I want to learn the bagpipes, while I am still a blowhard and my wife will put up with it.
Many melodies are shared with fiddle, so I thought maybe some here have pursued the hobby.
How do I go about teaching myself? Very few bagpipe teachers around. ????
step one -- try posting this question on The Session or Chiff and Fipple (there's probably a pipe centric site out there, those are the sites I go to that talk of piping)
step two -- decide what kind of bagpipes you want to play -- great highland? small pipes? uillian? border? Northumbrian? .... piping is a vast world
good luck :-D
At our session piping is described as something like knitting while holding a slippery little piglet under one arm!
Zoom music lessons are a possibility too, these days (it seems like the kind of instrument which is hard to learn totally on your own?)
Ah, our patient spouses! Gotta love 'em!
Get a chanter and go from there.
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Originally posted by ChickenMandecide what kind of bagpipes you want to play -- great highland? small pipes? uillian? border? Northumbrian?
Oh, my goodness--seems I need to do much more research! 
I read some history about Scottish fiddle playing and why the style is like bagpipes. They say in 1745, the wearing of kilts and the playing of bagpipes (since it was viewed as military ornament) was banned by the English (durned SOBs), so the Scottish fiddle players took on the style of the pipes, with all the drones and ornamentations.
Eventually, somebody overruled the pipes and kilts ban, but the fiddle playing style was there.
When I get proficient on the pipes, I'll send y'all a pic of me piping in a kilt. Along with it, I'll attach a pay form to opt out of seeing more.
Edited by - Flat_the_3rd_n7th on 03/23/2023 17:46:38
LOL!
Does that mean you won’t look like Jamie from “Outlander”?
( he’s not musical though…just good at killing people)
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Originally posted by NCnotesLOL!
Does that mean you won’t look like Jamie from “Outlander”?
( he’s not musical though…just good at killing people)
No, I look more like Hamish Campbell in camo and a comb-over, though I will try to clean up a little with some tartan
While I don't have a Carthart kilt, my kilt looks like it should have a Carhart tag. Good for working, and walking. Not good for sitting. Go "regimental," absolutely!
The only thing I can say about pipes is don't drink out of them. I might even get one of those CPap cleaners to blast thru it now. They used to be sort of sketchy when it comes to germs.
Congratulations. May your lungs be strong and you notes ring true!
And Post a tune when you get to that point, so I can happily play along with you! There are no pipes at the local sessions…
When I was a kid, I wanted to learn to play the great big Highland bagpipes - for some reason, my parents did not encourage that pursuit ......
lol
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