Quote Originally Posted by Iolaus
Try planting your little finger first and then hold your hand at an angle so that your other fingers are covering the holes with the second section of the digit, instead of the fingertip. By changing the angle, you diminish the distance between the holes.

In the brief stint of BP lessons that I took, that was the hardest thing for me to get used to, as I had always been chided for not using my fingertips on the flute.
I have wondered about this difference for a while -- all the other woodwind instruments (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon) use the pad on the first joint of the finger, but bagpipers use the second joint of the finger.

Mark