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Doubling

gracing technique (in order of complexity / frequency): b2

Identical types: 2

In character identical to a Scottish Doubling, but lower in pitch (due to the difference in range of chanters) and with additional alternative Irish Doublings for target notes d¹-g¹, as given here:

c²-d¹-g¹-d¹ or g¹-d¹-g¹-d¹; c²-e¹-g¹-e¹ or g¹-e¹-g¹-e¹; c²-f♯¹-g¹-f♯¹ or g¹-f♯¹-g¹-f♯¹; c²-g¹-a¹-g¹ or a¹-g¹-a¹-g¹; c²-a¹-b¹-a¹; c²-b¹-c²-b¹; &c.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Crowley, Tadhg: How to play the Irish Uillean [sic] pipes [1936]. Cork, 1974 [facsimile], p.11.