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- Rate ₹2,684
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1st class free
- Bagpipes
I am a professional highland bagpipe and smallpipe teacher with over 30 years' experience. I teach complete beginners and intermediate pipers.
- Bagpipes
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Recommended
Ed is a respected tutor in our community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Ed
I learned to play the Highland bagpipes as a young child. I was brought up with a half Scottish family and had lots of trips to Scotland to see relatives and also for holidays. Whenever I saw a bagpipe player I was fascinated and hypnotised by the sound. Eventually my parents found me a tutor and got me started with an excellent tutor. After 6 months of learning I joined a pipe band and after no time were performing with them at parades, festivals, and other events. I then went on to compete with several other bands and had great success on the competition circuit. As a solo piper I've performed at 1000's of weddings, funerals, birthday parties (including Sir Alex Ferguson's 80th). I've performed at events all over the UK and Europe and have achieved an outstanding reputation for my professionalism, reliability and piping skills. I've also had the honour of teaching the bagpipes to cadets in the Army Foundation College for over 9 years. I love teaching and passing my skills and knowledge on to others. I also enjoy playing the Scottish border pipes, attending folk sessions and playing along with other musicians.
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- +8
levels :
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Professional
Children
1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year
4th year
Graduate
Doctorate
- English
All languages in which the class is available :
English
I am a professional highland bagpiper with over 30 years' experience performing at 1000's of events in the UK and abroad. I've competed with pipe bands at the European and World Pipe Band Championships and won the All English Championships several times. I was the head bagpipe tutor at the army college in Harrogate for over 9 years where I taught classes of 16-18 year old cadets. I now mainly teach privately online and in person. I teach online via Zoom or Skype and I'm happy to teach children or adults. Beginners will learn on the practice chanter. I will teach how to play the scale, how to read music and how to play the many embellishments unique to highland bagpipe music. Beginners will learn their first tunes and develop a repertoire of traditional bagpipe music. I will also teach music theory and crucially... how to play along to a metronome. I will send instructional videos via Whatsapp or Youtube to complement lessons. For advanced players I can help with repertoire expansion, improving rhythm, perfecting gracenotes and finger technique, bagpipe maintenance, tuning, and blowing a steady tone, etc. My lessons are relaxed and fun. All you need to begin is a good quality practice chanter, i.e. McCallum's or David Nail and at least 20 minutes a day to practise in between lessons.
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4.8 (6 reviews)
Perfect! Very knowledgeable and also very patient - an invaluable asset!
Perfect! My son (10) had a lesson with Ed, and it went so well. Ed is patient and a great instructor. Highly recommend.
Perfect! Had my first meeting with Ed today, and it was excellent. He was extremely helpful guiding me in what I need to make my experience learning the Highland Pipes as smooth as possible. Can't wait to schedule more sessions with him.
Perfect! Effective, "work at your pace", learning. Ed meets instruction needs where you are, and as quickly or as slowly as you grasp each lesson. Easy to communicate with and learn from.
- Well done today Lex, you played the scale well. Try to practice for at least 30 minutes a day and you will progress quickly. Looking forward to our next lesson.Ed's response :
Excellent! Excellent discussion with Ed and gave me tips about the bagpipes and contact for accessories
Look forward to our next meeting
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Recommendations
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My 10 Yr old son started learning the bagpipes in January. He is thoroughly enjoying it and makes very good progress. We didn't know anything about bagpipes before, but Ed helped us so much to get the right Chanter and a suitable bagpipe for Finley. Ed is kind but determined with his teaching and Finley said:" I don't know why it's good, but it is just really good!"
Teaching the bagpipes doesn't seem to be only a job to Ed but a vocation- and that is rare these days.View more recommendations
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- ₹2,684
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- 5h: ₹13,421
- 10h: ₹25,053
online
- ₹2,684/hr
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free classes
This first free class with Ed will allow you to get to know each other and to specify the exact learning requirements for the upcoming classes.
- 30mins
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