Scottish smallpipes - Bm Improvisation - Richard Kean piper.

Scottish smallpipes. Here I am playing a breton styled improvisation in Bm. The chanter is A and the bassdrone is tuned up to B. the Video was taken at a house concert I played in Houston Texas on Feb 2nd 2007. www.rkbagpipes.com

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Music

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• smallpipe
• Bagpipe
• bellows
• Small
• pipes
• scottish
• improvisation
• breton

[gisme34]

Can you tell me what key your smallpipes are?

[bagpiperatlarge]

'A' with the drones tuned to 'B'

[jreinke4]

I like the phone ringing!

[bagpiperatlarge]

Yeah, I get a kick out of that too!

[Thehalfpiper]

great! however for playing in a breton style scale you must make some cross fingering to reproduce the C natural and the F natural if 'm not in wrong, and with the smallpipes you can do it, but with the greath highland pipes you must have a very good reed and Chanter.

[bagpiperatlarge]

On Smallpipes you can not cross finger notes. I'm playing from "B" in this piece - starting on the 2nd note of the standard scottish bagpipe scale (Myxolydian Mode) gives you a minor scale (Aeolian Mode). I've also moved the Bass drone up to "B" to better support the scale. You are hearing me play an octave note now and again because I have a high "b" key. On the highland pipes you CAN cross finger a minor third, minor sixth, and a major 7th. (but yes, you do need the right reed)

[gisme34]

That sounded amazing. I have been thinking about a set of Nigel's smallpipes. What key are you playing if you don't mind me asking?

[Maenofferen]

Breizh pipes... very nice... da iwan

[GnovaOne]

Thank you! Very nicely played and wounderful to listen to!

[fzouk]

Cross fingered or not, that's some good playing! :)