It is plausible that learning a musical instrument would make you more sensitive to subtleties in musical sounds such as pitch, melody, rhythm, and harmony. Certainly by learning to tune our...
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2013 from the BagpipeLessons.com Studio! Thank you for being a part of the BagpipeLessons.com Studio. Your participation and contributions help make the...
Last week, I received an email from Studio member David Hester. David was excited about some breakthroughs he'd recently made in his practicing, particularly regarding tuning and tone. I asked if...
Thank you for all of your wonderful comments on the lessons on the BagpipeLessons.com Studio. The blog-style format has proved a great way to continue the discussion and grow our online community....
It's the 21st of August, so let's do something fun: Twenty-one for Twenty first! Here are 21 objectives for today's practice: 1. Play 21 Power GDEs from each note 2. Play 21 E Doublings from F 3....
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...
I just read this fascinating article on CNN.com about some of the latest science on music and it's wide-ranging benefits for people who play and listen to music. Read the whole article here. Some of...
Donald MacPherson has been called "The most outstanding competitive piper ever to have lifted a bagpipe." He recently retired from judging the top competitions in Scotland following an unmatched...
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...
We've all been there. You want to be good. You know what it sounds like to play well, to feel comfortable, to have confidence in your playing ability, to play with ease. You also know that often...
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