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Research suggests that playing the pipes might make you more emotionally sensitive

Feb 10, 2013 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, General Discussion 3

It is plausible that learning a musical instrument would make you more sensitive to subtleties in musical sounds such as pitch, melody, rhythm, and harmony. Certainly by learning to tune our...

Find the perfect position for your thumb

Feb 04, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Featured, Fingering & Technique 10

Today's lesson focuses on an important but often overlooked factor in bagpipe fingering: your bottom hand thumb position. The position of your bottom hand's thumb on the back of the chanter is...

New Tune: The Pikeman’s March (4/4 March)

Jan 24, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes 4

Today's post features a traditional 4/4 march – The Pikeman's March. Included is a complete recording of the tune, an audio lesson with a complete breakdown of the tune's structure and rhythmic...

Kansas City Winter Storm 2013 (Videos)

Jan 17, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Videos 4

I'm back from my trip to Kansas City for the annual Midwest Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm weekend of competitions. Today's post features videos and audio recordings from my three competition...

New Tune: The Sands of Kuwait (6/4 Slow Air)

Jan 09, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes 11

Today's post features a modern slow air in an unusual time signature – The Sands of Kuwait in 6/4 time. Included is a complete recording of the tune, an audio lesson with a complete breakdown of...

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