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Take your practice to a whole new level with this amazing app

Dec 14, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Best of the Internet, Downloads, Practice Tips, Self-Recording, Videos 12

Have you ever been listening to a recording of a pipe tune and wished you could listen to it a slower speed? Have you ever wanted to record your own practice and listen back to it at a slower...

Some reminders for helping you achieve excellence.

Jun 15, 2013 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Community and Interactive, General Discussion, Practice Tips 0

I recently came across this great blog post, with some helpful reminders for staying focused and motivated to work towards achieving excellence. Author Erik Barker's blog has the tagline "I want to...

What this puppy can teach you about keeping your hands relaxed.

May 16, 2013 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 8

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...

Try these incredible finger exercises to build strength, flexibility, control and finger independence.

Mar 29, 2013 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 1

Just as professional and aspiring athletes use cross-training techniques to increase their physical performance on the playing field or court, we pipers can benefit from stretches and exercises to...

Learn tunes efficiently by avoiding common mistakes

Mar 21, 2013 Jori Chisholm Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Tunes 5

Download the pdf of the article. A complete understanding of any tune always begins first with general principles, followed by specifics. It helps to understand not only what we want to achieve, but...

Crunluath Progression Exercise

Mar 01, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Community and Interactive, Exercises, Featured, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 7

Here on the Studio we've featured several exercises in our Power series. Each of these exercises features the 8-4-2-1 pattern to build strength, consistency, and power in your fingering technique....

A new exercise to improve accuracy and control

Feb 19, 2013 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Exercises, Expression, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips 5

Today's exercise focuses on two important factors in clean, consistent piping fingering: accuracy and control. We've previously worked on many important elements of technique, including many detailed...

The secret to good sound.

Dec 18, 2012 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Community and Interactive, Featured, General Discussion, Practice Tips, Special Offers, Tone & Tuning 11

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...

How to warm up your pipes before performing (and what to do if you can’t warm up)

Nov 25, 2012 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Competing & Performing, Practice Tips, Tone & Tuning 12

Sometimes it seems that we pipers are constantly warming up. Warming up the fingers, warming up the drones, going over our tunes, etc. Other musicians seem to be able to pick up their instrument and...

Change up your routine this week with some fun practice alternatives

Nov 04, 2012 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Practice Tips 4

Who says your practice routine needs to be the same every day? Why not devise some new and interesting new ways to push your piping to the next level, learn some new things, and have fun? Even the...

Category Archive: Audio Recordings, Best of the Internet, Downloads, Practice Tips, Self-Recording, Videos

Take your practice to a whole new level with this amazing app

Some reminders for helping you achieve excellence.

What this puppy can teach you about keeping your hands relaxed.

Try these incredible finger exercises to build strength, flexibility, control and finger independence.

Learn tunes efficiently by avoiding common mistakes

Crunluath Progression Exercise

A new exercise to improve accuracy and control

The secret to good sound.

How to warm up your pipes before performing (and what to do if you can’t warm up)

Change up your routine this week with some fun practice alternatives

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