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Note: Today's post is the first in our program for new pipers. The Learn the Pipes program is a series of lessons that will guide you from your first day with your chanter through the basic fingering and musical elements of bagpipe music -- all the way to your first tune (or two) on the practice chanter. You can view all of videos in the series here: Learn the Pipes. Not a beginner? You can use these lessons to review your fundamentals, or tell a friend! Today's video gives a clearly detailed step-by-step video lesson on how to play the nine notes of the bagpipe scale. Learn the secret to perfect timing, clean execution, and consistency. Watch, listen and play along with the video. Learn the proper fingering and hand position for all nine notes of the bagpipe scale. Discover how to read the notes in written bagpipe music. Learn how to play clean transitions ...