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Published: 2009-11-19 20:17:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 695; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 7
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Description
A keening wail cracksthe evening silence
... is someone killing cats?
A closer look shows
red-faced, amateur bagpiper.
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Thank you very much! I am glad you enjoyed it!
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Cool, thanks again for another great contest
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It made me laugh.
I like the 'k' sounds in the first and third lines.
Being introduced to these new forms is great.
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I'm glad 
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This was wonderful. I love the bagpipes, especially pibrochs.
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I love pibrochs too, but they are so hard to remember. I'm glad you like it
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Accepted for the Sonorous Sounds Contest ! Make sure to check out the other entries as well. Good luck and watch for further updates.
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Ok. You're now officially included in my non existing list of ΓΌbercool people.
Never heard of a mondo before either. Thanks for the fun read and good luck in the competition.
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Thank you and you're welcome 
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That is the general rule for most instruments I'm afraid.
I'd really like to try them myself. But they're scarse here, and teachers more so.
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Yeah, I had to order mine from Scotland. I don't anyone actually makes them in the U.S. though I do believe you can get them repaired here. Trumpet seems fun, though I could never blow any brass instrument properly.
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And I thought you could find everything in the U.S.
Trumpets are fun, but like all brass instruments you'll deteriorate fast if you take a break from practise. A week or two and you have almost no "ambis", not to mention when you've been out of it for some years like me.
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Oh, I'm sure someone somewhere works on bagpipes in the US, but nowhere that's close to me. ambis? what's that? Bagpipes are similar you start to lose your lung capacity and your arm strength very quickly - they weren't exactly designed for women to play them...
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Ambis is... well basically having your lips and lipmuscles in good shape. Otherwise it just wont work, or you risk pressing so hard you break them. Not sure what it's called in English.
Can imagine that bagpipes are a demanding instrument to play. Lots of air circulating there.
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breaking your lips? is that possible?
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Aparently. I think it will heal though. If you look at Louie Armstrong you can see that his upper is deformed. There's other ways to get your face distorted by playing brass instruments too. 
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That's kind of insane, though I think you can do something similar if you play the pipes too long. Fortunately, I was told that it usually only happens to men.
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Probably because they're more reckless.
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Haha, I guess that makes sense. Guys can be impatient.
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I learned to avoid it pretty quickly. It hurt to much to play that way.
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