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Every piper worthy of the name should be able to play properly for dancing. These instructions will help the piper to gain confidence and for those just learning the instrument they will provide a set of rules and information much of which can only be gained by experience.
This book covers the techiques required for playing the Border or Lowland bagpipes which should not be confused with the much quieter, bellows-blown small pipes.
A practical guide to acquiring, playing, tuning and maintaining Scottish bellows-blown bagpipes. Includes a tutorial CD-ROM (featuring Iain MacInnes on Scottish smallpipes) suitable for PC or Mac. contains 50 tunes.
The College of Piping Tutor book Two by Robert Wallace.The complete maintenance manual including information on how to set up your pipes, learning to blow and dress and deportment. It remains the ideal manual for those just moving on to the pipes after working their way through Tutor 1.
The world's only tutor for the great music (ceol mor) contains all you need to know regarding technique, canntaireachd (mouth music) and guides the beginner through the difficult problem of timing and express.