I will be offering this year at
Newcastleton Folk Festival a beginner’s workshop in “Learning the Small-Pipes”.
The workshop will be a basic introduction into small pipe techniques.
Too often the beginner will not take enough
time to learn the basic techniques of the bag, bellows, drones and chanter, and
rush towards learning melodies and then finding out later that they have to
restart learning, also most damage caused to a new instruments happens in the
first few days of receiving their pipes.
The workshop will go through the basics of
bag pressure, bellows technique, tuning drone and fingering styles, and reeds.
The workshop is designed for people who intend to start playing the small pipes
not for people who already play them.
Buying a set of small pipes can be an
expensive hobby, and often there can be a long wait to get a set of pipes. It
is a commitment before you can start to play, and often it can be frustrating
when you get your set, and often they are put aside as there are many things to
do at once before getting a good sound from them.
If you are thinking of buying a set of
small pipes, or waiting for your set to be made, or just wishing to try the
instrument out... this workshop is for you.
It is also for people who have already
their set of small pipes, perhaps the instrument has been put aside as it was
found too complicated, bring them along and the workshop can help you to get
started.
I can offer a limited number of small pipes
for those who attend the workshop. These will be for those interested in
Northumbrian Small pipes and Scottish Small pipe players, with open and closed
fingering.
There maybe is also a chance to try mouth
blown examples too...
Reservations is the best way of ensuring a
place on the workshop, or just turn up on the day if there are sets available,
those with their own sets bring them along too.
I am trying to ensure there will be 10 sets
of small pipes available on the day. I will be posting updates to confirm the
number of pipes available.
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