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20th November 05, 05:46 PM
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I have a practice chanter (somewhere!). It is a relic from the days, back in the early 1970s, when I took private lessons with a very Scottish, just-retired, Pipe Major. He bought the chanter on my behalf, in Scotland, but I have no idea who made it, and he himself fashioned the reed - something he was apparently noted for and of which he was quite proud.
Although I am musical, or so I have been told, I have never been able to play an instrument properly. Had piano lessons for years as a child, but cannot play a note now! Sang solos in the church choir before my voice broke, but cannot hit a true note now! As for the piping: I persevered (so did the Pipe Major!) for just over a year but then we agreed to give it up as a bad job - I was getting nowhere. The trouble is that I have never been able to get to grips with reading music!!! I desperately wanted to be able to play the pipes too as I was giving a lot of Highland Dance displays at that time, and the two would complimented each other.
[B][I][U]No. of Kilts[/U][/I][/B][I]:[/I] 102.[I] [B]"[U][B]Title[/B]"[/U][/B][/I]: Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Scottish Tartans Authority / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / [U][I][B]Member:[/B][/I][/U] The Ardbeg Committee / [I][B][U]My NEW Photo Album[/U]: [/B][/I][COLOR=purple]Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever![/COLOR]/
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20th November 05, 06:15 PM
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I don't remember which one but I paid about $70 for it. It's not one that resembles a pipe chanter.
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20th November 05, 07:59 PM
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 Originally Posted by Hamish
... Although I am musical, or so I have been told, I have never been able to play an instrument properly. Had piano lessons for years as a child, but cannot play a note now!...
I too had piano lessons as a child. However from a very early age I was only interested in ancient music (Byrde, Frescobaldi, Dowland, Monteverdi...etc.) rather than the "classics" that formed the basis for instruction at the time. Over the years I've also played around with flute, guitar, 5 string banjo, harpsichord, and a Roland D50 synth which (for shame) I haven't touched in 3 years. I'm a sort of "jack of many instruments and master of none".
As far as the pipes are concerned, I have no particular aspirations to compete or play in a band (I'm a bit too old for that), but it would be nice to play a few tunes for people from time to time. That, of course, could all change after I get into it. I enjoy a challenge.
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