Bagpipe Instruction 1: The Scale 

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That's an excellent point - but do keep in mind that usually that would be referred to as a, "tap," and would be written-in to the music, done entirely on purpose. The thing to avoid are, "accidental," crossover notes. You're totally right, though, that when used correctly they're an excellent embellishment.

There are videos about how to choose your bagpipes to buy..i hope there's a bit about buying your chanter too... Don't give up! The world needs more bagpipe 🎶 music ❤

You are absolutely correct - A is always higher than G... unless one were talking about, "high G," and, "low A," I suppose that in that case G is higher than A... Often, when writing the scale with letters, pipers will write it like this, (from bottom to top,): GABCDEFga - the lower case, "g," and, "a," indicating that those are high-G and high-A. So you could write: DaCaAa and it would be understood that what's being played is, "D, high-A, C, high-A, low-A, high-A"

@@jamesmoyar9894 thank you for the explanation.

The bagpipe scale from low to high is: Low G, Low A, B, C, D, E, F, High G, High A. By the way, the c and f on a bagpipe scale are actually C# and F#, but we just refer to them as C and F

It's exceedingly awesome that you're learning how! That description is funny though😅

the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me was when I started learning on the practice chanter and one day while practicing a pair of confused ducks was waddling around on the lawn outside. No lakes or rivers near here....

David Ryle omg it does.

Great observation! The scale and pitch for highland bagpipes is a little funny.

This is actually a C# instrument each of the notes from G Major scale sounds like a Ab Major Scale