Bagpipe tuning to minor

tonyg
@tonyg
last year
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Thanks guys........that helped.

Ken Hulme
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
last year
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Dusty is right.   Dropping the melody string takes you out of Bagpipe and changes the key

Dusty Turtle
Dusty Turtle
@dusty
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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tonyg
@tonyg
last year
7 posts

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like when I'm in bagpipe tuning, and I lower my melody string a full step, I can now play in BOTH Aolian and Dorian modes.  Is this right?  Thanks.......