Have you been told to blow tone or blow steady?Does your chanter reed cut out or squeal?Is it hard for you to tune your drones to your chanter?Does this whole concept of great tone seem ambiguous?
Rhythmic accuracy, scale navigation, grace note quality, embellishment quality, and ALAP/ASAP, are foundation skills on the Highland bagpipe. We must be able to accurate navigate the notes on the chanter, we must have crisp, clean grace notes and embellishments, and we must imply dynamics through ALAP/ASAP.
Don’t you just love the sound of a beautifully tuned bagpipe?The full harmonic sound of the drones blended perfectly with the chanter notes.Are you amazed how professional pipers seem to tune easily and get that steady full sound?What if I told you that it’s not just about good tuning?
just jamming... love it.