Braw should use this as their training video. I use it and it works well but they don't seem to have an good videos on how to use. Once again Matt makes it clear.

As Lee said, great video. I agree that the design is what has made this tuner a game changer. If the good folks at B.B.T. are reading this I'd like to make a suggestion: cut a deal with Matt and have him make a tutorial series on the tuner (sorry Matt, I'm sure you have a lot on your plate, but I'm selfish and such a series could be epic) and if you want it translated to Spanish I volunteer.

Good video review, Matt. I like this app!

Thanks Matt, very helpful once again.

Once again a great video! Thank you for explaining in depth on to use this App! But if you will excuse me I have a chanter to tune.

Awesome tutorial! And awesome app too! I’ve been using pano-tuner for all my instruments, but this one is truly ghb specific and precise. Thanks Sir.

Excellent video. I finally bought the app, and it's really effective.

I was actually JUST trying to figure out the tuning process using this app today, so it was perfect that you released this video when you did. Thank youuuuuu!!!!!!! I was just noticing my whole chanter was sharp, and I was thinking, "there's no way I should have to tape so much of it," but seeing you put tape over as many holes as you did makes me feel a whole lot better! Off to tune the chanter! Yippee!

Thanks Matt I've been off the pipes for a couple of years, and I've found your videos fantastic. Tuning, working the reeds. etc Helped me greatly. Cheers from Australia.

Great video. I already use the Braw Tuner and seeing your methodology reassured me that I am using properly. Interesting that I noted you had the same problem of a note not responding correctly, the High G (?). I find the same problem, the tuner seems to read it as a drone note and I think I saw your app do the same. Maybe a little work needed from the Braw Tuner people. Keep doing what you’re doing!

Thank you- I learned lots there

Thank you Matt for this video! I purchased the app. -Puerto Rico Bagpiper

£29 for life. Just bought. Made tuning sooooo much easier. Thanks Matt. Loving your lessons and have become a patreon. It's the least i can do.

Good job Matt. I been thinking about purchasing the full app for years just wasn't sure if it was worth it. Now I see it is. Definitely get more accurate results from full app. Thanks

MOST excellent tuition,,,, thanks

Thanks so much, sir.

Great video and advice thanks once again Matt ;}

Great lesson Matt. I got the app some time ago but didn’t know how to use it properly. Now if I could only get a note out of my pipes!

Thanks!

I've tried the BBT with two phones, a Samsung and a Redmi, and both showed exactly the same frequencies This shouldn't surprise anyone, but it's still good news. Soon we'll be Playing with Carlos Núñéz, and he wants us tuned in 468, so The BBT is really handy. Also I'm getting each piper to learn how to use the BBT on their own. And at practice we first use the "normal" chanter. Then we all go to the "Bb" chanter so all have to learn how to make the changes.

Hi Matt, great videos. Can you advise what app you use for drone tuning?

I love braw! Makes it so easy. Try using a tuning clip for when you're tuning solo. It's cheap maybe 12 to 15 bucks on Amazon? Clip it onto each drone and it isolates it because it reads vibration not sound. Same for the chanter. If you're tuning multiple pipers you can clip it onto a chanter or drone and don't have to worry about the other pipers noise.

Hey Matt. I’ve got the Braw and haven’t tried it yet but I’m looking forward. Have you figured out the istrobo yet? I have it also and can’t figure out where to set the setting in the bottom left and right corners. The transpose etc settings

What song is played in the intro? Would love to start practicing. And secondly, great video! Thanks Matt. Just started using it. Thanks again for your help. Since I’ve gotten my first set in April last year, I have learned a lot! Of course, I’m not a pro. But my knowledge is growing:) thanks!

Matt, I am very new to playing the bagpipe. As a matter of fact, I have just graduated four days ago from only playing my practice chanter for about 7 months to buying a set of McCallum bagpipes. Being that I'm new, I'm hoping that this is not a dumb question...but I didn't see a video in your series on tuning the drones. Would you be able to do that? I want to make sure everything is in tune, chanter and drones, to make it sound its best. I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance and thank you for all of your helpful videos!!!

Great video again matt. Are you going to do a video on drone tuning using either the braw app or the other one you mentioned.

Thanks. Could a perfect reed ever be made that did not require any chanter tape

Hi matt, Great helpfull video was wondering if the braw bagpipe tuner would work for uilleann practice chanter? Thank you for posting sir 👍 😊🙋‍♂️

Matt, great video and guidance... I have a new practice chanter and wondered... is the BBT sensitive enough to use with a PC? Thanks for all you do to help the unlearned! :)

Very Nice Video, as usual :) But how come you manage to have at the very beginning a low A at about 466 Hz ??? I've got Mac Callum and G1 chanter, and tried any kind of reeds and always have hight frequency on low A like 485-490 Hz despire lowering the reed from its seat. I do guess it's because you use a Bflat chanter. only by taping a lot the low A, i can manage to have lower frequency, but as you said, it really affects the power of the sound coming from the chanter. Cheers Matt, keep going with theses pretty nice videos

Hello, have you managed to do a vid on the use of iStroboSoft for tuning the drones?

Hi I play the classic 480 chanter. And just got the Braw tuner . What the best manual frequency to put in can anyone help I’ve tried 480 and not having no luck . Tia guysx

did you do a review for the use of iStroboSoft tuning the drones?

Pipe chanter in tune and drones aswell... after I kick in drones if I half cover the bush on my base and manipulate the air it goes from tuned to double tone , a gurgle if you will and it sounds amazing, cant get that in my tennors after hours of playing with the bridals and tongues ? Dose this even make sense? lol

Hi Matt, this may be a daft question but if I've learned anything in life it is that the only stupid question is the one you don't ask. As others have said below, great video and makes the whole process a bit clearer. I nearly said easier... Hah! One thing though that you alluded to in the video, the environment, you didn't expand, and that's the point of my question. I suspect that your environment is the inverse of mine, here in Norfolk in the UK. I imagine you have warm/hot outside and cool inside. How can you allow for the changes in temperature? I tuned up almost perfectly inside in my house then went outside to play yesterday evening and within about ten minutes it was all over the place, even after warming up for about 15 minutes. So I tried using the app where I was playing but there's too much extraneous noise which confuses the app. The temperature difference was about 15c. Grateful for your thoughts on this. Or am I missing something obvious? Wouldn't be the first time...

Hi Matt! Great video I'm analysing the Highland Bagpipes from far away at the moment. Never played them regularly but I have a friend who does. I particularly have been playing the Galician Bagpipes quite a long time (from Northern Spain) In this video you used a Bb chanter. But normally would it be in A? And in what pitch are they are tradionally tuned? I see you used 466.6Hz but I watched some another mate on ytube using around 479Hz. That means that an A chanter would sound something close to a low Bb in 440Hz? I ask this because I would fancy mixing both Highland and Galician one day in the future. Galician is most normally played in C chanters but actually you find a lot of D, Bb and A as well. And they are all tuned at 440Hz (438-442Hz sometimes depending on the weather). But I guess I would be able to tune a chanter in Bb all in - or +25cent in the tuner for 440Hz (don't know how much it would translate in Hz pitch) making it very low or very high. In this case I'm not too sure if I would need a Bb or an A chanter to adpat it. Would you have any ideas on it? Here is a video references of a Galician in Bb: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNJxd9SQ1b7QfI0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oceFm9yJtqvNhaM.html *another difference is that Galician would play the 7th note of scale as G# instead of G in Highland (but fingering can be adapted with different fingering and tapes on the bottom holes) Cheers

I was chatting with a friend about tuning. Our thoughts were, if you had a chanter and reed that you did not know anything about how the chanter and reed tuned, what would be the process to bring everything into tune. Would it be the same as the process you showed ?

hey matt i was wondering if you can do a video with the intune mic that goes with the braw tuner when and if you get one that is?

I would modify a chanter if needed but I wouldn’t call what I do “Carving”. If you have a chanter that has consistent problems staying balanced on particular notes no matter what reeds you try a mod might be in order. Don’t use a Dremel if you’re inexperienced just a curved or round long file the correct size. Often you just need to smooth the angle from the top side of the hole inside the chanter to remove any inclusions from the casting process. If the regular difference is consistently over 8 cents flat however you will struggle to bring it up any more than that with this method. If it’s a solo chanter that you aren’t worried about elongating the hole it may be worth it, if it’s a band owned chanter then number one it should never be touched either way without permission of the bands tuner. (Maybe I should have mentioned that earlier) Number two if it’s consistently out and the mods needed are too wild look around for a new brand of chanter. Many are very exact these days with reeds to match and need zero or only mild mods to correct them.

What kind of tape do you youse tune the chanter?

Is Braw still the go to tuner? or is there a newer better app you prefer for the chanter?

How would you raise a lowG ? Only tape I'm using is on f and high g Other than grinding tone holes I'm gonna have to drop everything else instead I'm thinking

Ah yes, the best community ever

Matt, very well done. Have you considered using a pickup clip-on for those hard to tune (hear) notes? You could buy a Lighting port to mini jack convertor if you've a new iPad. See Amazon for "Peterson Tuners Pitch Grabber Mobile Active Clip-On Pickup for Use with Mobile Instrument Tuning Apps"

First of thanks,, half hour play to warm up not looking then taped seemed easier (im guessing the tape held hz instead of it changing as it warmed up.... Now?Not sure if I'm imagining this or if it makes sense... but ... after I had the chanter tuned and sounding amazing the drones seemed diferent? Best way I can describe this is prior to tuned chanter i had over half a centameter forgiveness on the sliders .... after it was like I only had 2mm and above or below was out of tune ... my Imagination thinks the variation in low and high A along with E allowed the drones more "freedom" due to more hz to blend with ... where as now the As and E in tune with each other theres more precession??? Might be all in my head I even had to move my bridal on my base to match low A ... after bass in tune my tennors are stupidly short lmao (bridals moved eventually) But the harmony now is mind blowing ..and I started with my bridal open and closed it until it was (good in my opinion ) it started shutting down on me so I kept opening it.. turned out that too open could even shut down the base drone ... picky instrument but well worth the efforts This video gave me a new set of pipes in the long run with a deep gurgle base... as a gentleman thankyou ..... as a oil rig hand, I got half a hard on going here lol

Is there a setting for tuning your practice chanter?

So if a professional.. (or an idiot lol...) carves a chanter into tune... and once taped into tune ...??? When the chanter reed needs to be changed do we need to start over again? Or is it tuned and scraped to perfection for good ? Cause tape is nothing but even professional scraping cant be replaced .. last question , is a chromatic chanter a totally different story or is it just extra notations?

Hi Matt, I just got a Bflat chanter to play with brass bands. Do I need to use equal temperament or is GHB Standard okay? Thanks

How did the G change? I don't think you played any Hi G's.

I have a question. I know this is an older video and you may not respond but I need to ask this. Why would one consider a chanter that needs tape to be a good chanter? As someone who makes flutes, if one of my flutes required tape to be in tune, it would be a bad flute. The same goes for saxophone, clarinet, tin whistle etc. I don't know alot about double reed instruments, but my father in law, who plays the bassoon, says the same thing. Thank you for your videos, I appreciate them. My apologies if this came off as argumentative, that was not my intention. I'm just confused.

A question, Matt: I used a Korg tuner but I bought the braw tuner being more comfortable. It works quite well! But the frequency it detects is always higher than the Korg one. Ex. Korg @ 454Hz , Braw tuner 478Hz. Which one is true?

Any thoughts on using this tuner for a pipeband?

How helpful is this app when in a room of Pipers?

Can this be used for kitchen pipes in b flat?

does this work for practice chanters?

Just bought it but when playing a tune can’t get the notes to show. I push the note button to tune one note. How do I see all notes showing

🎼I've been chasing the dragon🎵 lol, watching the tuner I bet I've been squeezing more or less to stay close (a 60$ tuner vs a few dollar app) and so stupid of me ,🤦‍♂️ tape tuning immediately instead of allowing a warm up first ...then unhappy afterwards (2 more mistakes you've helped me with ) 🍻thanks once again ⚒ , tuning tape seems to migrate, too loose it gives me wrinkles cause of the slope and too tight it rides the slope of the chanter , I use a gorilla tape ,even duct tape would move on me slightly

I notice with the Braw tuner it doesn't pick up High G very well and when it does say the High G is in tune it's often too flat

Hi Matt, Been 3yrs since this vid was posted. When do you think you might cover tuning drones, using TBBT?

BZ

This video might wind up costing me $30…. But it looks like it will be money well spent

So I’m guessing most people aren’t going to hear the tone of the chanters?

Why 466 not 440?