>> 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.
It may not be that bad - lots of people use the (Glasgow) College of Piping's teaching materials on their own (books, recordings, videos). You hear lots of complaints about Seamus McNeill being an arrogant old SOB but I haven't heard anyone saying his stuff doesn't work. >> By "gateway instrument," you might mean tin whistle. Tin whistle >> is very fun to play, and relatively easy to pick up on your own. And not much like the pipes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files and CD-ROMs of Scottish music. ----> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "scots-l" at this site, please <---- Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
