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...
Today's post features a newly discovered recording of the legendary piper Captain John A. MacLellan M.B.E. The recording was made by young piper Eric Bremner who was present at Captain MacLellan's...
The Pipers Cave is a traditional two-parted 2/4 March. It is reasonably well-known tune and often played by Grade 4 and 5 pipe bands. It's remarkable, to me, for one particular combination of note...
Taps is a tune often played on the bugle or trumpet at military funerals. However, it can be played on the pipes and, if you perform at funerals, you might have the opportunity to play Taps. Today's...
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...
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...
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...
I'm back from my trip once again to Kansas City for the annual Midwest Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm weekend of competitions. Today's post features audio recordings from my three competition...
Have you ever been listening to a recording of a pipe tune and wished you could listen to it a slower speed? Have you ever wanted to record your own practice and listen back to it at a slower...
The World Pipe Band Championships for 2013 is now in the history books. The band I play with, the SFU Pipe Band, was fourth overall in the Grade One category. On one hand, fourth in the world is a...
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