Bagpipes for Beginners : Finger Posture & Positioning for Playing the Bagpipes

Learn correct finger posture and positioning for playing the bagpipes with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.

Expert: Mike Oberst
Bio: Mike Oberst is a professional musician based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is proficient in nearly ten different instruments, including the bagpipes, mandolin, guitar, and accordion just to name a few.
Filmmaker: Jason Sager

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[nancejo]

So is the chanter like a recorder? Same scale? What key is the one you are holding? I assume you can switch out the chanters to play different key scales or is is chromatic?

[NewAccountFFS]

OH FUCK IT I'LL TEACH MYSELF. EVERYONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY DID.

[TomkinsN1993]

to the guy who is learning for a concert... you can't teach yourself nor learn off youtube how to play.... its a lifestyle not an instrument

[Fluteperson01]

i think you should come to texas and teach us how to play cause im a piccolo player and this is all new to me why the f would my band director chose me to play the bagpipe solo oh wait i know its cause im the only scottish person he knows hehehe so i am learning right now grrr curse you amazing grace marching show

[CalumF10]

this guys shite :L maybe you should get an instructor mate

[grumpire]

Don't say things like "how to play pipes good" and expect to be taken seriously.

[LSBSPB]

Actualy the correct way to learn how to play pipes good is to join a band and get instruction

[siriusrex]

actually ,I'm wrong,!!sorry!!.the fingering position shown on the vid is CORRECT,MY APOLOGIES!.

[jonathanlivingston]

Who told you that??????????????

[siriusrex]

your left hand fingers i.e TOP should be placed using the middle parts of the figers.