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)


Suggested order of study:
Rhythm and Reading Music

Hand Position and the Scale

Crossing sounds (how to avoid.....)

G Gracenotes

D Gracenotes

E Gracenotes

G,D,E Gracenotes exercise

Strikes

Throws

Exercises 1

Doublings - general principles followed by:

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

Exercises 2

Where can you go next?

Tunes
Rudiments Index

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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Lindsay Davidson
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