A Bagpiper is a person who can play a list of tunes by memory on the bagpipe!  You don't need a set of bagpipes to get started with this program.  You only need the program, a practice chanter and a teacher.  There are options you can choose what's best for you. 

The purpose of any good lesson program is to take you from nothing to being accomplished!

In this program you will:

• Learn to read music!
• Learn to read rhythm! ​
• Learn to sight read!
• Learn to become independent and accomplished!

This is a Digital Download that includes the book in .pdf format and .mp3 audio tracks.  There is a hard copy available.  

HERE IS WHAT IS IN THE BOOK!

The Lessons

• ​Lesson 1   Rhythm and Meter 
• Lesson 2   Holding the Chanter
• Lesson 3   Reading Music
• Lesson 4   Adding our Feet
• Lesson 5   Blowing the Chanter
• Lesson 6   What's a Crossing Noise?
• Lesson 7   The GDE Grace Notes
• Lesson 8   Playing Grace Notes Between Intervals
• Lesson 9   Scots Wha Hae
• Lesson 10  Amazing Grace
• Lesson 11  The Blue Bells of Scotland
• Lesson 12  Bonnie Prince Charlie (Will Ye No Come Back Again) 
• Lesson 13  Johnnie Scobie (A No Awa Te Bide Awa)
• Lesson 14  Scotland the Brave

Tools to Improve Technique

• Ornament Worksheet
• The Taorluath Tune
• Exercises for Control
• Rhythm Syllable Answers 

The Tunes

• A No Awa Te Bide Awa
• All the Way to Galaway
• Amazing Grace
• Anchors Away (Navy)
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• At the River
• Auld Lang Syne
• Back to Donegal
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Bonnie Dundee
• Bonnie Prince Charlie
• Brown Haird Maiden
• Caissons Go Rolling Along (Army)
• Daniel's Lament
• Danny Boy
• Emily's March
• Evelyn's Scale Strathspey
• Foster's Garden
• Garry Owen
• George Roy's March
• God Bless America
• Going Home
• High Road to Gairloch
• Highland Laddie
• I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
• Johnnie Scobie
• Kelly, The Boy from Killane
• Let Erin Remember
• Lord Eric's Return to Efrat
• Mac Pic's Reel
• MacIntosh's Lament
• Maggies Lament
• Off We Go (Air Force)
• Over There
• ​Patty's Jiggity Jig
• Rab's Wedding in Jig Form
• Roy T's Hornpipe
• Ryan's March
• Scotland the Brave
• Scots Wha Hae
• Semper Paratus (Coast Guard)
• The Barren Rocks of Aden
• The Blue Bells of Scotland
• The Crusader's March
• The Duke of Gordon in Jig Time
• The Glendaurel Highlanders
• The Green Hills of Tyrol
• The Irish Washerwoman
• The Jolly Beggerman
• The Keel Row
• The Kilt is My Delight
• The Lady in the Bottle 
• The Marines Hymn
• The Minstrel Boy
• The Pikeman's March
• The Rowan Tree
• The Scots Guard's March Through Jerusalem
• The Taorluath Tune 
• The Wearing of the Green
• Tim's Mushrooms
• Trumpet Voluntary for Bagpipe
• Twenty Men From Dublin Town
• When the Battle's Over
• Will Ye No Come Back Again
• Willian's Hornpipe
• Wings
• You're a Grand Old Flag