Learn to Play the Highland Bagpipe, Paperback

You have purchased one of the most professional and popular books for learning the bagpipes. It includes many well known and traditional melodies, all the finger techniques and in contrast to other bagpipe books there are many exercises that you will need to learn the bagpipes successfully. The book is suitable for absolute beginners all the way to advanced pipers, for studying on your own or as a classroom companion book. In 29 easy to understand lessons, you will find crystal clear instructions on how to play the bagpipes from scratch. This book by Andreas Hambsch is also used for training purposes by many professional bands and bagpipe schools. The books aim is to give the student the basic information to create a technically and musically solid foundation that will provide expert help and guidance on the route to becoming an accomplished piper. The combi method is all about learning the fingering techniques and doing the exercises with matching melodies. With this book, Andreas Hambsch has established a milestone that marks the teaching of the Scottish bagpipes with the combi method, helping beginners and advanced players to achieve rapid success. It is a professional educational tool to help you to learn how to play and understand the bagpipes. Andreas Hambsch began playing the bagpipes in 1993. He has won many high profile solo competitions and for some years was also a member of the Scottish Grade 1 professional bagpipe band, competing against the best pipe bands in the world. In 2007, he completed his teachers examination at the Scottish College of Piping and received the colleges highest diploma in the art of bagpipe playing in 2010. He then opened a bagpipe school and since then has worked as a full time teacher tutoring students from all over the world. Andreas Hambsch also hosts band workshops, teaches at international summer and winter schools and makes a major contribution towards making Scottish music better known all over the world. Thanks to his mus