The Best Recording of Lord Lovat's Lament - ever!
https://youtu.be/oCsByWF0cLI Don't take my word for it. Listen to it yourself! Lord Lovat's Lament played by The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band from the 1989…
Category: Commandment 1: Immersion
Your environment is the single greatest correlate to your success as a piper. Create a rich environment for learning, and you'll drastically increase your odds of success. We believe, for every one hour of "active" practice, you should be "passively" immersing yourself in bagpipe music, thought, and culture. When in doubt, use this page for inspiration.
Our Favorite Evergreen Sources of Bagpipe Inspiration:
Andra's 45-hour Spotify Playlist!
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 1
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 2
BBC Pipeline Archive
BBC Piping Sounds
Enjoy your Piping! With Gary West
The Big Rab Show Podcast
The World Pipe Band Championships
PipesDrums.com
The Piping Press
Bagpipe.News
Andrew Lenz's "Bagpipe Journey"
New Addition! The Piper's Persuasion - famous piper interviews.
Stuart Liddell playing an MSR at Delgatie Castle
https://youtu.be/8CFBOZ7Onj8 Have a listen to a classic competition set by this world-famous piper.
The World Pipe Band Championships 2022 - Juvenile Final - Dollar Academy
https://youtu.be/PEjEew33drE
ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band - Winning, and Innovative, Street March - Timaru 2013
https://youtu.be/OmberDpriXg ILT City of Invercargill Highland Pipe Band Grade 2 (post contest promoted to Grade 1) performing their winning street march at the NZ National…
Jack Lee and Ed Best Solos and Duet - Reno, NV December 2011 - See if you recognize the jig
https://youtu.be/1tW7v8-pm_g Jack Lee and Ed Best Solos and Duet - Reno, NV December 2011 - See if you recognize the Jig
A Salute to the Royal Fendersmith
https://youtu.be/yf-0Mt6rSZs The Lone Piper at Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Pipe Major Paul Burns plays one final lament, “A Salute to the Royal Fendersmith,” while the…
Leaving Lismore
https://youtu.be/dhj_O1gyo7c?t=38 This beautiful tune is played by fiddler Mairi Hunter. In his class, Ken Eller used this video to point out how fiddlers can express…
Talk about performance under pressure!
https://youtu.be/b71pfyMcugk The Queen's Funeral Bagpiper plays the Lament, "The Flowers of the Forest"
Suite: The Calm Before The Storm
A awesome suite played by Field Marshall Montgomery! Learn this tune in Cameron Drummond's class. https://youtu.be/xRcPLNW5nwQ