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NR 2.6.2 Bagpipes
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Hans Aberg |
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NR 2.6.2 Bagpipes |
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Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:23:30 +0200 |
The GHB or Great Highland Bagpipe, is tuned in A mixolydian, often considerably
higher than the standard pitch, up towards A = 480 Hz. The manual [1],
"Bagpipes", 2.6.2, calls it D major, and omits the "Great" in the name of the
bagpipe. Cf. [2], and net-searches on "GHB mixolydian".
1. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/bagpipes
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Highland_Bagpipe
- NR 2.6.2 Bagpipes,
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