HELP! My lips are about to fall off! For Christmas I received a Highland bagpipe practice chanter. It's lots of fun to play, and I'm getting better on the fingering BUT I can only play for 30 seconds or so before I run out of air. So I have to stop in the middle of a piece and inhale again. I keep doing this, but soon my lips become flabby and do not respond to holding the mouthpiece, and I get horribly out of breath. This is my first woodwind instrument, so does anyone (pipers, woodwind players, flautists) have any tips for methods of breathing and blowing so I can play for more than 30 secs without huffing, puffing, and my face turning red?

--Mbo