Editing Chanter (section)

{{Short description|Part of the bagpipes}}
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[[File:Chanter 05PNW 034.jpg|right|thumb|225px|The chanter of the Great Highland bagpipe.]]

The '''chanter''' is the part of the [[bagpipe]] upon which the player creates the [[melody]]. It consists of a number of finger-holes, and in its simpler forms looks similar to a [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]]. On more elaborate bagpipes, such as the [[Northumbrian smallpipes|Northumbrian bagpipes]] or the [[Uilleann pipes]], it also may have a number of keys, to increase the instrument's range and/or the number of [[key (music)|keys]] (in the [[mode (music)|modal]] sense) it can play in. Like the rest of the bagpipe, they are often decorated with a variety of substances, including metal (silver/nickel/gold/brass), bone, ivory, or plastic mountings.