Teach Yourself Bagpipes by Lindsay Davidson
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How to Practice
Order of Study
Rhythm and Reading Music
Exercises
Tunes
Bagpipes:
Transition to Bagpipes
Tuning a Bagpipe
Getting Better:
Using Midi files
Intermediate exercises
Advanced
Band repertoire
Links:
Where to buy equipment
Links to teachers
Links to Organisations
Links to pipe bands
Links (other)
It may be that you live in an area where there is a pipe band that you can't find. Below is a list of bands who have confirmed they are willing to be listed on a website.
If you are a band and would like to be listed here, please send me an email.
A listing here does not say anything about quality of instruction or social environment. As with the suppliers page, if I get substantiated reports of bands systematically putting off enthusiasts and giving piping a bad name, I will remove their link, but otherwise I cannot comment on how good or bad a band is.
If you are looking for a teacher, please click here.
For lists of organisations that occupy bagpipes and related matters, please click here.
Links by country alphabetically (countries and bands)
Canada
Ingersoll, Ontario - Ingersoll Pipe Band
Medicine Hat, Alberta - South Alberta Pipes and Drums
Town of Mississippi Mills, Ontario - Town of Mississippi Mills Pipe Band
Ireland
Poland
Gdansk - Gdansk Pipe Band
Uruguay
Montevideo
- Riverside Pipe Band
Hand Position and the Scale
Crossing sounds
G Gracenotes
D Gracenotes
E Gracenotes
G,D,E Gracenotes exercise
Strikes
Throws
Doublings - general principles
Low G Doublings
Low A Doublings
B Doublings
C Doublings
D Doublings
E Doublings
F Doublings
High G Doublings
High A Doublings
Grips
Taorluath
Birl
Tachum
Hara
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