When Duncan Menzies was young (a Scot might say wee) he decided he wanted to learn to play the bagpipes. He was successful — after years of incredibly trying practice. Then, in his twenties, he ...
I first became interested in the bagpipes at the age of 11, a time when my older brother was learning to play the chanter, which is smaller and a lot quieter than the bagpipes. The chanter is the ...