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Gary Guth is a professional bagpiper with over 45 years of playing experience and has been teaching bagpipes full time for the last 20 years. He has written "Bagpipes For Beginners", "the Bagpipe Hymnal", and " A Piper's Christmas". Follow this blog to learn more about the bagpipe music education.
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4y ago
Here is a tune written by a friend from Bulgaria. This tune includes:the video lesson
The Tune in .pdf
Some Prep Drills in .pdf
Audio includes
The tune in parade Speed
The Tune in Big, Slow and Open
The rhythm sung to the melody
The prep drills
Here is the link to get it: https://www.bagpipelessons.net/store/p396/Mme_Demira_Dimitrova.html ..read more
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4y ago
Here is a copy of the last of "The Gael" arranged by yours truly.
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4y ago
Print out the .pdf and watch the movie first.
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4y ago
This is a great tune. A hornpipe. If you're a bagpiper that hasn't ventured into 2/4 competition marches or dance tunes, this is a tutorial on how to read the rhythm and develop the tune. Tunes are the greatest teachers of technique. I hope you enjoy this lesson. Print out the tune and watch the video. Make sure that you have a pencil.
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If you'd like to learn more about rhythm go to: RHYTHM PROGRAM Below is the practice chanter au ..read more
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4y ago
Have you ever heard of a bagpipe stand? A bagpipe stand is a cradle that holds your pipes when they are not being played. Why is a bagpipe stand important? Well, the problem with most portable instruments is that they often spend too much time in the case. You know the drill. You buy a beautiful instrument, play it, and when you’re done you put it in the case. The reason that’s a problem is that the case then goes into the closet and you forget that you have the instrument. It’s not in your line of vision. The great highland bagpipe is a great-sounding instrument, but it is al ..read more
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4y ago
In this tutorial is a .pdf of "The Flower of Scotland" and 2 .mp3 recordings. The first one that you should listen to is the "The Flower of Scotland rhythm" and the second is the Practice Chanter Audio. The purpose of any lesson or tutorial is to help you become independent so that you can learn and develop your own music. Here's what I would do with this tutorial:Print out the .pdf
Practice saying the rhythm syllables written below the melody notes. If you are not familiar with this method you can take my rhythm course located at:
Rhythm Program
When you can say all of the syl ..read more
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4y ago
That’s what I said: “Building any tune is like baking chocolate chip cookies!” Let’s think about that for a minute. When you bake chocolate chip cookies, you initially start out with the “dry ingredients”, right? First we combine the flour, the baking soda and the salt. When building a tune, in my opinion, you should analyze the rhythm first. These are your “dry ingredients”. Take a pencil and write in the rhythm syllables (1e&a 2e&a etc.). Practice saying those syllables until you can clap the beat and say them fluently. When you can do that, like combining the dry ingredien ..read more
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4y ago
As I play a lot of funerals, someone asked me to play the theme from "We Were Soldiers". the only thing that I could find was a guy singing the theme on You Tube. It was a terrible rendition. I got enough information to transcribe the tune. Here is a picture of the music, however you can print out the .pdf below and listen to the audio provided.
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