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Subject: Re: that flat high A


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Kevin Griffin
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Date Posted: 12:25:32 05/24/03 Sat
In reply to: Scot Kortegaard 's message, "that flat high A" on 21:22:39 05/18/03 Sun

My ear was trained long before I started piping. I've never developed a liking for the flat high A - especially when a solo piper is playing a slow tune with a flat high A.

Yet, when there are two or more pipers playing together, it seems to me that when they're tuned to a flat high A, the beat frequency(ies) between the high A's are masked. Has anyone else noticed this? I suspect that this is the reason for flattening the high A.

On a related note, my War-Mac chanter with a Warnock reed sounds a flat high A with all other notes in tune (to my ear). I wonder if this is by design.

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