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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...Apr 08, 2014 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Videos 0
A common question for pipers concerns the size of grace notes. Should your grace notes be as small as possible? As big as possible? How big should they be? You might have been told by someone "really...Feb 06, 2014 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 1
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...May 22, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Exercises, Fingering & Technique 4
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 technique...May 16, 2013 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 8
One of the challenges pipers face is the need to keep our fingers and hands consistently relaxed while playing. Top players can achieve a relaxed yet strong grip, allowing for the most efficient...Apr 18, 2013 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Videos 10
A consistent and powerful birl is essential for every good piper. It can be a tricky movement to master due to the unique sequence of movements by the little finger on the bottom hand. Today's lesson...Mar 29, 2013 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 1
Just as professional and aspiring athletes use cross-training techniques to increase their physical performance on the playing field or court, we pipers can benefit from stretches and exercises to...Mar 01, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Exercises, Featured, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 7
Here on the Studio we've featured several exercises in our Power series. Each of these exercises features the 8-4-2-1 pattern to build strength, consistency, and power in your fingering technique....Feb 19, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 5
Today's exercise focuses on two important factors in clean, consistent piping fingering: accuracy and control. We've previously worked on many important elements of technique, including many detailed...Oct 22, 2012 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Exercises, Featured, Practice Tips 2
Today's lesson focuses on a simple but powerful tool to help build and test your consistency. As you learn a movement, or a phrase, or a tune you first gain the ability to play it correctly once or a...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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