Highland Bagpipes Information
The Great Highland Bagpipes are the best known of several types of Scottish Bagpipe, and are very loud instruments best played outside! The bag is inflated with the mouth, and there are 2 tenor drones, 1 bass drone and an open chanter usually pitched in Bb, but the music is written in A.

It is usual to use a Practice Chanter when learning the Highland Pipes. The practice chanter has a narrower bore than a pipe chanter, and is cheap and quiet enough for use in the home. A practice Chanter is the best way for a beginner to learn tunes, this lets you concentrate on the notes without having to worry about keeping the bag full and steady pressure going. I think you need to practice both jobs separately before you try to put it all together. So as soon as you are sure you want to continue you will need a set of pipes.