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How to pronounce chanter in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms melody pipe
Type of pipe
Derivation chant

Examples of chanter

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In most performances only a musician and a chanter perform the music for an act.
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Rasta chanter Captain Rizz also joined the band for guest spots during live shows.
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A modern set has a bag, a chanter, a blowpipe, two tenor drones, and one bass drone.
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Its pitch is higher and its chanter smaller than any other European bagpipe.
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A chanter must be Orthodox and is properly tonsured to service a parish by the bishop.
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Iconography of double chanter bagpipes and aulos was common 600 years ago.
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The reed is fitted into the end of the chanter that goes into the bag.
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It has no fingerholes, unlike the melody chanter, since it only plays one note, a drone.
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One chanter plays the upper half of the octave, the other the lower half.
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  • Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
  • The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody. It consists of a number of finger-holes, and in its simpler forms looks similar to a recorder. ...
  • People with the surname Chanter include: *The Chanter Sisters, Irene and Doreen Chanter, British singers *John Chanter, Australian politician *Vic Chanter, Australian rules footballer
  • (Gr. Psaltis). A lay person who assists the priest by chanting the responses and hymns in the services or sacraments of the church. Today chanters have been replaced to some extent by choirs.
  • A part of the bagpipe, the drone.
  • Published by The Bagpipe Society