Lindstruments

Try the Lindsay System chanter

Scottish smallpipes

Pipe pitch : ANote : D
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Playback settings

Basic scale, Low D–High B, without G♯.

Sound starts only when you press a playback or note control.

About the virtual chanter

Explore Scottish smallpipe fingering, hear notes with drones, or try your own tune. The sound is synthesised from instrument recordings; a real performance will have its own character.

Repeated notes receive automatic gracenotes. Notes outside the chanter’s range appear in red and remain silent. Pipe pitch identifies the instrument; playing in another key does not change that pitch.

No microphone or login is needed. Pasted tunes stay in this browser and are cleared on reload.

Field Guide score

Exact selected setting, in its original key. Scroll to read; closing returns to the same chart selection.

Exact selected Field Guide score

Choose your drones

Hear chanter and drones together, or audition the drones on their own.

Individual captured voices; tuning uses the Learning App’s simple-ratio drone system. Starting choice: tenor A.

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Could I play this tune?

Paste one ABC melody, including its key header. It stays in this browser and is not uploaded or saved after reload.

Tunes already in D, G or A remain in their written key and register. Other keys are placed for the fewest out-of-range notes. Gracenoting is retained when no input transposition is needed; automatic input transposition removes it. Standard Highland-pipe ABC (K:HP or K:Hp) retains its embellishments and original pitch.

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Transposing this score will remove gracenoting.

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