BA1 - UNIT SEVEN (of TEN)
Harmony, Base-Treble Matching & Drones
SLIDES (Compressed) & COMMENTS
Harmony, Base-Treble Matching & Drones
SLIDES (Compressed) & COMMENTS
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The unison (i5 & o6) is considered the most consonant, followed by the octave (i3 & i6), the perfect fifth (i3 & i5), the perfect fourth (o4*& i4*) and Major 3rd (i3 & i4) Historically the tritone (e.g. i4* & i6*) is considered the most dissonant. Some others, including the Major 2nd, are somewhat dissonant |
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Some bagpipes are constructed with three different lengths of drone pipes: longer, medium and shorter, with bass & low-tenor notes (possibly very low A, low A, and low E, for example), for better harmonization with the chanter.
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And here is a prime example of one type of musical drone: the Scottish bagpipe (also known as a Great Highland Bagpipe, or GHB)
The drone contains the same bass notes ("low A" and an "octave-lower A"). The pipes & chanter are often claimed to be in the key of A (but the key is actually just slightly higher than Bb). While this drone note does not harmonize well with all the notes on the chanter, it works for the tunes that are frequently played on Scottish bagpipes. |
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