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11 Nov 12 - 05:32 AM (#3434633) Subject: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: Mo the caller After spending most of yesterday at the B & HG day at Audlem I am wondering about how they are tuned . Are they all / none / some tuned in equal temperament? |
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11 Nov 12 - 06:07 AM (#3434643) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: GUEST,Peter Laban Playing equal tempered melodies over drones does not quite produce the effect any player with a bit of ear would be looking for. |
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11 Nov 12 - 08:50 AM (#3434683) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: greg stephens "After spending most of yesterday at the B & HG day at Audlem I am wondering about how they are tuned" Poassibly not as often as might be required? |
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11 Nov 12 - 09:40 AM (#3434695) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: Mr Happy Massed wasp buzzing! |
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11 Nov 12 - 10:16 AM (#3434708) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: Mo the caller I don't know, Greg. It seemed to be happening a lot. Quite often when someone else was playing a tune. Like guitarists strumming; you can never be sure if they are about to burst into a tune, or not. |
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11 Nov 12 - 12:27 PM (#3434793) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: SteveMansfield And, like most guitarists who do that, they're usually amazed that anyone can actually hear them tuning the gurdy or strumming the guitar! 'bongling' we used to call it in Olio ... |
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11 Nov 12 - 04:45 PM (#3434906) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: greg stephens It is a great do, the Audlem Bagpipe and Hurdy Gurdy day. Touble is, there always seems to be an inordinate number of hurdy gurdies and bagpipes there.Still, there's always a down side. |
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11 Nov 12 - 07:24 PM (#3434957) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: Jack Campin Gurdies can at least tune to the same scale with relatively little effort. Bagpipes come in several different temperaments and can can only be made to agree with each other by the application of wax or insulating tape. An event like the Audlem one really needs to be a two-day one with the first day spent tuning. |
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11 Nov 12 - 08:12 PM (#3434970) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: Little Robyn For bagpipes, tuning depends on which sort you're playing. Northumbrian Small pipes are usually tuned in 'nominal G' which means F and a bit. Mine are actually concert F but they can be anywhere from slightly below F to nearly G. And then there are concert pitch G pipes as well as concert pitch D!! That's just Northumbrians! The Scots pipes are typically tuned in nominal A - that's around Bflat, while Irish uilleann pipes can be tuned anywhere from B to Eflat. And then there are many different pipes from all around Europe and they can be in all sorts of keys. So expecting everybody to be in tune with each other is a big ask! I'm guessing, if you know your pipes are in an unfriendly key, you won't be joining in?? Robyn |
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12 Nov 12 - 07:30 AM (#3435128) Subject: RE: tuning of bagpipes & hurdy gurdies From: greg stephens The sound as Bonnie Prince Charlie marched into Carlisle with his 100 pipers must have been indescribable. No wonder the Duke of Cumberland thought they should be sent back to Scotland as quickly as possible. |