Second Lesson

[JimB]

Since I posted what happened on my first bagpipe lesson, I thought I might continue so that others might know what to expect and some can let me know if I'm tracking normally
Lesson #2 was basically some advice on how to stop that gawd awful squealling sound that comes up occassionally. I guess I'm tilting my lower hand somewhat and not covering the holes exactly.
I was told to practice G, D, and E gracenotes up and down the scale and I've got to tell you, that's a lot harder in practice than it is in theory!! I have a lot of problem doing a G gracenote just before an E.
And then she told me how to do a D throw and told me to practice that.
And the final topper is that I'm told now to practice the first line of Scots wha hae which I can already do, but it is not in the proper time.

All in all, a good lesson!
I have a dunbar chanter and it sounds a bit low to me. I'm thinking of getting another reed to see if I can improve things.

I've brought my green book to work so that I can read some more on breaks. It seems to me that some of the things in later chapters they really should have mentioned in the earlier chapters. Anyway... the saga continues