newbie help needed with the D-THROW

[piperjohn124]

hi, i have a chanter and tutor books and a video tutor dvd , but every time i play the D-THROW it sounds wrong compared to the various dvd or utube tutor lessons , am i just diong the movement to slow and if so is it just a case of practise practise and even more practise until my speed has improved , even though the easy tunes like scot's wa ha, or even amazing grace are for beginners i still can't do the D-THROW right ??, please help. regards john

[Bagpiper]

Hi, welcome to the boards.

Well it's a hard to thing to teach someone how to pipe on the internet.

Even when showing someone in person, I find the D-Throw movement is something difficult to teach as well because you go from slow to fast right away.

When playing the movement slowly and going to full speed there seems to be very little room

Just make sure you can identify the correct fingering when playing slow. Practice, Practice Practice,

Play slowly 30 - 50 times and then try it at full speed. Stop, listen, and then play slow to fast again.

If possible, we can do a quick video chat on the movement next week.


Cheers,

Kevin

[piperjohn124]

ok, thanks for your help

[smokenpipesjim]

John, yes its uncomfortable and doesnt sound at all right, because it takes a lot of practice to get it to "rip" ... when the throw is started you sound out each grace note sounds like beep bop boop Deeeeeeeeeeee, and you have to work and practice and eventually it ends up sounding like brrdee.. the thriow on d is one ofthe first things we learn, so it seems to take the longest keep at it and it will come... when I was beginning I took great amusment in my throws because they sounded like the part of the theme song to the old 60's spy show The Avengers with Patrick Macnee... if you do them alone or as a scale up and down you will begin to put em together wait for some of the "fun" movements...lol ;) :eek: :D

[piperjohn124]

many thanks, i will just keep at it and soon i hope to play ir right( in a few years time ) lol, but in my tutor book there are 2 ways style 1 is the fast way,and style 11 is a longer version , which is best ??

[Bagpiper]

Hello John,

I just answered your other post about learning the pipes. The best part is that you are only about 30 minutes or less for Glasgow. You have access to some the finest instruction a bagpiper can receive. My advice is check out the National Piping Centre (http://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/) or a lesson or two.

Good Luck

[piperjohn124]

again ,many thanks for your help, you are a star