New practice chanter

While visiting the Tone Czar yesterday I bought a new practice chanter. It’s a blackwood Soutar with an imitation brier sole, and with a Walsh reed it sounds pretty nice. Here’s how it sounds:

That’s me playing The Old Wife of the Mill Dust, one of my favorite jigs. Before you ask, I am aware that the video is inverted left to right; that’s how Apple’s iSight camera works. I could probably switch it, but I don’t feel like figuring it out right now.

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This entry was posted on April 24, 2009. It was filed under Bagpipes, Video and was tagged with Bagpipes, chanter, Video.

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2 Responses

kaypiob

Hey… you’re backwards!

April 24, 2009 at 7:19 pm
keydetpiper

Yeah, that’s how the Photobooth application works. Don’t feeling like trying to unbackwardsify myself.

April 24, 2009 at 7:29 pm

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