Home/Courses/Birls, Taorluaths & Crunluaths

🌀

Birls, Taorluaths & Crunluaths

I build your embellishment technique from the gracenotes up through the crunluath family, one movement at a time.

5 LESSONS · INTERMEDIATE · WORK THROUGH THEM IN ORDER

Start with lesson 01 →

01 Transform Your Bagpipe Technique with the Ultimate GDE Gracenote Workout for Bagpipers of All Levels I start with the gracenote workout underneath every embellishment you're about to learn. January 24, 2024 · 10m · Fingering & Technique → 02 Bagpipe Essentials Masterclass: Master Your Birl for Speed and Consistency Now I isolate the birl and get it clean and consistent before we add anything else. October 6, 2024 · 8m · Fingering & Technique → 03 Supercharge Your Piping Technique with the Power Strathspey Triplets Exercise I use this exercise to build the finger strength these bigger movements need. March 18, 2024 · 10m · Fingering & Technique → 04 The Darado and Rodin: The Fun and Challenge of The Special Embellishment I introduce a special embellishment here so you can hear how these movement families relate to each other. June 11, 2024 · 55m · Fingering & Technique → 05 Elevate Your Bagpipe Fingering with the Power Doublings Exercise for Pipers at Every Level I bring back the doubling exercise as a capstone that pulls every movement in this course together. March 4, 2024 · 11m · Fingering & Technique →

More courses

🌱 Bagpipe Foundations 🔧 Reeds & Setup Masterclass 🎯 Tone & Tuning Mastery 🖐️ Fast, Clean Fingers 🏆 Compete with Confidence 🎵 The Musical Piper 🧭 Beginner's First Year 🔁 Returning Piper Reboot 📜 Piobaireachd Starter 🥁 The 2/4 March ⚓ Hornpipes and Jigs 🕊️ Slow Airs and Ceremonial Standards 🧠 Practice Smarter 🎤 Gig and Band Ready 🎄 Christmas and Seasonal Set 🎐 Tuning Your Drones 📐 Tuning Your Chanter 🍃 Chanter Reed Care 🛠️ Maintenance & Air Efficiency 💨 Steady Blowing Fundamentals 🎼 Learn Any Tune, Faster 🛒 The Bagpipe Buyer's Guide 📱 Piping Tech Toolkit: Apps, Metronomes & AI 📜 Great Tunes & The Composers Behind Them 🧠 Pain-Free Piping & The Mental Game 💧 Moisture Control Mastery 🎒 Bag & Blowpipe Fit ⚡ Doublings Bootcamp ✋ Hand Position & Gracenote Precision 🏔️ Piobaireachd Beyond the Basics 🔍 What Makes a Tune Great 🌍 World & Folk Tune Traditions 🎻 Strathspey & Reel Rhythm Lab 👂 Learn a Tune By Ear or By the Dots 🏋️ Practice Chanter Workout Series 🎶 Get the Pipes Out: Full-Pipe Play-Alongs 🎥 Member Video Coaching 💬 Q&A Greatest Hits 🔥 Consistency, Habits & Motivation 🎹 Practice Chanter Mastery 🔧 Drone Reed Setup & Troubleshooting 🛠️ Build, Assemble & Troubleshoot 📜 Piping History & Legends 📅 Practice Chanter Session Library