INTERNET technology is being used to teach students worldwide how to play the bagpipes.
Tutors at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, founded ten years ago to set new standards for the “noble instrument”, are teaching students from Germany to Japan, live on the web.
However, the skirl that terrified enemies on the Highland moors, and thrills the crowds at piping band parades, is a little too loud for computers, said the centre’s principal, Roddy MacLeod.Â