Which are the most useful flat chanter´s to have . If one has a D chanter already.
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D is the way to go for most sessions. C is often used for songs, but also by higher level players at tionols to exclude the wannabes. B or Bb is favoured by many for its tone. Ennis played C#, and a lot of people like it for its closeness to other flats, yet retaining a bit of the bite of D.
Its really a matter of personal taste, since pipes are primarily a solo instrument. You pick the key, let others follow.
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Its really a matter of personal taste, since pipes are primarily a solo instrument. You pick the key, let others follow.
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Being pedantic would require me pointing out that in the time when true flat pipes were being made, there was little concensus as to exactly what the note C (or B or Bb or C#) in fact was.Uilliam wrote:Remember to be pedantic.True Flat (Baroque) is C# and B .
C and Bb are variants on a Concert if ye get ma drift.
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Here's a bit of info on the variances in pitch in pre-19th century times (when flat pitch pipes were developed).
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Which we have been over several times before as a search would reveal...the point I am making is today everything is tuned to the agreed A440 Hz pitch .Which was settled on in 1935..so to get a true flat set ye would have to have the pitch at a more baroqueeeee one which modern ensembles have agreed on as 415Hz ,(note which modern ensembles have agreed on)...ye could have one of many as has been said which will bring ye back to my original statement above which was .."if ye get ma drift..." Bill pointed out quite rightly back in 2005 that some modern makers simply alter the pitch on their pipes but do not make true copies of flat pipes.He also said that there were pipes made in C by Coyne et Harrington and Bb flat by Egan and to avoid confusion maybe I should add that C# and B sets could arguably be called 'Baroque D and Baroque C', respectively anyways this has probably got nothing at all to do wi the topic so I will shut up..have a nice day ye all
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If you hate box players then C# or Bb usually sends them running
Seriously - we cannot make up your mind for you - go to a few tionals and listen to different sets and see what you prefer.
A= 440hz is 1939 - see http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/eng_pitch.html for full history of pitches in UK. Is there one for the US so we can see what the Taylors were building to ?
Seriously - we cannot make up your mind for you - go to a few tionals and listen to different sets and see what you prefer.
A= 440hz is 1939 - see http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/eng_pitch.html for full history of pitches in UK. Is there one for the US so we can see what the Taylors were building to ?