Beginning Piper

**sharpdressedscot** · 24th February 08, 05:13 PM

I'm thinkin' of picking up the pipes, but I live too far away to go to the nearest place (Huntersville/Loch Norman Pipe Band) and I've searched for pipe bands in my area with no success. So with this being said, is it possible to be self-taught? A DVD?

**JS Sanders** · 24th February 08, 05:23 PM

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** · 25th February 08, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by 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

I hope the master can teleport

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