But how many calories am I burning if I'm just standing still and playing? Is there even a way that this can be measured?
I don't really know, but I did find some interesting health and bagpipe posts. Over on the Real Life Forums somebody posted that taking up the bagpipes can help people who suffer from asthma.
I also found a video of a guy riding on his unicycle and playing the bagpipes, he doesn't do this until over half the video is done but it's well worth the wait...and I'm positive he's burning some major calories doing that! I've posted the video below.
I found a post saying that a 1/2 hour of highland dancing will cause a 100 pound child to burn 149 calories.
But I found nothing that would allow me to measure my own calorie loss while playing the pipes.
However I suppose if I hopped on my (non-existent) unicycle and warmed up while riding to the parade spot, played while marching in a parade and than Highland danced my way home (skipping the post-parade festivities of course) I'd find myself shedding pounds quite rapidly.
Pipe on!
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And how about playing the bagpipes for an hour (123)? That'll work off the haggis-belly.
From http://www.saultstar.com/2012/04/11/counting-on-those-who-dont-count-calories-mills-column
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