Bob writes: << There's a usenet group for pipers. The feeling is unanamous that one needs to have a teacher to learn the pipes. >>
That's what I feared. I guess we had one locally for a while, then he went postal and was fired by the university. << By "gateway instrument," you might mean tin whistle. Tin whistle is very fun to play, and relatively easy to pick up on your own. chiffandfipple.com is a pretty impressive (if not exhaustive) place to start. >> Far out. That's a pretty funny website. I think you may be right, this could be a place to start. I have a recorder at home, but couldn't find any decent resources. Conversely, there seems to be a lot on the tin whistle out there. Bruce Campbell scrievit: << You cannot teach yourself to play the bagpipes. >> Sigh. As noted above. When I was 18, I ran with a pipe band in Niagara Falls but goofed off and never learned much. About piping that is. I learned a lot about whisky. << What geographic area are you in? >> I'm temporarily dislocated in Alfred, N.Y., directly south of Rochester on the Pennsylvania border, maybe 150 miles from Buffalo. -- Ian J. L. Adkins District Staff Officer for Communication Services Great Lakes Ninth District - Eastern Region U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary http://www.uscgaux.org/~092/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
