Today's exercise focuses on strikes in jig time. Strikes are reverse grace notes. Instead of quickly lifting a finger (as in grace notes), the strike is the quick tapping or striking of a finger or...
Recently I taught at a weekend piping workshop in Canberra, Australia. Here is a 90 minute recording of the first class I taught to the intermediate piping class. The featured tune was the 2/4...
Today's exercise focuses on Doublings from High A and High G. Previously, we've discussed the perfect doubling and we've worked on getting clean, strong, and rhythmically consistent doublings....
Previously, we looked at Strathspey Triplets — GDEs grace note combinations. Because of their rhythm, technique, and unique style of expression, strathspeys are some of the greatest and most...
Today's featured exercise is the Crunluath-a-mach Progression Exercise. The Crunluath-a-mach is an exciting embellishment found at the end of some Piobaireachd tunes. It is quite fast and...
Good Monday Morning! It's the start of the week, and it's also Back to School month for many of us, so I thought it would be great to start this week with the ultimate Power Workout.
I've had many requests for the sheet music for my composition The Macraes of Achmore. Here it is for the first time, exclusively for members of the BagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle! The tune was...
Most top solo pipers would agree that the world's most important solo competitions take place at the Northern Meeting at Inverness. Each year pipers apply for admission to this prestigious event....
I almost never miss the Birnam Highland Games. Birnam is a nice village in Perthshire, Scotland. The place and name are well-known because William Shakespeare mentioned Birnam Wood in Macbeth. I...
Yesterday, the piping world lost one of its greats and I lost a friend and mentor. Much will be written in the coming days and months about Alasdair Gillies and how he was quite possibly the greatest...
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