BagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle – 2011

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Mar 30, 2011 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Competing & Performing, Expression, General Discussion, Practice Tips 51

Welcome to Day 30 of the March 2011 BagpipeLessons.com 30 Day Practice Challenge! Congratulations on making it to Day 30. We've covered lots of ground over the past month, but I feel like we've...

Performing under pressure

Mar 29, 2011 Jori Chisholm Competing & Performing 43

Since many of the world's pipers are right in the middle of the competition season, with some of the most important competitions of the year coming in the next two months, I thought today would be...

Secrets of Drone Tuning – Part Two

Mar 27, 2011 Jori Chisholm Tone & Tuning, Videos 36

Previously, we learned how to tune your drones together. Today, we'll take things to next level and show you how to tune your drones together and to match your chanter. IMPORTANT: As you know, when...

Secrets of Drone Tuning – Part One

Mar 26, 2011 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning, Videos 25

"Pay or I play." Bagpipes are often the subject of jokes that make fun of the sound of the pipes. The comic of the piper who has has made a pile of money standing in front of a sign that reads "Pay...

Crossing Noises

Mar 23, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique 18

We've all played them. We've all worked to get rid of them. We all strive to play clean and controlled and keep our tunes free from crossing noises. What are crossing noises? Crossing noises are...

Twenty-One Tasks

Mar 21, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, General Discussion, Practice Tips 49

Congratulations on making your second round of recordings yesterday. If you haven't completed it yet, see if you can get it done today or tomorrow. Today let's do something fun to celebrate reaching...

Self-recording: Take Two

Mar 20, 2011 Jori Chisholm Learning Tunes, Self-Recording, Tunes 28

Today's focus: Make recordings of your three tunes. As you learned back in Week One, self-recording followed by careful listening can be one of the best methods for making big improvements in your...

The Birl

Mar 16, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Videos 27

Today's focus is an important and common element of piping technique: The Birl. The simplest way to describe the birl: The birl is two low G strikes on Low A. What makes the birl interesting in a...

Catch Up Day

Mar 10, 2011 Jori Chisholm General Discussion, Practice Tips, Videos 33

You've been working hard this month and today we'll take a day to catch up on everything and take a little breather. Listening and Learning from Others continues Yesterday, you listened to the videos...

The Dot-Cut

Mar 08, 2011 Jori Chisholm Expression, Fingering & Technique, Learning Tunes, Tunes, Videos 46

Here in the Inner Circle, we have looked at many tunes in depth. In the coming days, we'll be looking at even more, including reels. Reels fall into two basic categories: round (no dot-cuts) and...

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