i just thought i'd say that...they are easy to play,sound great,PERFECT for a small chapel,i live in an apartment and my neighbors cannt hear them,mr. gibson...
I bought my first set of pipes today. (McCallums) They are new and the gentleman who sold them to me set them up and tuned them. I did not try them until I got...
Pull the chanter out and try to blow a tune on it. Is it making you lightheaded and causing your eyeballs to bulge out? If this is the case, the reed is too...
... lightheaded and causing your eyeballs to bulge out? If this is the case, the reed is too strong.<< I tried that - I could not get the slightest squeak no...
If you have some hemp, you can put a few more wraps around the bottom of the reed to tighten it up. I like to use waxed hemp, because it is less likely to...
Forest, You are going through a rite of passage. Almost everybody has gone through this 'painful' segment learning the pipes. You are using muscles that need ...
Hi everyone, I received this inquiry from my piano pedagogy list. Does anyone have any ideas? " I am the director of music for a Presbyterian church, and have...
Hmmmm think Brother James Air is most appropriate and works on Pipes...there are also some great Irish hymns that work "How lovely is thy dwelling place" also...
I tried your suggestions, but still get nothing. If I stop up the drones and squeeze the bag (no matter how hard or softly) I hear air hissing out through the...
Hi Forest: Just a thought, is your instructor or anybody available to blow through your chanter on or off the pipes? When you take the reed out of the chanter...
... blow through your chanter on or off the pipes? When you take the reed out of the chanter and blow thru it do you get any sound at all?.......John M.,Mystic...
I have a copy of the church piper, 11 or 12, it was really expensive and there are a boatload of books. I would just start paging thru a hymnal and see if a...
I would recommend checking out the following book... http://www.hendersongroupltd.com/Cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=161&idproduct=410 or the following...
Does anybody have a bagpipe writer or bagpipe player version of The Hills of Perth? I am learning it for band and do not want to rewrite the whole piece....
Does anybody have a bagpipe writer or bagpipe player version of The Hills of Perth? I am learning it for band and do not want to rewrite the whole piece....
Best way to learn it is to learn to "sight-read" it. My teacher has spent a year getting me to deal with tunes as they are written without resorting to BWW....
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I agree with Gary, the best way to learn a tune is to sight read it first. Get to know the notes as you read them. I've uploaded the tune to the Files folder...
Thank you for the file. As for my sightreading, I agree. I can sight read just fine, 7 years of marching band helps with that. However, I have such a...
Here's some advice my instructor, Bill Micenko told me: 1. Go over the sheet music, locate any repetitions and highlight them with your color of choice (I use...
I started doing that last year and it helps a little. I blame it on not having to memorize music as a kid. I worked with Bill for several years and never got...
I played with Tacoma Scots from 2000 - 2005 and now I play with Clan Gordon here in Tacoma. LaRae ... it on ... 40yahoogroups.com>, "Greg ... that are ... four...
Well I'll be, I play with the Oly Highlanders. I took lessons from Bill when he was teaching at South Puget Sound College. Actuall, he told me to mark the...
Hi Everyone, I have been looking at Pipes on eBay and came accross a set made by a Canadian Pipe Maker called Stephan MacCallam (As opposed to MacCallum) I was...
