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Dec 14, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Best of the Internet, Downloads, Practice Tips, Self-Recording, Videos 12

Have you ever been listening to a recording of a pipe tune and wished you could listen to it a slower speed? Have you ever wanted to record your own practice and listen back to it at a slower...

Secrets of Top Pipers: How to Find the Best Reed in the Box

Nov 26, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning, Videos 10

The key to a great chanter sound is a great chanter reed. Today's lesson features a 30 minute high-definition video that shows my detailed step-by-step process for testing and sorting through an...

Unleash the Power of Consistent Action

Nov 16, 2013 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, General Discussion 3

I recently came across a fascinating article by one of the world's elite athletes, adventurers and coaches who explains in simple terms what I call the Power of Consistent Action. What separates the...

Featured Studio Member: Curtis Boyd

Nov 12, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Videos 3

Today's featured BagpipeLessons.com Studio member is Curtis Boyd from Alberta, Canada. Curtis had a great year competing in 2013 and was kind enough to share his experiences from his season. Videos...

Why (and how) you should wash your drone reeds.

Sep 27, 2013 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Videos 11

Washing your drone reeds? Really? Yes! Today's post features two high-definition video demonstrations on the important yet often overlooked topic of washing drone reeds. It's not quite as simple as...

New Studio Feature: Video Lesson Exchange

Sep 20, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Member Posts, News & Announcements, Tune Workshop 7

I'm excited to announce a new feature for the BagpipeLessons.com Studio — the all-new Video Lesson Exchange. Here's how it works: pick a tune that you want to get personalized feedback make a video...

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 7: The Environment)

Sep 13, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 2

Today's post is Part 7 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...

How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound (Part 6: Steady Pressure)

Sep 01, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 9

Today's post is Part 6 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...

Post-Worlds 2013 Wrap Up

Aug 26, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Best of the Internet, Competing & Performing, Videos 13

The World Pipe Band Championships for 2013 is now in the history books. The band I play with, the SFU Pipe Band, was fourth overall in the Grade One category. On one hand, fourth in the world is a...

Live from Scotland: World Pipe Band Championships 2013

Aug 16, 2013 Jori Chisholm Uncategorized 2

I'm currently in Scotland for the biggest pipe band event of the year, the World Pipe Band Championships. For many years, pipers from around the world waited for weeks (or months) to hear the world's...

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