Hi, Ian and you other pipers-
I just honked out a spit-saturated and screech-punctuated A part to a rendition
of "Hector the Hero" that only I could recognize. I played it in the bathroom, with
the door closed and the fan on, because anyone hearing what I am doing would recoil in
horror. I am happy that I am able to make sounds. I am pressing the bag in different
parts to try to hear what the different drones do. The long one makes the lowest
sound. If I loosen the joints just a wee bit, it seems to make the difference between
screeching and a tone. I am shooting in the dark, but I feel comfortable holding it
now. I'm just trying to breathe and get a constant sound, and that will take a lot of
practice, right there. Also, how hard I squeeze the bag with the front part of my arm
makes the tone vary. I have been leaving the pipes in a convenient place, and every
time I walk by, I try to get a little squawk out of it. On the first day, I could
play one note. Yesterday, I could play three not
es. Today I played seven notes. Sort of. 8-)
Cairistiona
California
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