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 - Reference material for pipers of all levels. Covers care of the instrument, history, competition tips, and information on bands and artists.
- Bagpipe and drum sheet music, chat, forums, free email, and guestbook.
- Free online bagpipe lessons, with free help and support from a qualified tutor. Lessons go from the basics to full tunes, including some musical theory.
- Links to bagpipe bands in NY, NJ, Ireland, and school bands, to sites offering sheet music, and other piping related sites.
- List of performers and directors, ticket details, contact information, and links.
- Promoting the event held in Montevideo, Uruguay, in April 2004. Information about the place, bands and artists that participated.
- Questions and answers for common bagpiping questions for the rec.music.makers.bagpipe newsgroup.
- An introduction to bagpipe music for the non-piper. How to listen to and appreciate bagpipe music.
- Featuring bagpipes in art through the centuries with medieval, renaissance and baroque images of the bagpipe in celebration and portraits.
- A site that allows the calculation of guide march, strathspey and reel tempos based upon data gathered from over 200 Grade 1 standard performances on CD from 1987 to present.
- Pictures, MIDI files, associations, tips, publications, personal information, and manufacturers.
- Bagpipe reeds, zipped and clamped canister pipe bags.
- Links the sites of pipers and pipe bands. World-wide membership.
- The home of pipe band tenor drumming on the web.
- Collection of links, including pipe bands, Highland games and festivals, magazines, retailers, humor, sheet music, and graphics.
- Home of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Uilleann Pipers (NVUP). With news, schedule, and calendar of events.
- Community for pipers and drummers, with related topics.
- Introduction to bagpipes, with photos, sound files, instructions, and links.
- Makers of Northumbrian and Scottish smallpipes. Features information and pictures of each type of bagpipe, with sound clips, maintenance and reed making advice, and links.
- Traditional music Welsh bagpipe group and festival in Pencader, west Wales, UK. Meetings, schedule, venues.
- Digitally created MP3s that sound like actual bagpipes.
- Database of bagpipe tunes in different formats.
- Non-technical webpage for the Great Highland Bagpipes. Explains the pipes, practice chanter, and getting started in bagpiping.
- Information about the Uilleann Pipes, and the Southern California Pipers' Club. With news, calendar of events, biographies of Uilleann pipers, links and a shop.
- Photos and descriptions of over 30 kinds of bagpipes from many countries, history, sound samples, and construction information.
- Events, product reviews, articles, bagpiper directory, chat room, and links.
- Promoting classical Gaelic piping to a global audience. Articles, CD recommendations, and links for piobaireachd.
- Personal site with information about piping in Limerick, links and Irish news.
- Information on Scottish bagpipes and pipe bands including reeds and accessories for all levels of piping experience.
- Dedicated to the Scottish style Drum Major, with information for pipeband drum majors, covering uniform, flourishes and competitions.
- Free bagpipe tunes by Pipe Major Tommy Jackson. Reels, jigs, marches, and hornpipes. Piobmaster files available. Pictures and links to other piping sites.
- Historical and technical articles on Northumberland's traditional instrument.
- The official online publication of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA).
- The Dutch Annual Bagpiper's day is the main event for bagpiping in the Netherlands. With information on events, news and bands, as well as a forum. [In Dutch and English]
- Includes histories of bagpipes and hornpipes in Wales, details and pictures of instruments by maker John Tose, notated pipe music, and photos from the Gwyl Bibau Pencader festival.
- Forum for the discussion of the Great Highland Bagpipe and related issues.
- Information to current and aspiring Drum Majors at no cost.
- The oldest institution teaching Scotland's national instrument. Features include history, member and membership information, exams and competitions, and information on the activities and classes. Also find piping accessories and the opportunity to suscrib
- Information about the Galician Bagpipe.
- Information on the history of bagpiping in Sweden. In Swedish and English.
- Record label dedicated to bagpipe music. Features a glossary, media downloads, and news.
- Biographies of Richard Butler, the Duke of Northumberland's Piper, and Jan Bennet, from The Border Minstrels. Features general information on bagpipes, and lists of publications and recordings.
- Radio program for bagpipe music from around the world, although mostly of Uilleann bagpipes (also known as the Irish bagpipe). Tune in, WZBC 90.3 FM Boston, or hear it online through the website.
- Offers articles and information about issues relevant to those who play the bagpipe, providing a balanced and detailed assessment. Also of use for those wishing to learn or hire pipers.
- Some pictures of classic pipes and a page with reviews to his book on care and maintenance of the bagpipes.
- Listing of Uillean Pipes supplies, tips, music and links.
- Home of the budget-minded bagpiper. With tips, tricks, how-to's, forums, tunes archive, and a store.
- A comprehensive guide to bagpiping on the Web.
- Made in the tradition of quality Scottish instrument makers. Pictures, descriptions, sound files, and contact information.
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