Pipe Major Bill Robertson's – Bagpipe Tutorials

Bill's bagpipe tutorials are a resource all pipers should have on there bookshelves. No matter what your level of proficiency is for playing the bagpipes. His bagpipe lessons are packed with information, techniques and tips, gleaned from over 60 years of involvement with playing the Bagpipes. Somewhere in there, I am sure that you will find the gem you have been looking for.

It began with the Boys Brigade

Bill started his bagpipe playing as a young lad with the Boys Brigade and upon turning 18 was drafted into the army.

The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming

Bill was tutored at Edinburgh Castle by the famous PM Willie Ross MBE. One year after graduating from The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming he was promoted to Pipe Major for The Royal Scots, 1^st Battalion.

Playing Internationally

Besides playing at various locations around the world while in the Army. Bill has also taken civilian bands to compete very successfully on the International Circuit.

An Accomplished Piobaireachd Player and Composer

In his personal capacity Bill has been recognized as a Piobaireachd (Pibroch) composer of some note, as well as a very successful competitor. Bill's biography will reveal more information about his piping journey and achievements.

Access Bills Experience and Knowledge

There are a number of ways you can access Bill's bagpipe knowledge:

The first is to visit his site from time to time and review the bagpipe lessons posted there. The Bagpipe Tutorials Blog is how you can have a quick overview of what content has been added recently. Use the feed to keep up to date with site developments. You can also view the latest additions to the site at the Web Site Blog Page

The second way is to purchase Bill's bagpipe Tutorial DVD's. Bill has documented and recorded his knowledge onto a DVD. He has weaved together print, audio and video lessons onto an interactive DVD. Interactive bagpipe lessons is the operative word here.

Learn more about Bill's Bagpipe Lessons.

A Labor of Love

Bill has spent many hours laboring to develop his bagpipe tutorials. See below for the number of pages and hours of bagpipe tutorials he has put together for your benefit and there is still more to come.

Over 168 pages of written material with illustrations.
Over 9 hours of audio instruction.
Over 2 hours of video instruction.
The PDF documents contain hyperlinks to video and audio demonstrations.

Bill is constantly updating his bagpipe lessons with new content and improvements.

So the question you need to ask your self is — What benefits are you missing out on by not having one of Bill's Bagpipe Tutorials as a resource?

Or maybe you would prefer advanced lessons? So ...

Why not try Bill's Piobaireachd Lessons ....

Bill has much to offer Piobaireachd (Pibroch) enthusiast. His Pibroch compositions have been recognized and published in various Piobaireachd books and he has also recorded over One Hundred Piobaireachd Tutorials as well. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page you will find a few links to a few of his Piobaireachd Tutorials.

Bill's teaching style is unique. He does not play the tune through one time and then tell you how to play it. Rather, he breaks the tune down into sections and talks you through one section at a time. By doing this you can work at learning to play the piobaireachd tune section by section. This makes it a whole lot easier for you!

Or you might prefer to take advantage of ...

Bill's Free Monthly Bagpipe Lessons.

Each month Bill will endeavor to publish a Bagpipe Tune of the Month Lesson for you. These bagpipe tunes will be available for you to download or view from his website. Enjoy the benefit of subscribing to Bill's Notification Service . Once you have subscribed to this service, Bill will email you whenever a new bagpipe tutorial or lesson is published. He will cater for both the beginner and advanced level of bagpipe player.

Each of the bagpipe lessons will consist of one or more of the following:

FREE Bagpipe sheet music.
FREE Bagpipe music downloads.
FREE Bagpipe audio and or video downloads.

Click Here for more information about Free Bagpipe Lessons.

Learn Bagpipes Online

Are you interested to Learn Bagpipes Online or interested in brushing up on a particular aspect of your bagpipe playing, then give Bills online bagpipe lessons a try.

Web Site Questions, Comments, Stories or Information

Review some of the comments submitted by others or maybe you would like contribute something to this website or you may have a question about bagpiping that you would like to ask Bill.

Your participation is more than welcome and greatly appreciated.

Piobaireachd Historical's from Ron MacLeod

Ron MacLeod has spent years collecting Historical Piobareachd Stories. With his kind permission he has allowed us to publish his work on this website.

He has grouped this collection into three categories:

I am sure that if you spend some time reading these short stories you will find a few very interesting incidents.