Today's post gives a detailed, step-by-step guide for getting a new set of pipes ready to play. You'll learn everything you'll need to know to get brand new set of pipes out of the box and go to go,...
As the weeks and days countdown to an upcoming performance or competition, it sometimes feels like things are getting worse. Or you might feel that your deliberate practice often leads to a...
Today's post features a series of exercises to improve the strength, control and precision of the ring finger on your top hand. For most of us, the ring finger is the least coordinated of our...
We are fortunate to play pipes in an era with a huge variety of different piping products. When it comes to blowpipes we have several different options. Today's post takes a close look at several...
An effective moisture control system makes it easier to get your pipes tuned and keep them in tune for the duration of your performance or practice session. Today's video shows how you can build your...
I'm currently in Scotland for the biggest pipe band event of the year, the World Pipe Band Championships. For many years, pipers from around the world waited for weeks (or months) to hear the world's...
Today's post is Part 3 of our ongoing series How to achieve a world-class bagpipe sound. It was also published in my "Sound Technique" column of the August 2013 edition of Piping Today, the former...
Today's post features a classic, but rarely heard competition-style 2/4 march – Dugald MacColl's Farewell to France. Included is a complete recording of the tune, an audio lesson with a complete...
Most pipers are very familiar with the most common piping embellishments. In our first lessons, we quickly learn the nine notes, common grace notes, nine doublings, and the four bottom-hand low...
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