Mbo, what kind of instruction, book, pamphlet, or friend who plays, are you using? My husband says that if you are not fingering correctly you may not notice it on the practice chanter but when you get to using thefull set of pipes it will become apparent. Two books that he would recommend are; The College of Piping, Book 1 and one which he calls The Logan Book because he can't remember the full title but it has the word Logan in it somewhere. He also suggests if you have a local Legion you might head on down there one day, they'll likely have a piper or two hanging around witing to impart their knowledge to all and sundry. To hear some neat pipe music listen to Rare Air or a Halifax band called MacCrimmon's Revenge.