:beer: ...I mean, thanks! I'm finding I love it! I have 2 chanters now- one at home and one in my car- for those occasions when I take the Mrs to the grocery store, and she lets me stay in the car. I roll up the windows and play along with the CDs of a local guy named Ben Holmes. I mentioned that to my instructor yesterday, and it turns out that he and Holmes are actually really good friends, and he glowingly approves of my taste in pipers to take inspiration from.
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
My 11-year-old and I have been playing chanters for 10 months. He's been on pipes since about six months, and now he's learning how to march with the band. He still needs to learn a number of their tunes, but he knows a few. The important thing is, he's learning how to march.
I just started on the pipes -- it takes us old coots longer to learn new stuff, y'know.
I think expecting anyone to play chanter and wait for a couple of years before they pick up the pipes is a bit unreasonable.
New here to the forum, great information, glad I found this website.
If it helps anyone, I started on the Dunbar PC in late August and found an instructor in September (who was grade one over the years, now judges). He's much calmer than I am and has a more soft and steady approach. Now that I have been working at a few tunes and the movements for the last two months I have started asking about GHBs. I think all of us newbies want to imagine the day we get our pipes and are eager to experience the full instrument but it's easy to get ahead of ourselves, especially when we have good instructors who want us to get proficient at fingering in order to play anything we see. He said he has most students on pipes within 8-10 months playing, but told me at my rate (probably because I'm very eager and practice about 20min-1hr a day) I could probably expect to go look at pipes at our shop here by March. We'll see. In the mean time I searched out exactly what I want and have it all priced, now the fun part of putting away $300 a month.
Originally Posted by vmac3205
We'll see. In the mean time I searched out exactly what I want and have it all priced, now the fun part of putting away $300 a month. 
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