Note

These options are also available for the french bagpipes

Tuning beads and plugs

• …make it possible to change the pitch of a drone up to one note higher and thus extend the musical possibilities of the instrument
• Both systems open a tuning hole in the side of the drone
• using a tuning bead has the advantage that no loose parts are dangling from the instrument while playing

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F#/F- and Ab-keys

• The half-closed fingering system of Schäferpfeifen and french bagpipes allow an almost chromatic scale over one and a half octaves
• Only for the leading note and the minor second there is no fingering. These notes can be facilitated with the help of the appropriate keys.

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