Here are 10 things you need to know to get started on your bagpipe journey.
- Don’t buy a set of bagpipes. Save your money! You only need a practice chanter a book and a teacher.
- Buy a Practice Chanter. This is the instrument used to develop the music to play on the bagpipe.
- Buy a Bagpipe Method. My method “Bagpipes For Beginners” was developed to teach you a repertoire of tunes to play for any occasion.
- Find a teacher like me. I teach people around the World over the internet. I have been doing this full time for the last 24 years.
- Read everything you can about playing the bagpipe. I have a blog “The Bagpiper Blog” where there are close to 100 articles about playing the bagpipe.
- Work on this project daily. The secret to playing the bagpipe is consistency. Playing the bagpipe is a habit!
- Go to bagpipe related events. Highland Games, parades an concerts.
- Join my Face Book Pages called “Playing the Bagpipe”.
- Listen to bagpipe music and all kinds of music to build your musical brain.
- Enjoy the journey!
Stay tuned,
Gary.