On which pipe of a set of bagpipes is the tune fingered?
Bagpipes each other). Double reeds are used with both conical- and parallel-bored chanters while single reeds are generally (although not exclusively) limited to parallel-bored chanters. In general, double-reed chanters are found in pipes of Western Europe while single-reed chanters appear in most other regions. Most bagpipes have at least one drone: a pipe which is generally not fingered but rather produces a constant harmonizing note throughout play (usually the tonic note of the chanter). Exceptions are generally those pipes which have a double-chanter instead. A drone is most commonly a cylindrically-bored tube with a single reed, although drones with double reeds
Welsh bagpipes No standardisation is employed in the making of contemporary bagpipes in Wales. Shorland is also a significant maker of pibgyrn. Welsh pipe groups and bands include Pibau Pencader, Pibe Bach and Pibau Preseli. Welsh folk groups using bagpipes include Fernhill and Carreg Lafar. Ceri Rhys Matthews and Jonathan Shorland have recorded pipe music using different types of Welsh bagpipes called "pibau" on Fflach records, and Matthews has recorded an album devoted to the pibau cyrn called "Pibddawns" on the same label. There are three Great Highland Bagpipe bands in Wales: The City of Newport Pipe Band, The City of Swansea