Beginner bagpipe

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This online Bagpipe course will allow you to learn the fundamentals and the techniques necessary to play famous Breton tunes.

This is a beginners course. It starts with tips on posture and breathing. It will allow you to acquire the necessary foundations to play your first tunes.

Objectives

  • Master abdominal breathing to be comfortable with the bagpipe
  • Learn to place your hands and fingers on the practice and on the bagpipe chanter.
  • Discover the techniques for tuning chanter and drones
  • Learn the basics of taps and grace notes
  • Master the classic A-E-F sequence
  • Know how to add variations on a simple tune
  • Perform your first fork notes
  • Play your first ornaments

Prerequisites

  • At a minimum, have a practice in Bb
  • Ideally, also play with a bagpipe in Bb
  • Practise regularly

Videos for the course

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Hervé Le Floc'h introduces himself

Hervé introduces himself : his carreer, his bagad and other bands he's played with, his influences.

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Tips to be comfy with the bagpipe 1/2

This lesson is about tips to feel comfy with your instrument

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Tips to be comfy with your bagpipe 2/2

This lesson is about tips to feel comfy with your instrument

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How to tune the drones

How to tune your bagpipe, especially the drones in this video...

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How to tune the Chanter

In this video Hervé shows how to tune the chanter and the drones to each other.

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En revenant de la jolie Rochelle 1/2

A tune from Upper Brittany for beginners. Hervé proposes this "Tour" that you will be able to sing along to help you ...

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En revenant de la jolie Rochelle 2/2

Second part of this "Tour" by Hervé Le Floc'h

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La fille d’un riche marchand "A rich merchant’s daughter”

Today a slow tune, a melody from “Haute Bretagne”

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A la cour du Palais 1/3

A top of the charts in Breton Trad music to danse a "Hanter Dro"

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A la cour du Palais 2/3

2nd part of the melody with Hervé LE FLOC'H

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A la cour du Palais 3/3

Last part of this lesson.

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Touri Toura 1/2

This is a tune sung by Marie Aline Lagadic in the Bigouden area, since it is a Rond Bigouden, but it can be heard in ...

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Touri Toura 2/2

Let's go further on this Rond Bigouden with more vairiations, a key change and some work on the "birl", this techniqu...