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  • Chapter 1
  • General Information
  • Classification
  • Types Of Tunes And Time Signatures In Pipe/pipe Band Music
  • Terms, Signs
  • Chapter 2
  • The Instrument Compass / Range
  • Three Instruments Part Names / Materials / Assembly / Diagrams, Etc. For:
  • A. The Practice Chanter (Annex A),
  • B. The Complete Bagpipe (Annex B),
  • C. The Practice Goose (Annex C)
  • Chapter 3
  • The 9 Notes & Finger Board
  • Left Hand Finger Positions To Cover/close The Holes
  • Finger Chart For Playing The 4 Notes And Scale
  • Finger Chart For Playing The 4 Notes "down" And "up" The Scale
  • Chapter 4
  • Right Hand Finger Positions To Cover/close The Holes
  • Finger Chart For Playing The 5 Notes And Scale
  • Finger Chart For Playing The 5 Notes "down" And "up" The Scale
  • Chapter 5
  • Both Hands
  • The Complete 9 Note Scale
  • "catch Notes / Crossing Noises"
  • Chapter 6
  • Melody And Rhythm
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  • The 6 Notes
  • Duration Table
  • Chapter 7
  • Left Hand Notes In Half Notes And Quarter Notes (Walking)
  • Chapter 8
  • Right Hand Notes In Half Notes And Quarter Notes (Walking)
  • Chapter 9
  • The Practice Goose
  • Constructing
  • Playing Exercises/arpeggios
  • Notation: Introductory Notes / Incomplete Bars
  • Chapter 10
  • Time & Rhythm
  • Simple Time
  • Metronome
  • Scales In Half Notes, Quarter Notes, And Eighth Notes
  • Chapter 11
  • The "2 Note Principle"
  • Combinations (Of Melody Notes)
  • Chapter 12
  • Left Hand
  • The Six 2 Note Combinations
  • Gracenotes
  • Left Hand Strikes
  • Etudes In Simple Time With Strikes
  • Chapter 13
  • Right Hand
  • The Ten 2 Note Combinations
  • Signs: Dot/tie/fermata
  • Ties
  • G' Gracenote (Ggrace)
  • Low G Gracenote
  • Etudes In Simple Time With Gracenotes
  • Chapter 14
  • Compound Time
  • Waltz Rhythm
  • Neumonics
  • Chapter 15
  • The 9 Note Scale
  • Exercises In Compound Time Without, Then With Ggrace
  • Chapter 16
  • D Strike
  • Etudes In Compound Time With Ggrace And Strikes
  • Chapter 17
  • More Music Terms, Signs And Abbreviations
  • Chatper 18
  • Time Signatures
  • Accents
  • Metric Accent
  • Upper & Lower Numbers
  • Chapter 19
  • Both Hands
  • The Twenty 2 Note Combinations
  • D And E Gracenotes
  • Chapter 20
  • Ideal Practice Routine
  • Blowing Drones Alone
  • (Detailed In Annex D) - Ggrace And Dgrace Natural
  • Chapter 21
  • Pointed Rhythms
  • A New Gracenote: A'grace
  • Time & Rhythm
  • Arpeggios:both Waltz & Pointed Rhythms
  • Chapter 22
  • Embellishments / Movements
  • The 3 "throws"
  • A' G' D
  • Birl
  • Chapter 23
  • Slow Marches In Compound Time:
  • "fairy Lullaby," "rowing Tune" (Elem Setting)
  • Chapter 24
  • Doublings
  • The 7 Doublings / Half Doublings / A'grace / Neumonics
  • Chapter 25
  • Finger Technique
  • Method Of Perfecting
  • Piper's Pt
  • Practice Schedule
  • Programs
  • Chapter 26
  • Tone & Tuning
  • Tunes In Compound Time:
  • "song Of The Glen," "going Home"
  • Chapter 27
  • Time And Rhythm
  • Simple Time With Neumonics
  • Simple Time With Neumonics (Cont'd.)
  • Triplets/ties
  • Chapter 28
  • Tunes In Simple And Compound Time: "mairi's Wedding"
  • "mrs. Kirkwood"
  • Chapter 29
  • Triplings
  • Elementary Development Of Strathspey Rhythms (Tadahhum)
  • Chapter 30
  • Playing The Complete Instrument (Add The Chanter)
  • The Grip
  • "a Gripping Tune"
  • Chapter 31
  • Taorluath
  • Taorluath (Cont'd.) - Ggrace Strikes On D And B
  • Chapter 32
  • Strathspey (Tadahhum) / Techums
  • Reel Exercise
  • Chapter 33
  • Tunes In Simple And Compound Time
  • "the Nut Brown Maiden"
  • "the Steamboat"
  • Chapter 34
  • Crossing Noises / "catch" Notes
  • Darodo (The "bubbly" Note)
  • Chapter 35
  • Pipe Music
  • Characteristics
  • Method Of Learning A Tune
  • Chapter 36
  • More Complex Beat Structures / Rhythms
  • Chapter 37
  • Dance Music Rhythms / Tunes
  • "the Keel Row" And "the Fairy Dance"
  • Dance Music Rhythms / Tunes (Cont'd)
  • "paddy's Leather Breeches"
  • "my Love She's But A Lassie Yet"
  • Chapter 38
  • Exercises In Rhythm / Finger Technique
  • Scalic (Compound Time)
  • Strikes (Reel Idiom)
  • Scalic / Rhythm (Simple Time)
  • Strathspey
  • Ggrace Dgrace Egrace In March Then Reel Rhythms
  • Compound Time: Ggrace Dgrace Egrace
  • Melodic Progressions
  • Techum Rhythms
  • Concluding Comments / Suggestions
  • "sing-fingering"
  • Appendix A
  • The Practice Chanter
  • Appendix B
  • The Great Highland Bagpipe
  • 1. Types Or Models
  • 2. Parts - Names - Models
  • 3. Parts - Disassembled / Identification
  • 4. Fitting - Holding
  • Appendix C
  • 1. Constructing
  • 2. Playing
  • Appendix D
  • Playing The Ghb
  • 1. Blowing The Drones Alone - Preparation / Holding And Starting Up
  • 2. Blowing Drones Alone (Cont'd.) - Control / Breathing
  • 3. Blowing Drones Alone (Cont'd) - Stopping / Practice Routine
  • Appendix E
  • Tone And Tuning
  • Tone
  • Tuning / Ideal Tuning Positions
  • Tuning (Cont'd.): Method - Drones Alone
  • Tuning (Cont'd.): Method - Drones To Chanter
  • Appendix F
  • Ensemble Playing In A Pipe Band Performance

The How to Manual for Learning the Great Highland Bagpipe by Archie Cairns. For Bagpipe. Methods. Scottish. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 104 pages. Published by Scott's Highland Services (MB.B002B).

ISBN 9780969794875. Scottish. 8.75" x 11" inches.

The "How To" manual is a simple, easy-to-follow, unique method for learning to play the Great Highland Bagpipe that provides a progressive program for Beginners. --Learn the scale from the top down --Theory of music to simplify and understand pipe music --Finger technique - execute gracenotes and embellishments --Characteristics of pipe music --Tone and tuning, explanation, methods and exercises --"Sing Fingering" - easy method to help in learning tunes --A music progression plan with check list --Rhythms made easy using a system of "Neumonics" --Subject Matter listed Alphabetically (easy to find).

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      September 3, 2012

      Excellent Beginner Book!

      Detailed lessons are very informative. Excellent teaching moments, e.g., "Practice is taking something you can Not do and repeating it accurately/continuously until you can." Includes a sequenced checklist to follow and 25 tunes (which I'll get to after I complete the first several chapters). Well worth the price!

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