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Catalog > Books > Bagpipes updated May 31, 2008
Titles listed in alphabetical order
Bagpipe Instructional Tutor For Light Music (4 books) -- by John Cairns $28.00

Book 1 (110 pages): beginning bagpipe
Book 2 (116 pages): beginning/intermediate bagpipe
Book 3 (120 pages): intermediate bagpipe
Book 4 (142 pages): advanced bagpipe

The College Of Piping Tutor Book 1 -- 72 pages, by Seamus MacNeil & Thomas Pearston $34.00 (includes CD)
Detailed instructional beginner book on the bagpipe. Covers history of the bagpipe, purchase, care and maintenance of the practice chanter, full diagrams of finger positions, notes, increased lesson difficulty, and a collection of tunes featured on the companion CD.
The College Of Piping Tutor Book 2 -- 80 pages, by Robert Wallace $24.95
The second book in the highland bagpipe tutor books series contains detailed descriptions of the instrument, care, and more.
The College Of Piping Tutor Book 3 -- 83 pages, by Seamus MacNeil & Thomas Pearston $24.95
The last book in the Highland bagpipe tutor series, covers a variety of topics with brief instruction on how to play popular Scottish tunes (with musical notation). Also has space for writing your own bagpipe tunes.
Highland Bagpipe Music -- 43 pages, Compiled by Michael Grey $25.00
An eclectic collection of 52 highland bagpipe tunes covering marches, strathspeys, reels, slow airs, hornpipes, and jigs.
How To Play Bagpipe: Method And Songbook -- 47 pages, Santorella Publications $9.95
Reading bagpipe music notation, finger and hand positions with diagrams, preparation and care, and 30 easy to play bagpipe tunes.
Learn To Play the Bagpipe -- 82 pages, by Pipe Major R.T. Shepard $10.00
Contains detailed diagrams and instruction on the chanter, finger placement, blowing, rhyth, grace notes, breathing, dancing tunes and more.
Pauline Cato's Northumbrian Choice -- 47 pages, by Pauline Cato $13.95
Contains an introduction on buying and understanding the Northumbrian Pipes. Includes 89 tunes with chords from the Northumbrian tradtions. Suitable for most melody instruments.
Pipe Teacher's Assistant: Winning Marches -- 3 books with 2 CDs, by Burt Mitchell $31.00
Book one contains over 30 tunes played on the practice chanter, Book 2 contains 47 tunes played on the practice chanter, and Book 3 contains 68 tunes played on the practice chanter.
The Piper's Handbook -- 39 pages, by Pipe Major John MacLellan $7.95
Covers in detail the components and maintenance of the bagpipes, reeds, setting up a bagpipe, major piping competitions, development of pipe music, piping organizations, bagpipe music, and pipe makers. Uses full diagrams.
Traditional Irish Music For The Bagpipe -- 36 pages, by Dave Rickard $9.95
Irish Bagpipe music is rarely as available to pipers as highland music -- this collection contains 36 Irish tunes for the pipes. Not an instructional book.