It's traditionally Scottish dress; they're worn with kilts, and the Irish don't wear kilts. The only Irish who do are the pipers of the Óglaigh na h-Eireann;...
Does anyone have - on know where I can find - the sheet music for Robert Mathieson's tune, "The Egg and the Fiddle"? It's one of the songs on "The Big Birl"...
... I use Barfly (abc notation) for any scoring that I do on my Mac: http://www.bagpipejourney.com/articles/abc_for_bagpipes.shtml That said, CelticPipes runs...
it is in P.M. Matheson           Tunes for the bagpipe             Second Collection     " About Time Two" ... From: Chuck Biscuit...
On Thursday 25 September 2008, my mailbox was graced by a missive ... Book 4 of the College of Piping Tutor, which comes with a CD od all the lessons payed on...
Hey group, The idea to try a cane bass in my new pipes just came to me. Does anyone else play a combination of a cane bass reed and synthetic tenors? How does...
... How ... Hi -- I've been playing more than 30 years. I have always been pretty hard-core traditionalist. I still have a real leather bag, and until a few...
... ***************** Hah! That's what Bill Caudell said when he lost an important competition. (Didn't lose really, just didn't come in first.) He had bragged...
Well, I've never played cane and I have toyed with the idea, but I have been dissuaded by pipers of many years experience especially my teacher who has been...
During a BBC Pipeline interview a year or so ago, Malcolm MacRae, a leading Scottish soloist, gold medallist and solo piping judge, was asked if he could tell...
... How ... The sound of a good set of well setup cane reeds is very nice indeed. It was qauite common, back in the day, to go through several different reeds...
My instructor, Chris, uses a combination of Kinnaird tenors with a cane bass. He swears by it and claims that he plays the same bass reed all season long with...
Just wondering if there is such a thing as "proper" positioning of the mouthpiece in the mouth. Personally, I'm more comfortable with the mouthpiece in the...
The best method is with the blow stick in the centre of your mouth, as it is easier to get a good seal, especially after you have been playing a while. But...
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My instructor, Dale Brown (Michigan) insisted that I move from the corner to the center of my mouth. It took a while but it's now just 2nd nature. I found...
That's interesting, all of your comments. Personally, I've played for hours straight without my lips getting tired. Of course it probably does help that I play...
What does that mean? 25 inches of water or so? Carol ... From: Lynn Blair To: bagpipers2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:04 PM Subject:...
It's the air pressure that's required for my chanter reed to sound. Chris Apps has an excellent chart that demonstrates reed strength in inches of water here: ...
Well...I can play a bit harder, I just don't see any need to do so. I don't really subscribe to the "harder is better" philosophy. I could probably muster to...
You are quite right to not play harder reeds. I can't remember his name but one of the former pipe sergeants for the the Scottish Power piper band use to play...
How are you measuring this? Did you build one of those homemade pressure manometer contraptions or is there something commercial available? Thanks, -S...
Ken Eller taught a class at a large workshop a few years back his statement, "You don't need to get a hernia from playing a hard reed. You should play one...
