PPRP #005 What do you do if you forget your instrument?

On this episode I offer advise on how to confront the terrible situation of being detained for an extended amount of time away from your instrument, unable to practice. I describe my experience in hearing a song, which I didn’t know how to play, many times over in a short period of time. That made me very familiar with the how it sounded, so that when I sat down with the sheet music, I was able to learn the song in remarkably short amount of time.  That experience leads me to belief that half the work of learning a new tune on the bagpipes is simply becoming familiar with how “it goes.” So, my tip for making progress on your pipes even when you can’t play is to find the tune your working with on YouTube, and listen to it over and over, till you hear it in your head and you can’t stand it anymore. Once you can recall the melody on command, learning to finger the notes will be much similar.