Answers in this category: What is a Great Highland Bagpipe? How hard is it to learn? I want to learn to play the GHB; what do I do first? Okay, I've got a practice chanter, now what? I live in the Aleutian Islands and there are no GHB teachers here. What can I do? What will a set of Highland bagpipes cost me, and where do I find them? I can play the practice chanter better if I finger the notes like I do on a tin whistle. That's O.K., isn't it? What is the scale of the GHB? What keys can a GHB play? The popular tune I want to play needs a note in between the ones on the chanter. Is there anyway to play these? Do grace notes come before or after the beat? What are "light" and "heavy" D throws? Which D throw should I learn? Which type of pipe bag is best? What is a Shriner?