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The chanter has a thumb hole and seven finger-holes.

The compass of the chanter is nine notes, from G to a, though a few higher notes are obtainable on some chanters by ' pinching ' and overblowing.

As with the Highland pipes, the basic scale is a mixolydian scale on A.

Some chanters can play chromatic notes however, and some old tunes, for instance Bold Wilkinson or Wat ye what I got late yestreen, suggest a dorian scale may also sometimes have been used, requiring minor third instead of the major third of the mixolydian scale.

This could be achieved by cross-fingering or half-holing.