Assertion: bagpipe's chanter | /r/HasProperty | the melody pipe
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text: Because the reeds of the chanter (the melody pipe) and the three drones are sounding all the time; thus there are no silences available between notes during which to get fingers in the right spots for the next note, or during which to make other adjustments.
text: English border pipes have been reconstructed by Swayne, and they have in common with the Lowland Scottish pipes above 2-4 drones in a single stock, but the design of the chanter (melody pipe) is closer to the French cornemuse du centre and uses the same "half-closed" fingering system.
text: The Chanter is a melody pipe that is affixed to the bag of the bagpipes and is the part of the pipes that creates the melody.
text: The chanter is the melody pipe, played with two hands.
text: The chanter is the melody pipe which can be played by the piper, while the drone or drones provide a constant note.
text: The chanter is the melody pipe, usually played by one or two hands.
text: The chanter is the melody pipe, played with two hands.
text: The chanter is the melody pipe and includes finger holes.
text: The original version consisted of a chanter (the melody pipe) utilizing gold-plated metal contacts, which in turn were connected to a motherboard, transistors and a speaker, powered by a 6 volt lantern battery, all housed in an extruded plastic "bag" the size and shape of a regular bagpipe bag.
text: The chanter (the melody pipe), with its simple open fingerholes, might remind you of the recorder you played in third grade.
text: Eight of the major turned pieces are directly involved in sound production - seven in the three drone pipes, plus the chanter (melody pipe).
text: In 1984, John Addison wrote about the carving in Branston Church: "This powerful but primitive motif gives at least some information; it shows a bagpipe with one chanter (melody pipe) which is probably conical, one drone with a bell end, and it is mouth blown".