A gracenote always has to be higher than the notes around it. That single rule explains why certain embellishments simply can't occur on certain notes — you'll never see a gracenote coming off a high A, for instance, because there's nowhere higher for it to go.
Interval speed training lets you build real speed without playing everything slow first. Rather than the old approach of practicing a whole passage slowly for weeks before speeding it up, this method drills small note groups at full target speed from the very start, with brief rests in between.
Know what your fingers are doing, not just what sound comes out. Getting the right sound briefly by accident isn't the same as being able to reliably reproduce it — real consistency requires understanding exactly what your fingers need to do, not just chasing the right tone.
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Practice Chanter Session — August 18, 2021
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