Bagpiping anyone?

**dowofbuchanan** · 17th March 08, 12:55 PM

id love to learn and i think i live in a city with a few good pipe bands ... kansas city has a huge st pats parade and there were a couple different pipe bands there ... we got the dublin fire brigade here today
i have a question for any pipers ... how can there be an irish pipe marching band .. irish or uillean abc? pipes are sit down with bellows ... they were playing highland pipes

**Panache** · 17th March 08, 01:02 PM

I've moved this thread to our Celtic Musicians Forum where more of our Pipers are likely to see it.

Cheers

Jamie

**Panache** · 17th March 08, 01:04 PM

Alex,

An X Marker and a friend of mine Andrew Lenz has a site all about taking up piping as an adult. It might be a useful one to take a look at:

http://www.bagpipejourney.com/

Cheers

Jamie

**AndrewLenzJr** · 17th March 08, 10:20 PM

Aye. Thanks, Jamie. Take a good read, but it'll take a while to get through everything! And keep in mind that my site has testimonials from two former piping Gold Medalists, a former piper to the Queen Mother, etc. I try to be very objective and provide different points of view and reasoning so you can make up your own mind after being informed.

Cheap pakistani practice chanters are almost always more harm than good. An instructor is an excellent idea, teaching yourself is typically cause for alarm!

A lot of the self-taught pipers are the reason why some of the public hates bagpipes!

Andrew