Skye Boat Song and reel on Doublepipes

Played on Double Chanter smallpipes. Bagpipes with double chanters were common in Cornwall and throughout Britain in the Renaissance period.
My prototype pipes are two Gibson chanters in a special stock, bag, and blowpipe by Yuri Terenyi.

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• bagpipes
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• Cornwall
• Cornish
• Scottish

[pancelticpiper]

I've only heard the two parts. Kurt, could you link to a video showing somebody playing the extra parts? Thanks!

[pancelticpiper]

they are indeed half bagpipes, half couch! Couchpipes? Scottish Smallsofa?

About a thumbhole for the lower hand, I had a set of Julian Goodacre Cornish pipes that had that and I never used it. Just couldn't get the hang of it.

[pancelticpiper]

Royalpiper57, there's really not much to know: these are simply two Gibson long practice chanters put into a custom double stock. I've plugged the tophand holes on one chanter and the bottomhand D, C#, and B holes on the other chanter. So, using ordinary Scottish fingering, one chanter or the other is always playing Low A, what Julian Goodacre calls a "virtual drone".

[johnnyhorton2]

where did you get the tab for oot be east da vong> can i have it?

[fabfox4]

That....Is awesome!

[Chelenger747]

That's what I want))) Super

[dricardo2597]

Wow, they sound awesome. Great Shirt!. where'd you get it?

[kurt1698]

you should learn the final parts to that reel that sounds awsome

[pipersmitty87]

I noticed you use the bathroom for acoustics as well.:) Nice Video.

[jdgrahamo]

sorry, I mean an E

[jdgrahamo]

Just a thought -- how about drilling a thumbhole in the back to make an A for your right hand?