A sequence, depending on the teacher's wishes & style, might be to first plug the drones and, playing just the regular chanter, learn to control the bag and airflow. Having mastered that, the chanter might next be stopped off and one drone activated, then two, then three. Or, one drone might be added to the chanter. Learning to tune the drones will be part of this, as will be building up strength and stamina. Regardless of the sequence, the elements will be learned individually and gradually; this is made possible only by the initial training on the practice chanter.