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New Tune: Raigmore (Hornpipe)

May 29, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Tunes, Videos 9

Today's post features an excellent hornpipe written in the round style — Raigmore. Included is a complete recording of the tune, an audio lesson with a complete breakdown of the tune, and an...

What is Circular Breathing?

May 25, 2014 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Fingering & Technique, Videos 3

Circular breathing is a nifty technique used by players of wind instruments to maintain a continuous note even while breathing in. On the pipes, we have the bag that allows for a continuous sound so...

Choosing the right blowpipe for you.

May 20, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Uncategorized, Videos 10

We are fortunate to play pipes in an era with a huge variety of different piping products. When it comes to blowpipes we have several different options. Today's post takes a close look at several...

Tips for Playing Clean and Fast

May 10, 2014 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 56

Today, we revisit a very important topic for pipers. We've talked a lot about the need for clean fingering, controlled tempos, separation of grace notes in doublings, and all those important details....

Should you oil your pipes?

May 01, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Equipment & Gear, Videos 10

Should you oil your pipes? I've come across many different opinions on this important topic. I heard from one famous piper who proclaimed to me "A drop of oil has never touched my pipes." I heard...

Perfect GDEs

Apr 27, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Exercises, Fingering & Technique 38

GDEs are a combination of gracenotes found almost everywhere in pipe tunes: jigs, reels, strathspeys, marches. Today let's do some important work on GDEs -- the foundation of many tunes. Today's...

Video Lesson Exchange: Two Tunes

Apr 21, 2014 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Tunes, Video Lesson Exchange, Videos 3

Today's post features two tunes played by two different pipers: Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban (2/4 March) and The Banjo Breakdown (jig). So, have a listen to these tunes and join the discussion....

MacArthur-MacGregor Available

Apr 20, 2014 J. David Hester Member Posts 5

MacArthur-MacGregor now available to anyone interested: altpibroch.com!

Famous Pipers: Dr. John McAskill

Apr 14, 2014 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Videos 3

Today's post features several videos of famous piper Dr. John McAskill. Dr. McAskill is perhaps most known today for his composition Lexy McAskill — a very well-known four-parted reel.

Big or Small Grace Notes?

Apr 08, 2014 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Videos 0

A common question for pipers concerns the size of grace notes. Should your grace notes be as small as possible? As big as possible? How big should they be? You might have been told by someone "really...

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