Today, we revisit a very important topic for pipers. We've talked a lot about the need for clean fingering, controlled tempos, separation of grace notes in doublings, and all those important details....
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 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...
Power Thumb Gracenotes Power D Taorluaths Strathspey Triplets Revisiting: Strasthspey Triplets GDEs Perfect GDEs Revisiting Perfect GDEs Dot-Cut Fluidity New expanded and updated Dot-Cut Fluidity...
In the earliest stages of your piping journey, you first learned the nine notes of the bagpipe scale. Then you probably were introduced to simple grace notes: first played on the same note, and then...
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...
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...
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...
Today's lesson comes from an excellent question from a member: I have recently had trouble with the low G on my pipe Reed and I am having the same trouble with some new reeds as well. What happens is...
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...
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