yeh my first tune was "High road to Gairloch" and I thought I was ready to make Pipe Major when I cracked it!!!

seriously work on those grace notes and doublings, nice crisp sharp embelishments are what make a good piper, after the scale and grace notes I think i learned GDE, D throw and Tachums and Leumleurth/Talourth from every melody note. I was lucky to have a very good instructor, a grade 1 Pipe Major with 50 years experience who charged peanuts, hes still playing and hes awesome, we're not worthy!!