Difference between revisions of "Learn to Play the Great Highland Bagpipe"

[[Category:Double Reed Instruments]]

[[Category:Double Reed Instruments]]

== Steps ==

== Steps ==

#Find an instructor in your area. Although this isn't mandatory, it will make the learning process much shorter, as well as improve your piping much quicker than without an instructor. Spend time talking to other pipers and finding out where they learned. You might be surprised how many pipers are in your area. Ask around at music stores, or try an online forum like Bob Dunsire's website. Sometimes it will be either impossible to find a local teacher, or to know if that teacher is a quality instructor. You can supplement your knowledge and inform yourself by using paid internet services such as [http://www.bagpipelessons.com/ Jori Chisolm's], [http://www.bagpipesolutions.com/ John Cairn's], or [http://www.learn2pipe.com/ Robert Pinkman's]. Other free websites will help you know if what you are being told is accurate and to form an opinion. These include [http://www.teachyourselfbagpipes.co.uk Teach Yourself Bagpipes] and [http://www.scottishpiper.net/ Scottish Piper]. It is NOT advised to attempt to learn all by yourself, or from the internet, unless those methods are a supplement to learning from an instructor. Teachers can be found via [http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/pipes/teachers/ The Bagpipe Teachers list] (and the free sites also contain lists to teachers).

#Find an instructor in your area. Although this isn't mandatory, it will make the learning process much shorter, as well as improve your piping much quicker than without an instructor. Spend time talking to other pipers and finding out where they learned. You might be surprised how many pipers are in your area. Ask around at music stores, or try an online forum like Bob Dunsire's website. Sometimes it will be either impossible to find a local teacher, or to know if that teacher is a quality instructor. You can supplement your knowledge and inform yourself by using paid internet services such as [http://www.bagpipelessons.com/ Jori Chisolm's], [http://www.bagpipesolutions.com/ John Cairn's], or [http://www.learn2pipe.com/ Robert Pinkman's]. Other free websites will help you know if what you are being told is accurate and to form an opinion. These include [http://www.teachyourselfbagpipes.co.uk Teach Yourself Bagpipes] and [http://www.scottishpiper.net/ Scottish Piper]. It is NOT advised to attempt to learn all by yourself, or from the internet, unless those methods are a supplement to learning from an instructor. Teachers can be found via [http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/pipes/teachers/ The Bagpipe Teachers list] (and the free sites also contain lists to teachers).