some established pipers who do so as well.
I think Mick OBrien uses it in may morning dew iirc.
I use a cran on ghost d(Eb) in the upper octave
on a number of tunes (Jennys welcome to Charlie)
Anyone else use this cran? 