Cornemuse du Centre

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The cornemuse du Centre France (or musette du Centre) (bagpipes of Central France) is a type of

The drones consist of tubes of wood (two for the small drone, three for the larger) that telescope into one another to tune the instrument. The drones have single reeds. The chanter is equipped with a double reed of reed or plastic.

The chanter can be in a wide variety of keys, depending on its length:

• 6 inches (Upper G)
• 10 inches (Upper D)
• 11 inches (Upper C)
• 14 inches (A)
• 16 inches (G)
• 18 inches (F)
• 20 inches (D)
• 23 inches (C)
• 24 inches (A#)
• 26 inches (A)
• 30 inches (Lower G)

Famous players

• Eric Montbel
• Jean Blanchard
• Robert Amyott
• Julien Barbances

Playing

The cornemuse du centre is a

The fingering of the chanter is usually semi-closed for high pitched instruments, which means that the fingers of the lower hand (which is usually the right hand) are placed on their holes when removing the fingers of the upper hand. Chanters of 20 inches or greater are generally played with open fingering.

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