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Discussion: Which exercises do you practice most often?

Dec 20, 2015 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Exercises, Practice Tips 15

Pipers know that the secret to clean, consistent, confident finger execution requires regular practice on a variety of exercises. What exercises do you practice regularly? Do you have a regular/daily...

Up close with Matthew Welch: Sheepskin bags, cane drone reeds, piping in academia, bagpipe jazz, Balinese gamelan, finding your true musical voice, and more . . .

Nov 12, 2015 Matthew Welch Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Equipment & Gear, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Tone & Tuning, Videos 1

In today's post, we have an in-depth interview with our newest guest writer and one of the piping world's most fascinating people, Matthew Welch. Matt has an incredible combination of experience and...

Practice Chanter Fundamentals (90 minute seminar)

Sep 22, 2015 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Beginners, Community and Interactive, General Discussion, Practice Tips, Seminars, Workshop 10

Today's lesson includes the four-page handout and full 90-minute recording from a seminar I taught called Practice Chanter Fundamentals. The seminar focuses on the bagpipe fingering technique and...

What do you want to learn about?

Jul 14, 2015 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, General Discussion 4

We've covered some pretty important topics here on the BagpipeLessons.com Studio, from pipe chanter reeds and drone reeds to pipe bags and performing and memorizing tunes. But we want to hear from...

Learn how world-class performers break through?

Jul 05, 2015 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Featured, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Self-Recording 14

Ever felt that you weren't getting the results you wanted out of your practice? Ever wondered why improvement in some skills and abilities seems to level off despite lots of practice time? Ever...

Tell the story

May 27, 2015 J. David Hester Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Piobaireachd, Special Guest 1

Note: Today’s post is by David Hester, who has been exploring an alternative approach to Piobaireachd playing at his website, altpibroch.com. The important thing is not what you sound like. It's...

SFU Pipe Band: Live in Concert

Mar 29, 2015 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Videos 0

Last night I performed with the rest of the SFU Pipe Band to raise funds and awareness for brain cancer research and care. The Pipe Up for Cancer concert and ceilidh were both sold out and the...

New Video Series: What’s in Your Pipe Case?

Dec 07, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Community and Interactive, Equipment & Gear, Videos 8

Today's the post is the first in our new video series called "What's in your pipe case?" We'll take a close look at the equipment, reeds, tools and other supplies that pipers use with their...

Track your goals and stay motivated with this amazing website.

Nov 18, 2014 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Practice Tips 0

Let's face it: sometimes it can be hard to stay motivated to work towards your goals. Or if you do practice, you might not feel like doing the stuff that needs to be done. In today's post, I'll...

What’s the best bagpipe case?

Sep 23, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Community and Interactive, Videos 9

Whether you are a frequent world-traveling piper or if you just take your pipes from home once in a while, you'll want a good case that protects your instrument and carries your supplies. This week,...

Category Archive: Community and Interactive, Exercises, Practice Tips

Discussion: Which exercises do you practice most often?

Up close with Matthew Welch: Sheepskin bags, cane drone reeds, piping in academia, bagpipe jazz, Balinese gamelan, finding your true musical voice, and more . . .

Practice Chanter Fundamentals (90 minute seminar)

What do you want to learn about?

Learn how world-class performers break through?

Tell the story

SFU Pipe Band: Live in Concert

New Video Series: What’s in Your Pipe Case?

Track your goals and stay motivated with this amazing website.

What’s the best bagpipe case?

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