what are the reg names ????

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:37 pm

According to the Leo Rowsome tutor the three regs are not called ,Bass ,Baritone and tenor,but are called Bass,tenor and treble,so have we been calling them by the wrong names all this time ???

RORY

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:40 pm

It would appear so.... I am so embarassed!

PD.

waymer · Post by **waymer** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:28 pm

I havn't got mine yet but when I do I'm calling them
Larry, Curly,& Moe

Mike Hulme · Post by **Mike Hulme** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:46 pm

My new set has four regulators, so I'm calling them Eeny, Meenie, Miney and Moe

lordofthestrings · Post by **lordofthestrings** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:49 pm

my set will have two... bevis and butthead? dumb and dumber...

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:01 pm

Mine are Honk, Squeek and Spurt.

djm

Jumper · Post by **Jumper** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:47 pm

Shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego.

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:07 pm

Huey, Dewey, Louie.

NAAAAH

Its always been problematic for me, having been for years engrained to say: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass...
I just cant get my mind around " Bass, Baritone, Tenor",
and almost ALWAYS call the middle reg & drone the Tenor...

Whenever I think of 'Baritone' its either this:

or this:

Contrabass reg..Sure!

Contrabass Sax...???

NAAAAHHHH!!!

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:13 pm

rorybbellows wrote:According to the Leo Rowsome tutor the three regs are not called ,Bass ,Baritone and tenor,but are called Bass,tenor and treble,so have we been calling them by the wrong names all this time ???

RORY

Is the tenor/treble reg higher in pitch than the chanter? That's what I'd think the word 'treble' should indicate.

If it isn't, calling it tenor makes more sense--in that case, the chanter is the top voice playing the melody and the regs are the harmony voices below it.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:58 am

The tenor drone sounds the same note as the bell note on the chanter.The bottom note on the middle regulator also sounds the same note,so naturally the middle regulator should be called the tenor regulator!!

RORY

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:44 am

Life is circular as this forum is..i raised this point a while back see...(almost 4years to the week)so buck up Rory

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... le&start=0

and it started a bit of a debate shall we say....

Here is the start o it....

I was wondering why nobody has picked up on the incorrect terminology used on the Regulators and Drones..Commonly and wrongly called Bass Baritone and Tenor.
If we take the Regs.Bass 1st..the lowest note on this is the G(assuming it is in the concert pitch of D)which is in the same register as the G string on a fiddle,which is of course a treble instrument ,and not a Bass.It is also the 2nd string of a Viola which is an Alto instrument.the Correct term for the Bass Regulator is therefore Alto Regulator
The so called Baritone and Tenor Regs should be correctly called Trebles.The Chanter is a Treble instrument and the middle register of the Violin(treble)both regulators cover the 1st register of the chanter so they are Trebles.
On to the drones.Bass.Baritone.Tenor-wrong again..as one octave seperates each pipe it should be Bass-Tenor -Treble.
Confused?? So are these...
Leo Rowsome in his Tutor terms
Drones.Bass.-Middle-Tenor
Regs Bass-Tenor-Treble(ist mention of treble)

Clarke Tutor,Armagh Tutor and Vallelys Companion to Irish Music all use the following
Drones Bass-Baritone(1st mention of Baritone)-Tenor
Regs Bass -Baritone-Tenor

Clearly a difference betwixt Rowesome and the rest!!
It would be more correct to use the term Big Middle and Small on regulators and drones rather than the incorrect and confusing Baritone et al.

The terminology between flat and concert pitch sets also seems to be blurred.
Modern Concert Pitch(post pianoforte) is in D. C and Bb ,C and Bb are also concert pitch,although a lot of pipers erroneously think of C and Bb as flat sets.
Baroque Pitch(pre pianoforte) is C#(the D of its day) and B which are correctly termed flat sets,because they are flat of modern concert pitch.DCand Bb are not.
I hope this clears up any confusion ye may have had.
Roddy how is Belfast and yes it was a full moon last night.
Slan go foill
Liam

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:10 am

Uilliam wrote:Life is circular as this forum is..i raised this point a while back see...(almost 4years to the week)so buck up Rory

Four years is a long time on this forum,way before my time and many others I,m sure. It,s about time it came up again.
Stop living in the past Uilliam!!!!

RORY

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:03 am

I don't live in the past au contraire I live very much in the day.And the tip for today is "Did ye know that ye can find the answers to most things by using the Search facility above.If that fails a Google may help ,if all else fails then ye can ask the Q?and more than likely get inane answers as ye have found"
BTW your gratitude in response to your query has overwhelmed me so much that I aint gonna bother no more.No siree.. adios amigos.

Uilliam

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:35 am

Uilliam wrote: "Did ye know that ye can find the answers to most things by using the Search facility above.

Is this a discussion forum or a database??

RORY

Dionys · Post by **Dionys** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:37 am

I suppose it depends on what's being asked. "What Uilleann Pipe Maker Should I Buy From" should be a search question whereas "Are Flat Set Pipers Making Up For Some Shortcoming" should be a discussion question.

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