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Most pipers are very familiar with the most common piping embellishments. In our first lessons, we quickly learn the nine notes, common grace notes, nine doublings, and the four bottom-hand low G-based movements (grip, taorluath, d throw, and birl). Later, we might learn about the darado and then some piobaireachd movements like the edre and crunluath. But today I was looking at a tune and came across this mystery embellishment.  Take a look and see for yourself.  Is it a misprint?  A new movement invented by the composer?  An extinct doubling fossil from the ancient past? Let's take a look. It looks a bit like a Low A doubling, but a Low A doubling uses the high G and D grace notes. Review Power Doublings and you'll see that all of our doublings (except High A) start with a high G grace note. So our mystery embellishment isn't a doubling. For those who enjoy playing ...