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 teacher that you can't find. Below is a list of teachers who have confirmed they are willing to be listed on a website.
If you are a teacher and would like to be listed here, please send me an email.
A listing here does not say anything about quality of instruction. As with the suppliers page, if I get substantiated reports of teachers abusing students I will remove their link, but otherwse I cannot comment on how good or bad a teacher is.
If you are looking for a pipe band, please click here.
For lists of organisations that occupy bagpipes and related matters, please click here.
http://www.teachlist.com/
Here is another site with free lessons for download:
http://www.scottishpiper.net/
USA
California
Campbell Naismith - also has books and CDs. A very successful piper and piping teacher
http://www.theladypiper.com - a professional piper based San Francisco who offers lessons and general help
Maine
Jeff Herbster - also performs and works hard to promote piping in his area
New Jersey
www.pipelinebagpipes.com (sales of equipment and lessons in NJ)
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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