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"How To" Manual for Bagpipes - Expanded Edition - by Major Archie Carins

Archie has taken his popular "How To" maual and added all new teaching tips and new tunes. This book includes photos from memorable times in Archie's life and over 40 tunes composed to honour special family and friends with the story behind them.

Bagpipe Solutions Book 8 - This tutor book is the eighth in the series and has been designed to help the piper make the transition to being able to compete in a Grade 4 solo piping contest and/or compete in a Grade 5 pipe band contest.

To achieve these goals, you will develop your ability to: -Play the technical requirements needed for this level and increase your speed and fingering dexterity. -Pitch your pipe chanter and tune your Low A, C and E so that they are in line with the drones. -Complete all the technical and musical requirements on your bagpipe.

You will learn: -How to play and express a strathspey and a reel. -How to learn a tune from scratch and fix an existing tune. -What a judge listens for in a solo and pipe band contest. -About the factors that affect tone and how to achieve a good tonal balance on your bagpipe. -How to prepare your bagpipe for a competition or performance. -Pipe band and instrument drill and the expectations of being a member of a pipe band. -Some tips to help when you perform and how to deal with anxiety.

Finally, you will: -Improve your understanding and ability to play the common rhythmical passages in a 6/8 march, 2/4 march, strathspey, and reel. -Select your Grade 4 solo competition 2/4 march from options provided. -Be able to play as a soloist, one: -4-parted 2/4 quick march suitable for a grade 4 solo contest. -2-parted strathspey, reel and 6/8 march — at a grade 4 solo standard.