Cornemuse du Centre

They can be found in the Bourbonnais, Berry, Nivernais, and Morvan regions of France and in different tonalities.

The chanter can be in a wide variety of keys, depending on its length: The cornemuse du centre is a chromatic instrument, on most modern instruments all semitones of the scale can be played.

The instrument is (generally) not tuned to an equal temperament, to allow playing in harmony with the drones.

Further, typically used embellishments do not work as well or not at all if the music is transposed to another key.

Chanters of 20 inches or greater are generally played with open fingering.