Practice goose

A practice goose is a small bag used when learning to play the Scottish bagpipes.^[1]

Generally, bagpipe students begin learning on a practice chanter, which is aspirated directly by the player blowing into it. Eventually, as one becomes more proficient, one may switch to a practice goose, which is a small air bladder (significantly smaller than that of a full set of pipes) with a single mouthpiece and a single outlet. The goose may or may not come equipped with a chanter; if not, the player supplies their own chanter. Unlike the full bagpipes, the practice goose does not have drones.

References

1. McGillivray, Murray (2011). Old English Reader. Broadview Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781770482104.