RG Hardie Twist-Trap Goose Pipes - Unboxing & Play Test 

I suggest my student get a practice pipes rather than a goose, as i think the drone is an important part of the piping experience in learning to blow steadily. After one has 10 or so tunes memorized and played accurately on the practice pipes, they should only then move to the highland pipes.

And that was with a different mic setting and everything!

No kidding. The pipe chanter is a 12 gauge. The practice chanter is a .22. Like a .22, it's there to teach you the proper fundamentals and maintain your practice/technique. Without breaking your budget.

Uilleann pipes for a Scottish goose? Can't say I've heard of someone going that direction. It's normally highland pipers picking up the uilleann pipes!

@@MattWillisBagpiper I'm thinking about using the chanter reed from my Uilleann pipes practice set in the Scottish practice goose to make it sound like a Pibau Cyrn (Welsh bagpipe).

There's no valve in your practice set? The air just comes rushing out the blowpipe?

I suppose you could cut a hole and tie them on old-school style.

Glad you found the channel! The folk pipes are a step up in volume from a practice chanter, but far, far quieter than highland pipes for certain. If you think your neighbors could handle something a bit louder than the practice chanter, than the folk pipes should be fine. The Twist-Trap practice pipes are about the volume of a practice chanter (as that's what it is), though drones add a bit more volume. As for subscribers, it'd be great to have more, but I'm not sure how many folks out there are interested in the pipes and need this kind of content. But I do keep growing steadily, so I'm not complaining. :)

@@MattWillisBagpiper Thank you for the detailed reply! Have currently got two songs under my belt so looking forward to getting up to that often quoted 5-10 songs and progressing onto a practice pipe. Have a good Christmas!

@@alphar5807 You're ready to be let out in public when you have a good Scotland The Brave. You can come to a good one the faster, at your level of learning, singing lyrics to the tune. Helps with interpretation. For me, that breakthrough was "Bonnie Dundee," both the real lyrics AND the parody lyrics in _Through the Looking Glass._ Before then, I so lacked familiarity with the tune I couldn't make it sound well. It shouldn't really be a minor revelation to a tyro piper that many of their tunes have words -- but I suspect it is unless they were raised by folk singers.

@@MattWillisBagpiper ended up going with the twist trap practice pipes! Have about 15 tunes under my belt now. Considering joining a pipe band to improve further!

Go through the steps in this video, but set the tuner to 220 instead of around 480. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D0TjjqKR8T4.html

Hi Eddy. The first chanter is the practice chanter that comes included with the goose, fitted with a practice chanter reed. The mouthpiece and chanter can be joined together and used as a standalone practice instrument. The second chanter is a Great Highland Bagpipes chanter, from an actual bagpipe and likely is a cane reed. It will play much louder and require significantly more air as well!

Crossing the Minch by Donald MacLeod

Will you be able to tune in during the premiere?

@@MattWillisBagpiper i will probably got to work a few more hours but i try to make it, got the tab open on my pc here ;)

well.. its been 10 months now just wanted to let you know im still going strong. joined a band and have a great instructor. check out the channel bagpiper Bruce, i update my progress there, maybe you like it matt :) In a few days im going to glasgow to do my exam at level 4 at the piping center. :D Ive been working like crazy with about 450 hours of practice in total including theory. I started playing (or trying out the chanter) 11th ov October 2021 :)

Its this channel if you like to check it out.

I appreciate the update!

I'm not sure if there's a zipper or not on the bag. If so, you can use the methods I discuss in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xSZDfkGRUWc.html

Yes, I think the practice pipes (with their drones) are more useful.

@@MattWillisBagpiper ok thank you kindly 🙏

The red Frazer practice chanter reeds work best in the twist trap practice chanters, though other reeds do work (they just don't tend to tune as well). I tend to use either the BrawTuner or iStroboSoft by Peterson, though there's not too much of a need to fine tune a practice chanter.

A good few years if not damaged.

The practice chanter is in A. The pipe chanter I played is a Shepherd blackwood, so likely around 480.

The original reed is likely unrepairable. Luckily replacements aren’t too expensive.

Um the reed worked somehow

Idk how but, it is wath it is

The Pumpkin’s Fancy

@@MattWillisBagpiper Thanks. I've known the tune for decades but never knew the title.

Drones or chanter?

@@MattWillisBagpiper Chanter tuner.

BrawTuner is my go-to. Here’s the video: Tuning Your Pipe Chanter Using the Braw Bagpipe Tuner! - Get Your Chanter Reeds Under Control Part 3 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D0TjjqKR8T4.html

@@MattWillisBagpiper Thank you for your reply. Where would you get the Braw tuner?

I like the HBT 3 tuner if you don't wanna mess with an app on your phone, It's pricey compared to a regular tuner, but it's made for pipes and takes the math out of the equation if you know what i mean

Always appreciate your comment, Leslie! And I also feel RU-vid should bring back the dislike total. I can still see it on my end, but I do think it can be a useful metric for the viewer. But RU-vid is a fickle god...