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Category Archive: Audio Recordings, Downloads, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes, Uncategorized

New Tune: Balmoral (3/4 March)

New Tune: Balmoral (3/4 March)

Jun 14, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes, Uncategorized 8

Today's lesson focuses on a classic 3/4 March:  Balmoral.  The tune goes well with other more commonly played tunes like Green Hills of Tyrol or When the Battle's O'er. Take a listen: Download the...
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How to Practice (90 Minute Seminar)

How to Practice (90 Minute Seminar)

Jun 05, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Seminars, Workshop 13

Here's the complete audio recording from a seminar I taught recently in New York City. The title of the class was "How to Practice." It covers many important topics including: what is practice...
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Live in New York City: Concert and Highland Arts Festival

Live in New York City: Concert and Highland Arts Festival

May 08, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Best of the Internet, News & Announcements, Videos 9

I just got home from a great week in New York City with the SFU Pipe Band. The band is celebrating its 30th year with some special events, including a concert at the world-famous Lincoln Center for...
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New Tune: The Conundrum (2/4 March)

New Tune: The Conundrum (2/4 March)

Mar 27, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes 14

Today's lesson features one of my all-time most favorite tunes, The Conundrum. Composed by Peter R. MacLeod.  It's totally unique and equally suitable for competition or just for fun. But look out,...
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Which tunes are you focusing on this month?

Which tunes are you focusing on this month?

Mar 07, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Learning Tunes, News & Announcements 18

What tunes are you focusing on this month? Band tunes? Solo competition tunes? Maybe you are still learning some of the classics? Maybe you are up to your ears in Piobaireachd. Whatever it is, we'd...
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New Tune: Leaving St. Kilda (Slow Air)

New Tune: Leaving St. Kilda (Slow Air)

Feb 29, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings 5

Today's post presents a new setting of a beautiful slow air by Pipe Major William Ross, Leaving St. Kilda. Take a listen: The tune has always been played in this lovely 6/8 rhythm — which gives the...
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Modern Piobaireachd:  Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay

Modern Piobaireachd: Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay

Feb 15, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Expression, Learning Tunes, Tunes 6

Piobaireachd consists of some of the most ancient tunes in the pipers repertoire. However, just as the art of piobaireachd playing flourishes in our modern era, so too are modern piobaireachd being...
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Close up with the Scottish Small Pipes

Close up with the Scottish Small Pipes

Jan 25, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Equipment & Gear, Tunes, Videos 6

I've enjoyed my small pipes as a different way to play, with a different sound but using all of the same skills I've practiced on my Highland pipes. Here's a few tunes you may have heard before and a...
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The New, Expanded & Updated Dot-Cut Fluidity Exercise

The New, Expanded & Updated Dot-Cut Fluidity Exercise

Jan 22, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 9

The dot-cut rhythmic pattern comes up constantly in pipe music. It's been featured here in the Inner Circle several times (in a lesson called The Dot-Cut and in several other posts) and most...
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New Tune:  Susan MacLeod (Strathspey)

New Tune: Susan MacLeod (Strathspey)

Jan 08, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Expression, Learning Tunes, Tunes 4

To follow up on our recent discussion of the Darado, let's take a look at the four-parted competition-style strathspey Susan MacLeod. A few years ago, I was asked by Pipes|Drums magazine to be a...
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