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Skye Clarsair


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Okay, I know it's overdone.  Some people are tired of it.  Some people can't get enough of it.  (They even want it played at their funerals even though they won't hear it! ;)  

But for those of you who can't get enough Amazing Grace, and even for those who think they're sick of hearing it -- I strongly suggest you give a listen to this one; probably the best version you can find on YouTube.  (Photos of the Highlands aren't bad either!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8AeV8Jbx6M 

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having just returned from Alba, this makes me want to pack my bags and leave again.

sigh

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the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards made this tune really popular in the early 1970's by releasing it into the pop charts, I think it went to number 1 i do know that it went Gold and is on show in Edinburgh Castle.  personally I really dont like the tune but it is the one that makes me the most money by requests (i pipe).

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So how hard is it to learn to play the pipes?

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Kevin, yes, I remember when it was on the Top 40 charts back in the early 70s.  (My grandmother, whose parents were born in Scotland, loved it!) 


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HBlake wrote:

So how hard is it to learn to play the pipes?


I picked the pipes up six years back. Do it while you are YOUNG!

 



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Hi Karen

It's great to see you back on the forum, don't stay away so long.  We need your input.

How are things going with you and yours?

-- Edited by MacPatrick on Wednesday 19th of August 2009 10:31:50 AM

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MacPatrick wrote:

Hi Karen

It's great to see you back on the forum, don't stay away so long.  We need your input.

How are things going with you and yours?

-- Edited by MacPatrick on Wednesday 19th of August 2009 10:31:50 AM


Hey Jim, everything is going great here. How about there? Is the drought over?????

 



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The drought is over, the lakes are full again.  Now Alabama and Florida want to stop Georgia from using the water out of the lakes. no

Have you all accumulated any interesting cars lately?

 



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To answer your question HBlake, its hard but not "too" hard to play the pipes. There are only 9 notes (low G to high A on the scale) but there are a number of embellishments (the little "extra" notes that separate the melody notes. Since the chanter sounds constantly, there has to be something to break them up....)

Initially, you start by learning the fingerings and tunes on a practice chanter. After you master that you can start working on transferring that to the pipes... the hard part there is trying to play the tune, tap your foot and blow and squeeze all at the same time!

It can take anywhere from 6 months to a few years to get up on the pipes.

You can order a polypenco (plastic) practice chanter with reed and the "College of Piping Tutor Book I" from several places for around $80.00. Stay away from the Pakistan made chanters (and pipes) and get one made of the high quality plastic or African Blackwood (which are more expensive.)
http://www.aberdeenbagpipe.com/store/20191.html


A set of pipes can cost you anywhere from $1200.00 and up (way up)

I bought a set of McCallum AB2 Deluxe with a case for about $1500.00 last year...



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