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Re: Costa Mesa Results?

Queen City had a crackin' time in Costa Mesa. I really hope we can make it back again next year. What a great venue...

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Re: Beginner Chanter Reed

Defo play an easy reed. Not so easy that it's unstable or one you're overblowing. Comfort is the easy. If you're...

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Re: Breathing question

I play a medium gannoway and it's quite comfortable. I'm 5'9" (1.75m) and weigh about 160lb (72.7kg). Bags...

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Re: Breathing can't keep up with airflow

If you're still having issues with this, try posting a short youtube video. Sometimes a (moving)...

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Re: Birls using a metronome

metronome is good idea there. Everybody rushes the hell out of those birls at the end of 2/4s until they get...

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Re: Do I dare learn Piobaireachd?!?!

One thing that can help you is to listen to a lot of piob played by the top players. There's no shortage...

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Re: Where do you practice?

Just play in my office most of the time. It fills the house with sound, but outside the house it's not very...

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Re: Tuning bagpipes

Each day, as I'm getting ready to practice and I'm putting everything together, I warm the drones up. Just stick my...

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Re: Help for a foreigner competing in the US?

Didn't last remaining full time residents ask to be relocated by the British gov't in the...

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Re: Getting Birl to transfer from PC to Pipe Chanter

It's just going to take some time. The pipe chanter is a different animal and there's...

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Re: Help for a foreigner competing in the US?

Wait until mid may and you might have a different assessment of the FL weather. When it's...

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Re: High squeak

were the squeaks consistently on low A with a g grace note? If there's too much tape on the high G certain reed/chanter...

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Re: slow air/march competition recommendation?

Leaving Ireland or The Banks of Locheil (Donald MacLeod book 1, pg 22) are great airs.

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Re: Ok so, I really like Piobaireachd

Listen to great players performing tunes. Do this a lot and you'll develop an ear for the idiom....

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Re: Competition questions (euspba)

Personally, I find civilian pipers wearing a single piece of military kit (the Glengarrry) ridiculous....