One of the tell-tale signs of a good piper or a piper of any level who has been taught well is the position of the fingers of the top hand. The optimal finger position lets your hands stay relaxed...
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...
Over on the BagpipeLessons.com Blog, I've posted the first results from the Spring 2011 Online Piping Competition. http://bagpipelessons.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-results-for-spring-2011.html Back...
When you first pick up your chanter or pipes, it can take a few minutes to get the hands warmed up and working. A while back we looked at some simple stretches for your hands, today's video is a...
Try some simple stretches to get your hands warmed up and ready to pipe. Stretching improves flexibility and gets the muscles and tendons and ligaments lubricated and increases blood flow. This brief...
Previously, we learned how to tune your drones together. Today, we'll take things to next level and show you how to tune your drones together and to match your chanter. IMPORTANT: As you know, when...
"Pay or I play." Bagpipes are often the subject of jokes that make fun of the sound of the pipes. The comic of the piper who has has made a pile of money standing in front of a sign that reads "Pay...
Today's focus is an important and common element of piping technique: The Birl. The simplest way to describe the birl: The birl is two low G strikes on Low A. What makes the birl interesting in a...
You've been working hard this month and today we'll take a day to catch up on everything and take a little breather. Listening and Learning from Others continues Yesterday, you listened to the videos...
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...
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