Bagpipe humour!

[Tobus]

It's interesting that people make the presumption that you've got to have superior "lung power" to play the pipes. Far from it. The bag is a reservoir for the air that drives the reeds. All you have to do is breathe normally and exhale into the bag to refill the reservoir.

I've never seen a piper breathe normally when piping! They all look like their heads are about to explode, with their cheeks puffed out and their necks straining. Sometimes they pass out. As I understand it, inflating the bag isn't the hard part. It's squeezing the bag to create enough pressure to drive the drones and their reeds, and then keeping a range of pressure (i.e. overcoming it with each blow) with one's lungs that's the issue.

I bought a practise chanter from a fellow XMTS member several years ago and tried it for a few weeks. Even that was more than I wanted to do. I am a smoker, but used to play brass instruments when I was younger (baritone, tuba). I just don't care for sustained blowing into an instrument these days, though I respect those who do! I'll stick with my plucked, frailed, and bowed instruments that I can play while I smoke, LOL.

[kilted redleg]

I once attended a police training class with an instructor who was a fellow piper [I competed against him once or twice]. He started the class by asking what does bigfoot and a well tuned bagpipe have in common? - Both are rarely seen and if seen only for a fleeting second!

[tripleblessed]

I've never seen a piper breathe normally when piping! They all look like their heads are about to explode, with their cheeks puffed out and their necks straining.


https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pictures+o...-Gillespie.jpg

Like this?

I just don't care for sustained blowing into an instrument these days, though I respect those who do! I'll stick with my plucked, frailed, and bowed instruments that I can play while I smoke, LOL.

And if you ever get to the Atlanta area, please consider jumping into a jam with us. Although you'll have to smoke
outside, our jams often happen in restaurants, which by law are smoke free.

OK, once again, I have failed to comprehend how to properly insert a link into a quote without making it look like part of the quote.
But you get the picture.

[AbuMaia]

I think like this.



Then there's this guy's neck, which is enough to keep me far away from bagpipes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHboHVe9Nyo