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Mark Bennett makes bags for all sorts of bellows blown pipes, and has various templates he can offer, or you could just draw up the bag you have if you...

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Technically they are just a measure of how often your posts get liked, though in practice I think they are mostly just a measure of how much time you've...

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To overblow a GHB reed you need to start off with a fairly easy reed. You might find it easier to try blowing the chanter in the mouth, rather than in...

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I made a very rough prototype ten-note practice chanter a while back, played as normal but with the E hole covered by the pinkie. It require a bit of...

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Great stuff, Ed. I had a bash at it many years ago, but in practice I've only ever typed up a few tunes for beginners as beyond that point they get the...

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Realistically, I think it's fair to say the vast majority of people using BMW are using the version that is (AFAIK) still freely available to download,...

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I've just had a look at my ~2014 MacCallums and by eye with a good metal ruler I make it around 19.5mm, so I'd reckon Richard's estimate is pretty go...

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Yes, that "hesitation" step is the slow march. It's not difficult to do but I would find someone trained in it to show you, as it's easy to...

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The formula, such as it is, is simply to replace B, C, and D crunluaths with crunluath a mach movements. If you compare the variations in the Guards...

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I've always thought the sensible thing to do would be arrange a deal with an optician to supply a load of generic sunglasses with prescriptions for those...

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I generally leave everything assembled; I find that I can use the tightness of the blowpipe seal as a moisture gauge, and if it gets a bit much I just...

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Excellent detective work! I had always idly assumed they were a copy of something from the distant past, though thinking about it that makes no sense...

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Only if you choose to make it so. A day-one beginner can grasp the concept of doing GDEs on a single note and having the gracenote finger tap the chanter...

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Strictly in terms of acoustics, the sound will be loudest at the highest open hole, because that is where the vibrating column of air is meeting air that...

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Death grip is a symptom of too many thoughts.

Drop back to something you can play with perfect ease - if necessary, a scale, two notes,...