I hated Scots Wa Hae when learning...Gawd...lol.

A few pointers...
1. Fingers straight
2. Fingers straight but also 'relaxed'...no one's going to take the chanter from you.
3. Once you're comfy with doing the scales up and down, change the format to "E-Low A...E-B...E-C...E-D...Low A-E...low A-F...low A-high G...low A-high A............and so forth.
4. When your scale notes are 'clean'...start adding in the gracenotes...starting with high-G...then D then E.
5. When you can do scales with all 3 ^^ gracenotes, work on Double D...and go on from there.

When you hit the last few tunes in your Tutor Book, start looking for a stand of Pipes. Depending on what you want to do (street band or solo), depends on the brand you might select.

Hardies and Gibsons are great for street bands but I favor my Lawries for solo....much more mellow than the previously mentioned...I'm also a big fan of my Nail chanter with Warnock reeds.