Klarinet Archive - Posting 000971.txt from 1998/12

From: McClune_ David <dmcclune@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tips for clarinetist picking up bagpipes
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:34:12 -0500

I have played around with the pipes for many years. I keep a set hanging
on my office wall which make for interesting conversatios. You will play
on the chanter for quite sometime before transfering over to the full
pipes. There are a number of good WEB sites on bagpipes and those folks
can recommend a method book. The fingers must stay flat and straight,
with no "clarinet" curved fingers. Just accept the eye to hand
coordination developed on clarinet will be of no use on the pipes. The
fingerings themselves do relate to clarinet either.

Good luck
Dave

On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Noah A. Smith wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm wondering if anyone out there has ever attempted the
> bagpipes (more specifically, the practice chanter for
> highland Scottish pipes). I'm a 10-year clarinetist and a
> college student who has decided to try and figure out the
> bagpipes. I just obtained a practice chanter and would
> appreciate tips from anyone who has traveled this path
> before.
> Thank you and Merry Christmas -
> Noah Smith
> --
> "He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp
> or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken, to
> have his kneecaps split and his body burned away, and all
> his limbs hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin."
>
> N O A H A. S M I T H
> Computer Science / Linguistics
> University of Maryland College Park
> (301) 314-8907; nasmith@-----.edu
> http://www.wam.umd.edu/~nasmith
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