Bagpipe Teachers in Denver

[Livingston]

Can you tell that my avatar is me playing on a 7701 foot hill? After a bit of global warming, of course.

They make hills that high?

Eh... it was a stimulus project.

Come on out and we'll drive you up to 12,800 ft to play us a tune

[george7]

Come on out and we'll drive you up to 12,800 ft to play us a tune

Isn't 10,000 widely considered to be the highest comfortable altitude for sustained human activity? By comparison, I live 22' above sea level. 22' + the actual height of that hill... I would say that makes it about 40' above sea level.

[Nighthawk]

Isn't 10,000 widely considered to be the highest comfortable altitude for sustained human activity? By comparison, I live 22' above sea level. 22' + the actual height of that hill... I would say that makes it about 40' above sea level.

Oh the humidity!! I loved Florida... but hated- hated!!- the water in the air! If I want to drown, I'll jump in a swimming pool.

[mudd]

Isn't 50% widely considered to be the highest relative humidity for sustained human activity?

[Steve53]

Dunno about people, but cigars like 70% at 70 Deg F. Now I can sit in that for hours, but dunno about laboring in it.

Steve

[Livingston]

Isn't 50% widely considered to be the highest relative humidity for sustained human activity?

I don't know about that. I actually was able to sustain activity at 90% for about 3-4 hours one time. That was the quickest I've ever read a library book.

[Nighthawk]

Isn't 50% widely considered to be the highest relative humidity for sustained human activity?

Not if there is any way I can avoid it...

[SteveB]

I am not yet on the GHB. I have played my smallpipes at 6,288 ft. in Sargents Purchase, New Hampshire, as well as at 21 ft. here in Boston, Massachusetts. It might be my being a total novice, but the differences seemed to be minor. At the higher elevation, the reeds seemed to have less back pressure and struck in earlier than I expected. Blowing up the bag for an extended period seemed tougher, but the bag usage seemed a bit longer before refill as the arm needed less pressure to keep a consistent tone from my drones. I seem to need more blow and squeeze at the lower elevation. I did find the tuning to be very different at the two elevations.
I noticed that I needed to use my lighter pressure reed in the practice chanter while on the mountain to not tire out quickly.
The nice part about gigs with an improv band, is getting paid to practice.

[Kiltedfirepiper]

http://www.cityofdenverpipeband.org/default.aspx?Page=1
check this group out....you play with the band and lessons are *almost* free.

I was charged 15 a lesson, and that was just to put a monetary value on the practice I would need to do.

good luck, its a blast!!