How To Play Bagpipe • Method & Songbook

How To Play Bagpipe Method and Songbook is a great addition to our “How To” series. This incredibly popular guide provides the basic knowledge needed to become a masterful bagpiper.

Our unique approach includes instructions, diagrams and sketches detailing basic music theory, finger positions, grace notes and other items essential to the fundamental understanding of the bagpipe.

How to Play the Bagpipe Method & Songbook includes instructional audio and a remarkable performance recording. This “award winning” method begins by providing a general understanding of basic music theory, knowledge that is not only applicable to the bagpipe, but is universal regardless of the instrument you may study.

Once you have developed a musical vocabulary and learn to play the practice chanter which concentrates on learning the fingerings, only then will you attempt to incorporate some breathing techniques and the handling of a full set of pipes.