Jul 15, 2017
In another bagpipe community, there is a lot of discussion about charging or not charging for bagpipe lessons. Let’s be honest here: “”There ain’t no free lunch””. When I started my program almost 20 years ago, I started a free...
Jul 3, 2017
That’s what I said. “”Don’t buy a bagpipe””, unless you talk to a teacher. This is one of the few instruments that exist where you don’t actually start on the bagpipes themselves. What’s needed is a practice chanter. The...
Jun 16, 2017
I am a bagpipe teacher. As a teacher I would tell anybody new to playing the Great Highland Bagpipe of Scotland, that it would be worth their time and money to hire a teacher. Although the instrument has only 9 notes, it is a relatively difficult instrument to play...
May 26, 2017
I was perusing the Bob Dunsire Forums and saw this as a topic in the “Beginners” section. As I am not allowed to post anything that might be construed as selling my own business, I have decided to address that issue here. I sell a lot of “Bagpipes...
May 5, 2017
A person becomes a “bagpiper” when they can play a list of tunes on the bagpipe by memory. As I’ve written previously, every tune that we learn to play must be memorized. I recently had a slightly intense discussion with a student because I told him...
Apr 16, 2017
I had an instant message conversation with a fellow bagpiper this morning about a particular person who had inquired about instruction through Facebook. He told me that he thought that this person was autistic and he was concerned. It’s interesting that he said that...
