Here on the Studio, we've focused on many important elements of technique: gracenotes, doublings, and GDEs. In combination with your efforts to improve expression of the dot-cut, to keep your fingers...
Today's post features a new practice workout I've developed to help you make some big improvements in your piping fitness in just seven minutes per day. This new practice method is inspired by...
In addition to the nine notes of the scale, bagpipe tunes contain some combination of these technical elements: gracenotes and strikes nine doublings (one for each note) the four bottom hand...
Today's post features a new and powerfully simple way to exercise your birl. A strong, consistent birl is important for pipers of every ability level. Author: Jori ChisholmJori Chisholm is an...
Today's post features a series of exercises to improve the strength, control, and precision of the ring finger on your top hand. For most of us, the ring finger is the least coordinated of our...
Today, we revisit a very important topic for pipers. We've talked a lot about the need for clean fingering, controlled tempos, separation of gracenotes in doublings, and all those important...
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...
A common question for pipers concerns the size of gracenotes. Should your gracenotes be as small as possible? As big as possible? How big should they be? You might have been told by someone "really...
Today's post features a new exercise for developing strength, control, clarity, and consistency of thumb gracenotes. Also called High A gracenotes, the thumb gracenote is the fourth most common...
Taorluaths are an important embellishment in many pipe tunes but especially in Piobaireachd. We've previously discussed the Taorluath in detail and worked towards building strong, consistent...
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