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)
This is another movement which is subject to some differences. “Tachum” is essentially a description of a rhythmical group but is most commonly used to describe the following:
1. High ‘G’ gracenote to ‘C’.
2. D gracenote to low A.
or
1. High G gracenote to ‘B’
2. D gracenote to Low ‘G’
Any two notes which can be said in the rhythm of the word “Tachum” can be described as a tachum. In orchestral music this feature is referred to as a “Scotch Snap”.
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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