Backing tracks tuned to the Highland Bagpipe.

Bagpipes are notoriously difficult to tune to other instuments, but BagpipeStar takes the guesswork away by creating music tracks purpose-tuned to the Great Highland Bagpipe. BagpipeStar lets you choose from a range of tunings, expressed in the Hertz (Hz) value of your pipe chanter’s Low A note.

440
This is the tuning of orchestral A (the A4 note on a piano keyboard). This tuning is for smallpipes, some practice chanters, the Technopipe in midi mode and for other instruments that play in the key of A.

466
This is an orchestral B flat (the black note above A4 on a piano). This is designed for pipers who have electronic bagpipes, the Shepherd Orchestral Chanter, or other B flat instruments like tin whistles etc.

470
This is the standard traditional pipe band tuning of Low A.

472
Slightly sharper tuning for bands and soloists.

474
This is for sharper chanters and for those playing UniversalPiper software with electronic chanters (Upipe default tuning is 473.8Hz).

475
Traditional chanter on a hot day.

480
Modern competitive pipe band tuning.

483
Slightly sharper competitive pipe band tuning.

486
For sharp chanters.

489
For very sharp chanters.