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Which tunes are you focusing on this month?

Mar 07, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Learning Tunes, News & Announcements 18

What tunes are you focusing on this month? Band tunes? Solo competition tunes? Maybe you are still learning some of the classics? Maybe you are up to your ears in Piobaireachd. Whatever it is, we'd...

New Tune: Leaving St. Kilda (Slow Air)

Feb 29, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings 2

Today's post presents a new setting of a beautiful slow air by Pipe Major William Ross, Leaving St. Kilda. Take a listen: The tune has always been played in this lovely 6/8 rhythm — which gives the...

Keep practicing to learn to play with less effort.

Feb 26, 2012 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Competing & Performing, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Practice Tips 1

I just came across an article about a recent study at the University of Colorado Boulder's Integrative Physiology department. The study suggests that continued practice of a task even after the task...

On not being as good as you want to be (right now).

Feb 23, 2012 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, General Discussion, Videos 3

We've all been there. You want to be good. You know what it sounds like to play well, to feel comfortable, to have confidence in your playing ability, to play with ease. You also know that often...

Modern Piobaireachd: Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay

Feb 15, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Expression, Learning Tunes, Tunes 6

Piobaireachd consists of some of the most ancient tunes in the pipers repertoire. However, just as the art of piobaireachd playing flourishes in our modern era, so too are modern piobaireachd being...

Answers to some great bagpipe-related questions

Feb 10, 2012 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Community and Interactive, Equipment & Gear, General Discussion, Tone & Tuning 13

I received an email from Eric K., one of my Skype students and a member of the Studio with several questions that I thought would be perfect for sharing with everyone else. Thanks, Eric! If you have...

Close up with three different types of pipe bags

Feb 07, 2012 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Videos 24

The modern piper has several different options to choose for pipe bags. Traditionally, pipers used hide bags made from sheepskin or cow leather. These days, pipers also have a variety of synthetic...

Close up with the Scottish Small Pipes

Jan 25, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Equipment & Gear, Tunes, Videos 6

I've enjoyed my small pipes as a different way to play, with a different sound but using all of the same skills I've practiced on my Highland pipes. Here's a few tunes you may have heard before and a...

The New, Expanded & Updated Dot-Cut Fluidity Exercise

Jan 22, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 9

The dot-cut rhythmic pattern comes up constantly in pipe music. It's been featured here in the Inner Circle several times (in a lesson called The Dot-Cut and in several other posts) and most...

BagpipeLessons.com featured on the front page of the New York Times!

Jan 15, 2012 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, News & Announcements 1

I have very exciting news to share. The New York Times has a front-page feature today about online music lessons, featuring BagpipeLessons.com. The newspaper's website even included a short video...

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