After getting a practice chanter in Jan 2016 and using Rob Wallace’s piping tutor book 1 and video, I practiced just about every day. From February through April I kept track of my practice time in Excel. It was fun to repeat the exercises and get the grace notes and embellishments sounding right. I really enjoyed the early stage on the practice chanter. Continue reading “Mom’s Piping: Beginnings”
Noah was able to borrow a 3/4 set of bagpipes from the band beginning in July 2015. Here is a video of his beginnings. Amazing Grace, no drones on.
Noah was with us at the Saint Patrick’s Party at the Parmans. He heard Liam play and enjoyed it as well. I think both of us were pretty excited about the opportunity for him to learn to play the pipes and join the band at it’s start. As stated, this was March 2015.
Noah, age 9, started with the first band rehearsal in May 2015, which was really just practice for him on the practice chanter with Andrea Jones and Scott MacKay from Loch Norman Pipe Band (this is the band and pipers who began this small band) I’m pretty sure Liam and John were the only members at the beginning.
This Blog is primarily to document the progress of piping and drumming for my children (and myself, since I was influential in starting it all). To begin, I will walk back memory lane and mark those few times where I encountered the Great Highland Bagpipe (GHB) first hand. Continue reading “First Exposures to the Great Highland Bagpipe and all things Celtic”