RE: [Harp-L] James Conway bagpipe simulating drone tuning

[James Conway <harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rock on, brother!

cheers,
Jim Conway

harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.jamesconway.net
www.youtube.com/jamesconway01




 


Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:06:20 +0000
From: pdxharpdog@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] James Conway bagpipe simulating drone tuning





James,  I have tuned one of my SP20 low D's to the tuning you gave me and am having a blast droning away!  I can't wait to show my guitar bandmate who is  Irish!  Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it.

Best - Ross Macdonald



----- Original Message -----
From: "James Conway" <harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pdxharpdog@xxxxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:06:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] James Conway bagpipe simulating drone tuning



Hello Ross,

Thanks for checking out that youtube. It's a Low D Special 20 and I modified the following:

1 draw down from E to D
2 blow up from F# to A
3 draw and 7 draw down from C# to C

Play the drone out of the left side of your mouth and the melody out of the right. Enjoy!

cheers,
Jim Conway

harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.jamesconway.net
www.youtube.com/jamesconway01





> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:57:18 +0000
> From: pdxharpdog@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] James Conway bagpipe simulating drone tuning
> 
> I have been venturing out in my harp journey to begin to begin to learn some Irish music. I have watched James Conway on one of his Youtube Videos do a bagpipe drone and was wondering if anyone on the list knows how he tunes the low register to assist in getting the bagpipe drone sound? I am pretty sure it is not just a Richter tuned diatonic. 
> 
> Thanks . 
> 
> Ross Macdonald 
> www.sassparillapdx.com