Today's lesson is Part 6 of the Learn the Pipes video series and introduces a new embellishment, the High G Doubling. The video gives a clearly detailed step-by-step video lesson on how to play the...
Today's post features a new exercise that will help you improve the control of your little finger on the bottom hand. The new exercise, Little Finger Control, will help you identify and eliminate the...
Today's post features a new exercise that will help you improve two important areas of your piping technique: doublings and crossing noises. The exercise combines elements of some of my favorite...
Today's post combines a previous post on crossing noises with a new three-page crossing noise exercise called Power Crossings, and the updated worksheet called How to identify and eliminate crossing...
When getting a new tune performance or competition-ready, we have a long list things that need to be learned and problems that need to fixed. Most pipe tunes have some combination of tricky...
Pipers spend a lot of their practice time focusing on cleaning up their technique. Doublings, taorluaths, grips, d throws, birls, crossing noises, false fingerings — it can feel like the list is...
Today's post features a 70-minute master class on the classic Piobaireachd Too Long in This Condition. Included are the course handouts and the complete audio recording from a seminar I taught in New...
One of the most prominent features of bagpipe music is the omnipresent dot-cut. We've discussed it many times here on the BagpipeLessons.com Studio — and the importance of holding the dotted note...
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...
People who consistently perform to their fullest potential leave nothing to chance. They know to prepare for everything both mentally and physically in all possible scenarios. But while preparing for...
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