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...
I came across this interesting article and thought you'd enjoy reading it, too. The Bulletproof Musician: How Many Hours A Day Should You Practice. There are some interesting things to learn (or be...
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...
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 often...
Today's exercise focuses on strikes in jig time. Strikes are reverse grace notes. Instead of quickly lifting a finger (as in grace notes), the strike is the quick tapping or striking of a finger or...
Recently I taught at a weekend piping workshop in Canberra, Australia. Here is a 90 minute recording of the first class I taught to the intermediate piping class. The featured tune was the 2/4...
Today's exercise focuses on Doublings from High A and High G. Previously, we've discussed the perfect doubling and we've worked on getting clean, strong, and rhythmically consistent doublings....
Previously, we looked at Strathspey Triplets — GDEs grace note combinations. Because of their rhythm, technique, and unique style of expression, strathspeys are some of the greatest and most...
Today's featured exercise is the Crunluath-a-mach Progression Exercise. The Crunluath-a-mach is an exciting embellishment found at the end of some Piobaireachd tunes. It is quite fast and...
Good Monday Morning! It's the start of the week, and it's also Back to School month for many of us, so I thought it would be great to start this week with the ultimate Power Workout.
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