Learning stages

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Level 1 - introductory course (10 group lessons)

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Outline:

- Introduction to Scottish bagpipe and its music

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- Proper posture and finger positions on the practice chanter

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- Maintenance and basic tuning of the practice chanter

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- The basic elements of music

    - Rhythm

    - Note recognition

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- Basic fingering and blowing techniques 

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- Basic embellishments

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- Some simple tunes

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Level 2  

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Outline:

- Practice goose - Getting the control of the pipe bag (Coordination of blowing/ breathing/ arm movement/ fingerings) 

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- Learning more types of embellishments

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- Applying the embellishments onto the tunes

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- Tunes in different time signatures

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Level 3  

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Outline:

- Transition to full set of the Highland bagpipe

- Posture

- Maintenance of the instrument

- Basic instrument set-up and tuning methods

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Learning some essential tunes on the practice chanter

More advanced fingering techniques

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