114 THE PIPE AND TABOR 



The fingerings are given for the keys D and G. 

 I have not attempted to play in other keys. For 

 each note the upper circle represents the thumb- 

 hole; I and 2 are for the first and second fingers 

 respectively. The black circles are supposed to be 

 closed, the white are open. Holes that are half 

 open are represented by circles half white, half 

 black. In the case of A2 and B2 the circles are 

 three-quarter black ; this means that a very minute 

 crack is left open. 



It is important to remember that each pipe has 

 its individuality. For instance, in one of my 

 instruments G must have the thumb hole com- 

 pletely open, and the alternate fingering (with the 

 index hole closed) is quite out of tune. The note 

 E is sometimes sharp ; in the pipe, the fingerings of 

 which are given in fig. 6, this fault is corrected by 

 means of a thin metal lining to the lower hole. 



