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Drones are tuned to A (where A is between 470Hz and 480Hz depending on climate, player preference, etc.), or Bflat for those who use concert pitch. I just tried tuning drones to a note apart from A and it's nasty. No, we have no means of changing the pitch of our drones midway. The only way we can c...

Hi,

I'm looking for classical (baroque, romantic, etc.) music I can play on the bagpipes, which means, for all intents and purposes, that it's D major and all of the melody notes have to be g' and a''. Any suggestions?

Kind regards,
Ryan

Ah, yes, my apologies, I should have searched first. I'll remember that next time. Thanks.

It would be nice for typesetters to be able to upload LilyPond source files along with the PDF version of their typeset, so that others may modify their typeset if they so desire. LilyPond source files have a '.ly' extension and are text files (you can find a source file at http://ryanak.ca/files/ga...

No, they're all scans of previously publish manuscripts (or books) published in the early to mid 1800s.

I am interested in getting some Piobaireachd into the IMSLP's collection. Piobaireachd can be considered to be the "classical" music of the Great Highland Bagpipes. Quoting the Piobaireachd society's homepage, When the Highlands and Islands of Scotland adopted the bagpipe, perhaps some fou...