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Are you interested in playing bagpipes? When you have made up your mind that you want to play bagpipes, you should know that this very attractive, harmonious and melodious instrument can also bring to you some snickers and smirks. People may even also make fun of your outfit, so you better be mentally prepared for it. There have been quite many scenes where people irritate the bagpipers, so you should be mentally prepared for that.

Only if your will power is strong and there is consistency in your behavior, then you may actually go for this. Here are some steps that may be useful for a determined bagpipe learner.

* Practice Chanter. A practice chanter is an instrument which is a double reed woodwind. It looks quite like a recorder. It is used for the purpose of learning the fingering technique that is very necessary on the original bagpipes. It may be difficult for you to settle your fingers on the original bagpipes and go for the fingering technique, so you should practice through this first.

* Get A Scale or Exercise Book. You may easily buy an exercise book for the bag piping is to buy it through internet. With internet you may buy a great exercise book for the bagpipe lessons within no time, or you may even go for the regular store for music you may find in your area.

* Professional Teacher. With the help of a professional bagpiper you may easily learn and practice bagpipe, so you may hire a teacher who is professional in playing bagpipes.

* Now, you may get some bagpipes for you!

One mark of showbiz success is when people begin paying good money – seven digits of it, in this case – for memorabilia. Lyrics for the song A Day in the Life penned by rhythm guitarist Beatle John Lennon fetched a $1.2 million winning bid at a June 18 auction.

High Value, Higher Price

The winning bidder wasn’t even in the room at Sotheby’s auction house, where the event was being held; the lyrics to the last track on the Beatles’ 1967 record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band were bought via phone by a party that declined to be named.

Even Sotheby’s, which does brisk trade in high-value items, wasn’t expecting the sheet of paper to fetch so high a price. Valuations of the item made before the auction estimated a value of up to $800,000 only.

Friday’s winning bid for Rolling Stone magazine’s #26 song on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time compilation very nearly set the record for Beatles lyrics prices. It almost beat the $1.25 million paid by an unnamed bidder for the lyrics to All You Need is Love in 2005.

A Ballpoint Legacy

The physical item is unassuming: a stained and yellowed sheet of paper. The first side has a first draft of the song lyrics in Lennon’s hurried cursive. On the reverse side is a revised version almost completely in capitals and with a few added lines.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and, indeed, A Day in the Life, were not without their own controversies at the time.

•    The BBC banned airplay of the song because it featured the line “I’d love to turn you on”. It was interpreted as encouraging drug use.

•    A Day in the Life was edited out of many Asian releases for similar reasons.

•    The line “he blew his mind out in a car” appeared to refer to the death of close Beatle friend and Guinness heir Tara Browne. He is credited as an inspiration for the song.

•    Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds on the album allegedly promoted hallucinogens, particularly LSD. The Beatles deny the claim.