Getting Started With the Practice Chanter Basics - Scotland The Brave

Just got myself my first set of bagpipes.. still trying to practice on the chanter though 😬

Completely lost me.....😮.......what????

Yeah, I need itva little slower teaching lol

Just got my chanter... tried following what u do on this video but it just makes a high pitch tone and doesn't sound good at all lol

This helped me so much, but wheres your thanks button so i can tip you and send a tip for your help.

My father has played the pipes for 50 years. Grew up around them, I played the violin for around 12 years and I’m now getting into law enforcement. My father is the Pipe Major for his department, figured I’d try to catch him off guard and pick up his pipes. Thanks man

I love playing my bagpipe

When playing mine it sounds high pitched and doesn't change when putting my fingers over the holes.

About 15 years ago my wife bought me a piping chanter kit. I monkeyed around with it for several months then gave up. Today, I found it and I can’t get any sound out of it. I can see through it, any idea what is wrong?

I'm a beginner and i love the sound of the pipes. Looking at ordering a McCallum practice chanter...wanting the African Blackwood. Want to learn badly. Love the way the wood sounds. Any recommendations would be great.

I'm a late comer to bagpipes. I wanted to learn the bagpipes when I was a child, but my Scottish mum said no!!!! She married a New Zealander of Irish decent. I want to pipe our daughter into the reception after she gets married in 10 months. I might not make it, but will have fulfilled a long held desire to learn, so all good. Could you please suggest a great, but easy, wedding tune for me, so I have plenty of run in time to pull this off. :)

THIS PERSON IS THE ONLY PERSON I WILL TAKE LESSONS FROM ONLINE.. WHAT A GOOD HUMAN BEING.. CHILLED OUT..AND VERY HELPFUL. THANKS FOR THESE VIDEOS AND YOUR TIME. TOP LAD

Thanks for lesson but u didn't run it thru the same way u played it at the end. I followed every step thru our the video and at the end it wasn't the same. Also at the end u played far to fast to try to get it all. 😭

Brilliant, thanks.

Im still learning. Ive got to learn sheet music at the same time so im making slow progress.

Youre right, learning a smal tune is helpful for enjoying the practice.

What do you recommend setting the metronome to for a beginner?

And what is the metronome bpm for the tune?

Excellent tutorial, u make it simple & fun and your kind smile between steps puts me at ease! Thanks

I loved the tutorial

It’s a A grip at the start mate 👍

Just got my chanter last week to explore heritage and quit smoking. Definitely need to quit smoking because breathing into this thing takes effort haha

Beginner here. Struggling with coordinating the right pinky and ring finger. Definitely think I'm also holding too fight bc I feel warn out after practicing

Thanks for the time! I’m just starting after years of playing the saxophone

Before I forget, since you asked SO nicely, I will leave a comment. Overall, I think it was good/great lesson-very informative/educational. As someone who took bagpipe lessons roughly for seven years, all of this sounded familiar. As far as your question about long versus short videos, it would really vary from viewer to viewer. I had this going in the background. I kept having to pause it, so 20 mins seemed a little excessive. However, if somebody were trying to get a comprehensive beginner bagpipe lesson, I'd say they've come to the right channel!!

How come when I play the high A I’m supposed to have my left ring finger covering the hole, but it sounds the same even if it’s not? And I do have my right hand first 3 fingers covering. So why is that?

Thank you for the videos!

I’ve always wondered how to get into bagpipes and been interested. My great grandfather is Scottish and my grandmother fully immersed me in the culture through festivals and history lessons, always thought it was super cool and after discovering the practice chanter I was thrilled to find a cool little instrument that has an awesome sound and is financially obtainable for me at the moment and will be a head start to one day learning bagpipes!

Thanks a lot for making this video for beginners ! Overall, I think the most difficult part is to hold your breath for a long time haha ! Greetings from Brittany !

I just bought a chanter and am very worried my fingers are too thin to play well.. I can't seem to keep the holes covered adequately.

I am having a tough time keeping the holes adequately covered....so discouraging

This is a great video and I am thankful for it, but when you play the whole thing through at the end, it appears there is an entire bit you left out of the tutorial.

Thanks a lot, i‘m a beginner, Amazing Grace is The First Song that i can play, now it‘ Time for Sc. the Brave

Hey, thanks for the tutorial helped me so much but are you able to do an easy tutorial like this for Blue bonnets over the border. Or if there is already an existing one

I’m 11 years old and my chanter teacher said I’m going to the bagpipes in a month and I’ve been playing chanter for one year now thank you for making to vid to help beginners ❤😊

Slow down for us new guys.

Wtf slow down

Hi I'm wanting to learn the chanter pipe and want to know what's a descent set to get thanks Bryan

Want to start playing pipes. Looking for the best options to learn and practice playing. Thanks Brother

This is exactly what I need! As a jack of many instruments---master of none--I know how I learn, and it's not the way most people, seemingly, learn. Dyslexia. I learn by getting the feel, and I can't do that by repeating scales and such, THIS is how I learn. Thank you, Alec!!!!! My first bagpipe prayer is answered!

I am a beginner. I just started received my practice chanter. there are a lot of videos about adjusting the read for sound. The reads I received have a lot of hemp on them, they are much longer than I’ve seen in videos. Is there a video that shows how to correctly reduce the length of the hemp?

My chanter sucks I need a chanter that’s not as expensive please recommend me I’m not more than 10 years old and I’m playing right and now I need a better chanter please recommend me please 🙏( I’m not playing on a chanter )

Thank you. I'm looking into getting my own practice chanter soon. I'm quite excited. I do wonder though, a lot that I've heard sound out of tune. Is this normal?

Thank for making this video. i just bought a practice chanter and im only 13 years old and im trying to learn the bagpipes and ou make it easy

This is what I need, I need a tune to play. I am scaled to death. Please give us more of these popular tunes for us beginners. Great stuff.

Im a snere drummer in the pipeband i have been for 5 years, and now im trying to learn the bagpipes

My chanter doesn’t have a different tone for each finger is my chanter to cheap what brand would you recommend thanks Dawn a beginner

hi, quick question: I see online bagpipes from Pakistan or England for under 200$, are they a decent start for somebody with no deep pockets? If not how much would be a decent one? I just started to practice with a rosewood chanter I had for many years, it's not very loud and I have to blow really hard and I can play the simple Amazing Grace fairly well. Next I will learn Auld lang sine. Thank you so much for your lessons.

Red piano dude ad is so annoying lol

Thank you so much! You are an amazing instructor!

I’m getting this

Plz upload aa full video on green hill of Tyrol

I've just got my first chanter as a complete beginner. It occasionally goes either incredibly high pitch or low pitch. Could it be the reeds? I'm making sure I'm covering all the holes properly.

This song is so easy to play on any keyboard or guitar, bagpipers really do a hard job, but honestly it sounds much better on a bagpipe, so thanks for the very interesting lesson, sir.