G: one or two fingers

Do you use a one-finger G? Two finger G? How about in your efg/EFG triplets?

Just curious.

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One.

Two fingers in lower 8ve except for triplets. One finger in 2nd 8ve.

Lower octave - two (one makes it jump to 2nd 8ve), but only one for tight GFE triplet.

Upper octave - one or two depending on tonal variation desired. Using one and then two in a 2nd octave G roll adds a slight crescendo effect, moresoe if coupled with lifting it off the knee half way through.

One for both octaves on my new chanter :party:

Mr. Kleen. Whaddya doin’s askin’ such questions on this board?

There is no easy answer. You just tryin’ to provoke us?

Depends on chanter. Depends on octave. Depends on desired effect.

I have one or two fingers off the chanter for the upper octave g, one for tight playing but two mostly…and two to 4 on lower octave depending on effect I want and speed of the tune, transitions, etc. If I plan to have more thatn two off, which is often, the chanter is off the popping strap. I play my rolls on lower G with three fingers off by habit and I don’t know why. Sometimes I irritate myself when I do this but at other times it seems right.

Could you please describe your roll on G? Thanks.

Difficult to do so as there are probably 5 or more different ways I’ll roll on lower octave G depending on tune and effect needed…even depending on my mood…which dictates the tunes I may play on any given day. also depending onm a short or long roll.