You can't hear yourself clearly in a pipe band — so trust the feel and the visual cues instead. Blowing steady, timing, and matching your section relies heavily on kinesthetic feel and watching your pipe major, since the sound of dozens of pipes together makes it nearly impossible to isolate your own playing by ear.
A tight hand ruins even a well-controlled downward grip. Movements like a downward grip with a B gracenote, or a D-taorluath, need the hand to stay open and relaxed — tension there is one of the most common things holding back an otherwise strong player.
The 'super birl' from low G relies on one small secret: simultaneous timing. Getting the pinky and the B-to-low-A motion to land at exactly the same moment, rather than in sequence, is what actually makes this notoriously hard movement possible.
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Practice Chanter Session — September 9, 2021
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