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Chanter (-)

single chanter: conical, straight, no bell / double reed

Identical types: 29

"Compressed" schemes of fingerholes and keys are given for 2 types, each followed by as much as the computer field allows [?] of a full scheme of the actual division; Played with Closed fingering.

Conical, with 3 or 4 keys; D (d¹-d³); Also B, C, or E; It is an open pipe that is stopped on the knee for staccato playing, and has to be lifted to play its lowest note.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.86.

Garvin, Wilbert: The Irish bagpipes: their construction and maintenance [Belfast 1978, Blackstaff Press]. Foreword by Breandán Breathnach. Kells, 1988 (2), p.2, 15.

Crowley, Tadhg: How to play the Irish Uillean [sic] pipes [1936]. Cork, 1974 [facsimile].