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Degerpipes electronic bagpipe chanter. The electronic bagpipes is an electronic musical instrument emulating the tone and/or playing style of the bagpipes. Most electronic bagpipe emulators feature a simulated chanter, which is used to play the melody. Some models also produce a harmonizing drone(s). Some variants employ a simulated bag ...
An optical electric bagpipe chanter being played. Electric or electro-acoustic bagpipes refers to any set of bagpipes designed to use a pickup to detect the mechanical vibrations of the reed or reeds. As with an electric guitar, the detected electrical signal is then routed to an amplifier, and from there to a loudspeaker. Depending on the ...
The redpipe is a brand of electronic bagpipes, an electronic musical instrument made to emulate the sound and characteristics of the bagpipe.In contrast with many other electronic bagpipes which are based solely on a bagpipe chanter, redpipes feature a pressure-sensitive bag in emulation of a bagpipe's bag.
The chanter pipes may be designed to be played separately, one with each hand, or the two chanters may be played in unison (as in most Arabic bagpipes). One chanter may provide a drone accompaniment to the other, or the two chanters may play in a harmony of thirds and sixths (as in the northern Italian Müsa and central-southern Italian zampogna).
Unlike the chanter of the Great Highland Bagpipe, its chanter is keyed, allowing for a greater tonal range. Pastoral pipes: Although the exact origin of this keyed, or un-keyed chanter and keyed drones (regulators), pipe is uncertain, it developed into the modern uilleann bagpipe.
A detail from the Cantigas de Santa Maria showing bagpipes with one chanter and a parallel drone (Spain, 13th century). On this Bulgarian gajda, the chanter is the short gray pipe at the top, while the drone is the long three-section pipe. A detail from a painting by Hieronymus Bosch showing two bagpipers (15th century).
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Practice chanter, a bagless and droneless double-reeded pipe with the same fingerings as the great Highland bagpipe. These are meant to serve as practice instruments which are more portable and less expensive than a set of pipes. Practice goose, a small, single-chanter, droneless bag used to transition between the practice chanter and full pipes