What you'll learn
- Learn how to play the practise chanter, which is the starter instrument used when learning the bapipes.
- Impress your friends with a rendition of Auld Lang Syne at New Year's Eve and by being able to pipe in the Haggis on Burns night
- You will learn how to read music and I will give you some tips on how to buy a practise chanter.
- This is a course for a complete beginner, no previous knowledge is assumed.
Requirements
- This is a course for a complete beginner, no prior musical knowledge is assumed. You will learn how to read music on the course
- Students will need to buy a practise chanter, at a cost of $40 - $50. The course includes tips on where to buy a chanter and what to look out for.
Description
Learn to play the great highland bagpipes. This course will take you through as a beginner, starting you out on the practise chanter. By the end of it you will be amazing your friends and family by being able to play two key tunes of the piper's repertoire.
Auld Lang Syne
A Man's a Man for A' that
Who this course is for:
- If you want to learn a musical instrument, there's no better place to start than the bagpipes. It is cheap and easy to buy a practise chanter ($40 - $50) and there are only 9 notes to learn. So if you want to learn to play the bagpipes and/or just want to start learning a musical instrument, then this course is for you
Course content
- Preview01:51
- Preview00:53
- Preview08:19
- 12:09Lesson 1, Part 2a: Getting a good sound from the chanter
- 02:38Lesson 1, Part 2b: Positioning the blowpipe in your mouth
- 06:17Lesson 1, Part 2 c: A preparation exercise for learning the scale of the chanter
- 04:51Lesson 1, Part 3: The notes of the chanter
- 01:42Breathing techniques for the practise chanter
- 03:01Lesson 1, Homework
- 07:42Lesson 1, troubleshooting
Instructor
![Julia Read](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 34 Reviews
- 243 Students
- 5 Courses
Bagpiping: A very experienced solo bagpiper, taught as a child by my mum and then as a teenager in Auckland, New Zealand by ex army pipers. My great grandmother was a Bruce. Her son (my Grandfather) took up the pipes and when he had a family, he taught his daughter (my mum). She passed it on to me and she inspired me to learn the bagpipes and the highland dancing, country dancing, drumming and throwing the mace! With a vast array of experience under my belt I am sure that you’ll be satisfied with the lessons provided. I break everything down so that it is easy to understand.
Typing: I've been touch typing ever since I was 5. Taught by my mum who was a shorthand typing teacher, I learnt the correct way to type. My ability to assimilate information, simplify it and pass it on is what I bring to my office skills courses, with the aim of helping you to learn as quickly as possible.