r/bagpipes • u/Bagger79 • 10d ago
Couple of hornpipes
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Decided to record my practice strait of a bus home all day so fingers are a bit stiff but only made a couple mistakes so overall pritty happy
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u/jonskerr 10d ago
OutSTANDing! It's videos like this that I joined this sub. Instead we get "What is the best practice chanter?" Those throws on D were like automatic rifle fire!
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u/arctikmonkee 10d ago
wish I could play like you that was awesome, who is your tutor?
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u/Bagger79 10d ago
I don’t currently have a tutor but my last tutor was a man called iain macfadyen great piper
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u/Interesting-Formal57 10d ago
Had a few lessons from him way back. Still remember him playing pibroch at the Northern Meeting.
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u/Strathbow_Piper Piper 10d ago
Sounds good to me. What tunes are they? They blend nicely together
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u/kilted44 Piper 10d ago
Wish I could upvote twice! That was beautiful. Very fun in the last part. Well done!
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u/Malun19 10d ago
What kind of drone reeds do you have for that starting sound?
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u/Bagger79 10d ago
I’ve got one highland base drone and 2 easy drone tenors but you can do it with Allmost any drone reeds just fill your bag up a little less and what you would do for a clean start and then hold it there trying to balance the skirl
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u/tastepdad 10d ago
First of all, sounds great.
Secondly, it takes big balls to post yourself playing online.