Advice from pipers please . . . .

[highland mafia]

Curious there Father Bill.. Where abouts in Ont are you?? And do you have any air canada pilot/piping friends in London???

[Father Bill]

Curious there Father Bill.. Where abouts in Ont are you?? And do you have any air canada pilot/piping friends in London???

Hello HM! I'm in Woo'stock right now, but a lifelong Londoner. My only London piper friend passed away a few years ago. Nobody at AC.

[ohiopiper]

Glad to hear of another piper added to our ranks.

You'll probably find that there is some difficulty in the movement required in some of the embellishments, but that is a matter of ease of learning, not of impossibility. Young fingers are more agile, older fingers have more determination to get it right. Stick with it. Even if you never become a stellar piper, you can learn to play well enough to enjoy yourself and please those around you.

There is also a rather large collection of traditional hymns called The Church Piper. Somewhere around a dozen volumes.

[highland mafia]

Hello HM! I'm in Woo'stock right now, but a lifelong Londoner. My only London piper friend passed away a few years ago. Nobody at AC.

Ahh ic.. Just a shot in the dark. LOL! I have a friend with vicar friend who was showing alot of interest to learn to play. What band are you playing with. Our band here in London. (London Fire Fighters Pipe Band) Offer a free piping school (just gotta pay for John Cairns books.) every Monday night. We have 3 instructors including myself. Once a student is playing on pipes they then move into our grade 5 band then our grade 4. It's a pretty good process.

[Father Bill]

Ahh ic.. Just a shot in the dark. LOL! I have a friend with vicar friend who was showing alot of interest to learn to play. What band are you playing with. Our band here in London. (London Fire Fighters Pipe Band) Offer a free piping school (just gotta pay for John Cairns books.) every Monday night. We have 3 instructors including myself. Once a student is playing on pipes they then move into our grade 5 band then our grade 4. It's a pretty good process.

Playing with Ingersoll P.B. Similar arrangement - you learn, you march

[Neil Clark]

May be worth another thread, but do you guys have websites for yer bands?http://www.sdcpb.com/
http://www.scotsguardspiping.co.uk/

Is me. Used to play with Strathclyde Police, years ago, but due to some weird stuff, they now don't have a website.

Love to see all these bands

[Father Bill]

Here's where I'm learning: http://www.ingersollpipeband.ca/index.html

[Neil Clark]

Thanks, Bill, nice website, and good looking band, seriously old too! Best of luck. Going to open another thread, Surely at least SOME of the chaps offering you advice here are actually in a band?

Keep it up, it's great!

[privypiper2002]

Scotts Wa Hae Wi Wallace Bled' Great start. Then on to Mauri's Wedding.

[Father Bill]

Scotts Wa Hae Wi Wallace Bled' Great start. Then on to Mauri's Wedding.

Actually it's the Brown Haired Maiden next.

But I'm off for a few weeks, so I'll just have to keep Wha Hae-ing.