The practice bagpipe chanter as claimed in claim 1 wherein said flexible airtube is manufactured from a clear vinyl tubing.Ħ. The practice bagpipe chanter as claimed in claim 2 wherein each of said holes is of a predetermined diameter and is disposed at a predetermined location such that said practice chanter plays in an A key.ĥ. The practice bagpipe chanter as claimed in claim 2 wherein each of said holes is of a predetermined diameter and is disposed at a predetermined location such that said practice chanter plays in a B flat key.Ĥ.
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The practice bagpipe chanter as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plurality of holes are disposed at predetermined locations along a length of said whistle tube corresponding to locations of holes in an Uilleann Pipe chanter, and wherein said diameter of each of said holes is such that said notes produced by said practice chanter utilizing a given fingering pattern correspond to notes produced by said Uilleann Pipe chanter utilizing the same fingering pattern.ģ. A practice bagpipe chanter for simulating a predetermined bagpipe chanter, said practice bagpipe chanter comprising:Ī flexible substantially cylindrical airtube having a first end and a second end Ī fipple head attached to said second end of said flexible airtube andĪ substantially rigid whistle tube attached to said fipple head, wherein said whistle tube comprises a plurality of holes disposed at predetermined locations along a length of said whistle tube corresponding to locations of holes in said predetermined bagpipe chanter, and wherein each of said plurality of holes is of a predetermined diameter such that notes produced by said practice chanter correspond to notes produced by said predetermined bagpipe chanter.Ģ. In this embodiment, the whistle tube holes are disposed in the same relation to one another as with an Uilleann Pipe chanter and each hole is of a predetermined diameter that allows notes played by the practice chanter with a given fingering pattern to correspond to notes produced by the Uilleann Pipe chanter played with the same fingering pattern.ġ. In the preferred embodiment, the practice chanter is dimensioned to simulate an Uilleann Pipe chanter. In this basic embodiment, the whistle tube includes a plurality of holes disposed at predetermined locations along the length of the whistle tube corresponding to locations of holes in the predetermined bagpipe chanter, with each of the holes having a predetermined diameter such that the key and pitch of notes produced by the practice chanter correspond to notes produced by the bagpipe chanter.
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In its most basic form, the practice chanter of the present invention includes a flexible airtube, a fipple head attached to the flexible airtube, and a rigid whistle tube attached to the fipple head.
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The present invention is a practice chanter for simulating a bagpipe chanter.