Thanks guys........that helped.
Bagpipe tuning to minor
Ken Hulme
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last year
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Dusty is right. Dropping the melody string takes you out of Bagpipe and changes the key
Dusty Turtle
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last year
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@tonyg, I think you are correct, but you would be playing in different keys.
I assume you are playing in a drone style and have no extra frets.
Let's say your bagpipe tuning is Ddd. With the D drones, you can play in the keys of D or G.
If you tune to DdC, you would be in the aeolian mode in the key of D or the dorian mode in the key of G.
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