BagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle – 2014

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How to build your own ultimate water trap

Feb 24, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Uncategorized, Videos 16

An effective moisture control system makes it easier to get your pipes tuned and keep them in tune for the duration of your performance or practice session. Today's video shows how you can build your...

Tunes: Links for Anytune Lovers

Feb 18, 2014 J. David Hester Audio Recordings 1

Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay Argyllshire Gathering Balmoral Conundrum Cullen Bay Dugald MacColl’s Farewell to France Highland Wedding Leaving St. Kilda Macraes of Achmore Pay the Piper Pikeman’s...

New Tune: Pay the Piper

Feb 17, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Learning Tunes, Tunes, Videos 2

Today's lesson features new tune: Pay the Piper (4/4 March). Below you'll find two high-definition videos of the tune (one on the practice chanter and one on the pipes), an mp3 recording, a detailed...

Technical Elements

Feb 14, 2014 J. David Hester Fingering & Technique 0

Power Thumb Gracenotes Power D Taorluaths Strathspey Triplets Revisiting: Strasthspey Triplets GDEs Perfect GDEs Revisiting Perfect GDEs Dot-Cut Fluidity New expanded and updated Dot-Cut Fluidity...

Tunes: Lessons, Video Exchanges

Feb 13, 2014 J. David Hester Tunes 0

Some of the tunes we've reviewed at the site.

What is “scissoring” and how can you avoid it?

Feb 12, 2014 Jori Chisholm Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 6

In the earliest stages of your piping journey, you first learned the nine notes of the bagpipe scale. Then you probably were introduced to simple grace notes: first played on the same note, and then...

New Exercise: Power Thumb Grace Notes

Feb 06, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 1

Today's post features a new exercise for developing strength, control, clarity, and consistency of thumb grace notes. Also called High A grace notes, the thumb grace note is the fourth most common...