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Understand the history, proper holding techniques and balancing when it comes to playing the bagpipe. Learn more in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
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Understand the history of the bagpipe in Scotland and throughout all Europe in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Though bagpipes have a long, storied history, their history continues in contemporary times. Learn more about the bagpipe's current history in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn about the tuning, bagpipe bag and pitch of the bagpipe, among its other parts, in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to install bagpipe reeds in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to properly hold the bagpipe in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to inflate the bag in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to tune your chanter in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to tune your drone in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to balance the volume in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to balance the pitch in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to tune the pipes in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to play a basic tune in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn how to play Scotland the Brave in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn Pointers for playing easier in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Learn Why to start playing the bagpipe in this free video series that will show you everything you need to know about playing the bagpipe.
Dozens of types of bagpipes are widely spread across Europe and the Middle East today, as well as through much of the former British Empire. These instruments use enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The term bagpipes or bagpipe is equally correct, although pipers usually refer to "pipes" and "the bagpipe." A bagpipe must at least consist of an air supply, a bag, a chanter, and usually a drone. The name bagpipe has essentially become synonymous with its most well-known form, the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe.
In modern music, bagpipes are scarcely used, but remain a recognizable instrument because of their unique look and sound. However, bagpipe lessons can be hard to arrange because of their lack of general popularity. That's where our free video series comes in. With our expert's instructions, you'll learn all about bagpipes, from the proper way to hold them to the proper way to tune them to the right way to change the reeds.
Neil Hubbard Neil Hubbard has taught the Scottish Highland bagpipes to individuals and groups since the early 1990's. In addition to coaching the Seattle Firefighters Pipes and Drums, and providing tuition to the Snohomish County Firefighters Pipe Band, Neil also teaches individual bagpipe lessons at his home. Hubbard has played at weddings, funerals and memorials, and entertained at birthday parties. Hubbard is in his fifth year as the Resident Bagpiper at the Golf Club at Newcastle, as well as being closely involved in the Scottish community through his ten years of work as Producer of the annual Masters of Scottish Arts Concert.dkdk
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