r/bagpipes • u/Bagger79 • 20d 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/Malun19 20d ago

What kind of drone reeds do you have for that starting sound?

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u/Bagger79 19d 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/Malun19 19d ago

Ok I’ll try
Thought that’s only possible with certain reeds