Ask any piper if they know a tune in the 5/4 time signature. If they do, it is probably Cullen Bay. (It's the only tune I know of in that time signature.) The creation of Cullen Bay is somewhat of...
Timothy Cummings has published some great Appalachian tunes for the pipes. Listen to some of the the tunes or view his sheet music and arrangements. Scotland's National Piping Centre featured some of...
I recently taught a 90-minute seminar called Learning Tunes Made Easy. Take a listen to the audio recording of the entire course and the questions and answers.
Today's focus: Make recordings of your three tunes. As you learned back in Week One, self-recording followed by careful listening can be one of the best methods for making big improvements in your...
Here in the Inner Circle, 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...
Over the past few days, you selected three tunes, you prepared to make your recordings, and then you completed your recordings of your three tunes. Today, you'll listen and evaluate your recordings...
Today's focus: Make recordings of your three tunes. As we discussed yesterday, one of key's to deliberate practice is careful analysis of your current skills so that you can identify the next steps...
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