Aug 03, 2014 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, News & Announcements 0
In a couple of days, I'll be heading to Scotland for some of the piping world's biggest and most important competitions. The first big event is the biggest of them all: The World Pipe Band...Jul 25, 2014 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Competing & Performing, Expression, Piobaireachd 0
I was recently interviewed by David Hester. David has contributed to the Studio with his MacDonald Piper series — an alternative approach to Piobaireachd playing. David asked me some interesting...Jul 11, 2014 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Competing & Performing, Tone & Tuning 12
Here on the West Coast we are approaching the hottest time of the year. And this weekend, we have a bit of a heat wave, with the recent forecasts for tomorrow's Kamloops Games approaching 100 degrees...Jul 06, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Learning Tunes, Piobaireachd 3
Memorization is an essential skill for all pipers. Unlike musicians in other traditions, pipers nearly always play their tunes from memory. In performance or competition, it's essential that your...Jun 03, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Videos 5
The pipe band medley has become the ultimate expression of a pipe band's creativity and musical vision. Over the past few decades, the pipe band has evolved to greater levels of sophistication, using...Apr 03, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Piobaireachd, Videos 1
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...Mar 30, 2014 Jori Chisholm Competing & Performing, Videos 2
Every piper should be able to strike in their pipes cleanly every time. Today's post features two high-definition videos that show you the secret to consistently perfect strike-ins. The first video...Jan 16, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Competing & Performing, Piobaireachd 11
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...Nov 12, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Videos 3
Today's featured BagpipeLessons.com Studio member is Curtis Boyd from Alberta, Canada. Curtis had a great year competing in 2013 and was kind enough to share his experiences from his season. Videos...Sep 13, 2013 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Equipment & Gear, Tone & Tuning 2
Today's post is Part 7 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...Here you’ll find hundreds of lessons, videos, audio files and more. This content is designed to help you learn and improve in every area of your piping. Not seeing a topic you’d like to learn more about?
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