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Category Archive: Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Featured, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Self-Recording

Learn how world-class performers break through?

Learn how world-class performers break through?

Jul 05, 2015 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Featured, Fingering & Technique, General Discussion, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Self-Recording 14

Ever felt that you weren't getting the results you wanted out of your practice? Ever wondered why improvement in some skills and abilities seems to level off despite lots of practice time? Ever...
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Revisiting Your Practice Checklist

Revisiting Your Practice Checklist

Jun 24, 2015 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Competing & Performing, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Tone & Tuning, Tunes 32

People who consistently perform to their fullest potential leave nothing to chance. They know to prepare for everything both mentally and physically in all possible scenarios. But while preparing for...
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Learn tunes faster by highlighting your sheet music

Learn tunes faster by highlighting your sheet music

May 19, 2015 Jori Chisholm Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Tunes, Videos 28

To help learn and memorize a new tune, look over the tune to identify its unique and repeating elements. Before picking up your chanter to start playing, take a few minutes to look and understand the...
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10 Rules of Good and Bad Practicing

10 Rules of Good and Bad Practicing

Mar 21, 2015 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Practice Tips 3

I recently came across an online course called "Welcome to Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects." The course is available for free on the educational portal...
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Strathspey Triplets

Strathspey Triplets

Feb 19, 2015 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Uncategorized 15

Here on the Studio, we've focused on many important elements of technique: grace notes, doublings, and GDEs. In combination with your efforts to improve expression of the dot-cut, to keep your...
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Practice smarter, so you can practice less

Practice smarter, so you can practice less

Feb 08, 2015 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Videos 2

We all face the same challenge. How can we make the most of our limited practice time? We've all been there. You put in the practice time, but you aren't getting the results you are hoping for. It's...
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Make Fast Progress with This New 7-Minute Workout

Make Fast Progress with This New 7-Minute Workout

Jan 04, 2015 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 8

Today's post features a new practice workout I've developed to help you make some big improvements in your piping fitness in just seven minutes per day.  This new practice method is inspired by...
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Track your goals and stay motivated with this amazing website.

Track your goals and stay motivated with this amazing website.

Nov 18, 2014 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, Practice Tips 0

Let's face it: sometimes it can be hard to stay motivated to work towards your goals. Or if you do practice, you might not feel like doing the stuff that needs to be done. In today's post, I'll...
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Why You Play Better at Home Than at Your Lessons

Why You Play Better at Home Than at Your Lessons

Oct 24, 2014 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Practice Tips 3

I was recently teaching a lesson and my student (who is a member of this Studio) was struggling to play through his new tune on the practice. He became exasperated and finally exclaimed "I was just...
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Fix the hard parts of your tunes with a step-by-step approach

Fix the hard parts of your tunes with a step-by-step approach

Aug 19, 2014 Jori Chisholm Featured, Fingering & Technique, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Tunes 2

There are many things that go into the thorough and complete preparation of a tune for competition or performance: learning the technique, memorizing, getting the tune up to speed, proper expression,...
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