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Practice Chanter Session — August 31, 2023

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Play it back immediately. A free app called Echo Box lets you record a phrase and hear it played back the instant you stop, giving you fast, objective feedback on what you actually did versus what you thought you did.
Turn practice into a game. The "Game of Seven" — score a point for each correct rep, lose one for a mistake, never go below zero, and stop once you hit seven — sharpens focus far more than just playing something for a few minutes.
Relaxed hands beat forced speed. In this session's taorluath drill, nearly every fix was about tension — a flared pinky, a lifted finger, a clenched gracenote — not raw finger speed; removing that tension is what actually makes technique faster and more consistent.
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Practice Chanter Session — August 27, 2024
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01:36App: Auditory Box Mirror The Echo Instant An🔒
03:39the Playback on a Phrase Trick Tricky Demoing🔒
06:37Seven and the Revolution The Practice of Game🔒
08:09Game Scoring Seven Works the of How🔒
09:47Practice Progress Graphing Your🔒
11:34Choosing What to Game Practice with the🔒
19:02Stuck Problem Plateau Tunes: Member's A🔒
20:21Checklist Tune-Learning a Building🔒
23:11Band in You Playing Yourself Hear Can't When a🔒
24:47Break: Advice McCallum Take Willie from a🔒
28:21Training Varied Practice Speed and Interval🔒
32:00A Down: It Every Writing Page Notes Tune for🔒
34:44Motivation Honest About Conversation and Gear An🔒
47:16Chanter on Technique Practice the Taorluath Drill🔒

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