Aug 05, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Self-Recording 6
I've taught pipers of all ages and all ability levels from around the world. One feature of bagpipe music continues to be challenge for all of us: the dot-cut. In the early stages, pipers struggle to...Jun 05, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Seminars, Workshop 13
Here's the complete audio recording from a seminar I taught recently in New York City. The title of the class was "How to Practice." It covers many important topics including: what is practice...Feb 26, 2012 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Competing & Performing, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Practice Tips 1
I just came across an article about a recent study at the University of Colorado Boulder's Integrative Physiology department. The study suggests that continued practice of a task even after the task...Jan 22, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 9
The dot-cut rhythmic pattern comes up constantly in pipe music. It's been featured here in the Inner Circle several times (in a lesson called The Dot-Cut and in several other posts) and most...Jan 04, 2012 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Exercises, Featured, Fingering & Technique 10
The number of notes and embellishments we use in pipes tunes is quite limited. We have: 9 notes grace notes and strikes 9 doublings (one for each note) 4 bottom hand, Low G based movements: grip,...Dec 20, 2011 Jori Chisholm Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 12
One of the most prominent features of pipe music is the dot-cut rhythmic pattern. Almost every type of pipe music has lots of dot-cuts. The exceptions are jigs and round reels and round hornpipes....Dec 13, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 10
Your thumb on your the bottom hand is the only finger we use for piping that doesn't have a hole to indicate the proper position. As a result, it is important to make sure your thumb is in the...Nov 18, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique 14
Today's exercise features some intermediate to advanced level rhythmic patterns commonly found in 2/4 Marches, Strathspeys, and Reel. I hope you'll find lots of areas for potential improvement...Nov 10, 2011 Jori Chisholm Equipment & Gear, Featured, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 2
The magical paperclip. Good for so many things other than just holding together sheets of paper. Previously, we've talked about the value of keeping your hands loose and keeping your fingers close to...Oct 23, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 1
Today's exercise focuses on one of the piper's most feared note combinations: The Tachum. The tachum is generally defined as a D grace note from one note going down to the next note. Most...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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