I took a few videos over the last couple of years as I started to learn to play the Great Highland Bagpipe. It's a marathon, not a sprint. The time it takes is what is right for the learner and proportional to the amount of practice time and having an instructor guide you. Every piper starts by learning to play a practice chanter. It's in a different key than the GHB, but the finger spacing and notes are essentially the same as your actual GHB chanter. It's much easier to learn this one piece at a time, meaning that you don't just pick up a set of GHB's and learn how to play. Learning the practice chanter first teaches you the notes and finger positions, grace notes, embellishments etc. All of these are easier to learn this way before you try and play the actual pipes, with all four reeds with three drones and the chanter, while also figuring out how to breathe while playing and maintain the right steady pressure on the bag. It's a process.

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