I think I've posted about this before, but with the forum's archival I can't find it. Either way, I've just started to learn to play the pipes. And I mean just started. I know it's going to be a long road before I actually pick up a set of pipes but I'm still excited. Right now I've got my book and practice chanter and I'm learning my way around that.
Luckily the local firefighters pipes and drums corps offers free lessons with membership so that will be a huge help.
Here goes nothing!
January 23, 2019, 08:41 PM
GWbiker
I take it you don't have neighbors living close by?
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January 23, 2019, 08:42 PM
Chris Anchor
How's your lungs, years back I tired and I just couldn't keep up the wind. I was going to get a set of uilleann pipes but the cost was too much for me. Good Luck and have fun. A kilt is a good way to get the colleens, they always want to know if you are free balling. Plus it's an easy CCW. Chris
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January 23, 2019, 09:02 PM
clubleaf206
G.K. Chesterton claimed that one of his favorite sounds was that of bagpipes...,
fading off into the distance.
Seriously, I’m a big fan of bagpipes.
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January 23, 2019, 09:10 PM
sigmonkey
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Originally posted by ryan81986:......I know it's going to be a long road before I actually pick up a set of pipes but I'm still excited. ...
It's a long way to the top...
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January 23, 2019, 09:10 PM
tatortodd
5 moves ago, I was a member of this amazing church and the senior pastor was a Scotsman. From the pulpit, he told the best bag pipe joke I have ever heard.
What is the definition of a Scottish gentlemen? . . . . . . . . . Someone who knows how to play the bag pipes but doesn't play them.
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Highly recommended to augment in-person lessons. Basic membership is $15/mos or $37.50/3 mos and worth every penny
Will fill in all the blanks that learning from a pipe band misses. Make faster more satisfying progress.
If disposable income permits get a digital chanter so you can put in longer practice sessions. Blowing into a chanter is hard work and you run out of embouchure before you run out of need to practice. A digital chanter makes it possible to easily put in an hour a day learning those tricky embellishments. Plus some will let you ‘sound’ like a full blown set of pipes to keep you motivated.
The Blair digital chanter is a splurge but worth it if you are going to put in long periods of time practicing.
Good luck. Forget most of what you know about music theory. Bagpipes are feral and break all of the rules.
January 23, 2019, 09:26 PM
ersatzknarf
Good on ye, laddie !
Please keep us abreast of your progress.
Studied them for not long enough, when too young, and have regretted not going back.
Love the sound of bagpipes.
January 23, 2019, 09:32 PM
Bassamatic
I wish you the best in your endeavor but I'm also really glad I am not your neighbor.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
January 23, 2019, 09:42 PM
mcrimm
A few years ago I stopped at Walmart for a few things. I left my bagpipes in the back seat and about half way through my shopping it suddenly hit me that I had forgotten to lock my car.
I set my shopping cart aside and ran out to my car only to find 3 sets of bagpipes in the back seat!
Lock your rig around Walmart.
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January 23, 2019, 09:47 PM
Sig2340
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Originally posted by ryan81986: ... I've got my book and practice chanter....
Might I suggest also attending a local Buddhist meditation center, one that teaches use of "Om Mani Padme Hum." You'll become a better chanter that way.
quote:
Here goes nothing!
That'll be your koan.
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January 23, 2019, 10:03 PM
Sportshooter
Do you know the difference between a lawnmower and a bagpipe? . . . . . . . . You can tune up a lawnmower.
January 23, 2019, 10:10 PM
vthoky
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Originally posted by side_shot: checkout the pipes on these lasses
