Went to my piping lesson last week; it’s with an old Army piper, and there’s another guy in the session, both retired.
We were practising one piece, and we kept going wrong. Piping instructor figured out that I had a different arrangement to the tune than the other guy; at the trouble spot, the arrangement I had hit a high F, but the the other guy’s arrangment went to a low A.
Piping instructor commented that this tune had a lot of arrangements, and it was mainly a matter of personal choice; some liked the lower setting, some like the higher one.
Piping instructor: “Personally, I like the lower arrangement. I prefer going down.”
Other guy: “Yeah, I like going down too.”
Long pause.
Piping instructor: “That’s not quite what I meant to say.” Followed by a deep Scottish chortle.
