BagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle – 2011

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New Exercise: Doublings from High A and High G

Sep 21, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Exercises, Featured, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 5

Today's exercise focuses on Doublings from High A and High G. Previously, we've discussed the perfect doubling and we've worked on getting clean, strong, and rhythmically consistent doublings....

Expression of Strathspeys

Sep 19, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Expression, Practice Tips, Tunes 17

Previously, we looked at Strathspey Triplets — GDEs grace note combinations. Because of their rhythm, technique, and unique style of expression, strathspeys are some of the greatest and most...

Crunluath-a-mach Progression Exercise

Sep 16, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Exercises, Featured, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 4

Today's featured exercise is the Crunluath-a-mach Progression Exercise. The Crunluath-a-mach is an exciting embellishment found at the end of some Piobaireachd tunes. It is quite fast and...

In-Depth Analysis of a New Tune: Highland Wedding (2/4 March)

Sep 14, 2011 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Downloads, Featured, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes, Videos 3

Today's featured tune is the classic six-parted (!) 2/4 march: Highland Wedding. You can download the sheet music for Highland Wedding. Print yourself at least two copies. Here's a video of the SFU...

Power Workout Monday!

Sep 12, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 15

Good Monday Morning! It's the start of the week, and it's also Back to School month for many of us, so I thought it would be great to start this week with the ultimate Power Workout.

Poll: What would you like to see more of here at the Studio?

Sep 09, 2011 Jori Chisholm General Discussion, News & Announcements 14

What types of posts would you like to see more of here at the BagpipeLessons.com Studio? We need your suggestions!

New Tune: The Macraes of Achmore

Sep 07, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Learning Tunes, Tunes, Videos 15

I've had many requests for the sheet music for my composition The Macraes of Achmore. Here it is for the first time, exclusively for members of the BagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle! The tune was...

Northern Meeting 2011

Sep 05, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Videos 6

Most top solo pipers would agree that the world's most important solo competitions take place at the Northern Meeting at Inverness. Each year pipers apply for admission to this prestigious event....

Birnam Highland Games 2011

Sep 01, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Videos 2

I almost never miss the Birnam Highland Games. Birnam is a nice village in Perthshire, Scotland. The place and name are well-known because William Shakespeare mentioned Birnam Wood in Macbeth. I...