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By the way. Have you seen what these guys do? This isn't the greatest music, but look what they're doing...

Squeezing the bellows with one arm to push air into the bag under the other. Then playing the melody with both hands on the chanter... and also 'stopping' the bottom of the chanter onto their knee. usually a leather pad there for that. I think it's to do with jumping up and down octaves but not really sure.

Then playing chords on the drones by using their wrist.

Easy ;)

Col

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