Articles

Bagpipe Articles

Articles for learners

• Learn bagpipes

• Holding a practice chanter

• Crossing noises

• Distributed practice

• Playing on the beat

• Exercises for the Highland Bagpipe

• Sight reading

• Memorizing music

• Music writing

• Blowing a bagpipe

• Striking in a bagpipe

• Performing in solo competitions

• Development and certificates

Music

• Compound time marches

• Jig playing

• Ensemble adjudication

• Medley construction

Instrument care and maintenance

• Making your bagpipe fit

• Selecting a pipe bag

• Care of a wooden instrument

• Bagpipe hygiene

• Maintenance and tuning

• Tips - hide bags

• Tips - Ross canister

• Filtering a canister

• Make your bagpipe steadier

• Chanter stocks

• Tuning a chanter with a tuner

• Fix a double toning bass drone

• Paper clip reed gauge

Pipe Bands

• Setting up a pipe corps

• Setting up a pipe corps in hot weather

Piobaireachd

• Piobaireachd - Scotland's great art

• Canntaireachd - oral tradition

• McPherson/Cameron styles

Other articles

• Making bagpipes

• Judges impressions

• Victoria Cross recipients

• Amazing Grace