Today's featured exercise: Power Taorluaths. If you've played the other exercises in our exclusive Power series, you'll be familiar with the 8-4-2-1 pattern. Author: Jori ChisholmJori Chisholm is...
Yesterday, we got Technique Week started off with the always effective GDE exercise. Today's featured exercise: Power Doublings. For a complete discussion of how to play the perfect doubling, along...
This week let's take some time to review, refine, and redouble your efforts to ensure your finger technique is clean, consistent, and confident. Each day this week, we'll have a featured exercise...
One of the tell-tale signs of a good piper or a piper of any level who has been taught well is the position of the fingers of the top hand. The optimal finger position lets your hands stay relaxed...
I thought this time of year might be a perfect time to revisit this seminar recording. Enjoy! Last spring I taught a 70-minute seminar called Jigs & Hornpipes. Take a listen to the audio...
Today's focus: perfect doublings. It is an important topic, and an area where greater control and consistency will help you bring our the music your tunes. Today's goal is to work on making your...
We've all played them. We've all worked to get rid of them. We all strive to play clean and controlled and keep our tunes free from crossing noises. What are crossing noises? Crossing noises are...
Today's focus is an important and common element of piping technique: The Birl. The simplest way to describe the birl: The birl is two low G strikes on Low A. What makes the birl interesting in a...
Here on the Studio, we have looked at many tunes in depth. In the coming days, we'll be looking at even more, including reels. Reels fall into two basic categories: round (no dot-cuts) and...
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