🖐️ The D Throw
The essential low-G movement onto D — one of the first embellishments you learn, and one of the most important to get right.
⚡ The Short Version
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About the D throw
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✅ The essentials
⭐ Essential Highlights
“The simplest way would be: from whatever note you're on, you go to low G, then you play a D gracenote to C. And that's the key thing. And then at the end, you just lift your finger off to play D. So it's really this D gracenote to C that is the key move there.”▶ 02:46 · July Practice Chanter Session
“You want to make sure you do get that low G — that the first sound you get of the D throw is a low G. I have seen this over the years a few times where, I think because the name is D, players will unconsciously put a little D before the D throw. Don't do that. The first sound of the D throw is the low G.”▶ 04:34 · July Practice Chanter Session
“I like the light D throw because it's easier, and I think it's cleaner, and it's a little bit quicker. And it's also more universal, because in piobaireachd you're going to be playing the light D throw. That's just the style there.”▶ 07:18 · July Practice Chanter Session
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How to play it cleanly
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Relaxed hands and daily drills
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