a.d.s wrote
Clough played in A maj and C maj. The arrangement of the Clough
arrangement of key's was C low at the left side and B at the right side
and that would allow player's to play in B and play the Beeswing,
Underhand and whatever.
Thanks for the replies on and off-list so far.
As expected, there are differing opinions.
Adrian - are you saying that a B left, C right arrangement will make it
significantly harder to play Beeswing, Underhand etc? Is the classic CB
style essential/desirable for the traditional virtuoso repertoire?
If I start making chanters with BC instead of the traditional CB, am I
sending non-standard instruments out into the piping world which will hamper
their future owners for years to come? Or will they join Colin's chanters
with ABC, low G's etc. as part of the rich tapestry, which players will get
used to?
Should pipe-makers adopt a new standard with a left-side low B, but try to
make it still just as easy to hit in arpeggios down from G/D as a right-side
low B?
Maybe this should only be done where there is also a right-side C# paired
with D, but not where the C# is on the left?
Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "a.d.s" <a....@ntlworld.com>
To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:36 AM
Subject: [NSP] Clough v Reid
Hello all,
I don't know of any player's since Clough that
played in C except me and those that followed my example. Top C was
added to my chanter by Colin, which was in F, which allowed me to play
from low C to top C. This was a first as far as I know; bottom G didn't
exist then.
Adrian
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