Uilleann - Irish Bagpipes for Android

11 things about Uilleann - Irish Bagpipes

1. To play the chanter, touch the three holes of the left side of the chanter starting with the tips of your left index, middle, and ring fingers.

2. Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channels and lowest note for your MIDI chanter (55 to 79).

3. Uilleann is an extremely authentic sounding Full Set of Traditional Irish Bagpipes that may be played like the real instrument on screen or with a hardware MIDI chanter.

4. Touch the red "Stop" bar at the bottom right center with your right thumb to stop the chanter sound while closing all the holes for traditional staccato closed piping techniques.

5. Optional pitch bending of the chanter notes is done by first turning on "Note Bending" in the controls, then sliding the finger up or down very slightly on the root tone hole for the note.

6. Touch the blue "Back-D" bar at the bottom left center with your left thumb to play the second octave "Back-D" on either a press or release based on the setting of the "Back-D Mode" control.

7. Next, touch the four holes on the right side of the chanter with the tips of your right index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

8. You may also perform finger vibrato on the chanter for most notes with the right middle and/or ring fingers.

9. Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.

10. Touch the green "Octave" bar on the left side with your left little finger to play the notes one octave higher.

11. The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel.