Beginning Piper

[JS Sanders]

It really must be frustrating to wanna learn the pipes and have no available instructor.

Unfortunately, it's one instrument that requires one-on-one teaching. I've heard plenty of self-taught pipers and w/o even asking it's blatantly obvious they've had no instructor. Ya gotta have a tutor telling you what you're doing improperly and when you get it right.

There are audio/visual training aids, but they're supplemental. There are a number of instructors who teach via streaming video. I've heard mostly good and some bad. That may be worthwhile, though I can't recommend anyone in particular.

There's an old Asian axiom... "When the student is ready, the master will appear".

Slainte,
steve

[sharpdressedscot]

It really must be frustrating to wanna learn the pipes and have no available instructor.

Unfortunately, it's one instrument that requires one-on-one teaching. I've heard plenty of self-taught pipers and w/o even asking it's blatantly obvious they've had no instructor. Ya gotta have a tutor telling you what you're doing improperly and when you get it right.

There are audio/visual training aids, but they're supplemental. There are a number of instructors who teach via streaming video. I've heard mostly good and some bad. That may be worthwhile, though I can't recommend anyone in particular.

There's an old Asian axiom... "When the student is ready, the master will appear".

Slainte,
steve

I hope the master can teleport

All right, thanks I'll check it out. It can't be that hard...

[jackson1863]

In what area of NC do you live?

If you are east of Huntersville, there are some pipe bands in the Triad.

[sharpdressedscot]

I live in Gastonia. I know it's like like 30-40(?) minutes from Huntersville, but due to my schedule I can't make that.

[highlander_Daz]

There is a fantastic piper called Jori Chisolm who does lessons over the net /webcam etc. google him he is a great player and nice guy.

[wgority]

How many threads like this can we have on here? Can't the mods just make this thread a permanent sticky at the top in here and in Celtic Music.