Piobaireachd expression starts with getting every note and gracenote exactly right. Before you can shape a tune musically, you need one hundred percent compliance with what's written on the page — there's no personal-taste version of a piobaireachd's gracenotes.
Two short notes back to back are almost never played the same length. One is always a little longer than the other. Get this dot-cut relationship right and a rhythmically repetitive tune stops sounding flat and starts to have real shape.
Record yourself playing faster than feels comfortable, then listen back to judge the real tempo. Your in-the-moment sense of tempo drifts as you work a tune, so recording and reviewing it with a clear ear is how you find out whether you're actually dragging.
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09:54Two short Andrew notes: rule golden Wright's🔒
13:30tune Phrasing: notes to show holding structure🔒
18:55pauses and Piobaireachd meter as poetry:🔒
22:38note 'road-in' the technique: Grace movement🔒
23:43problems piobaireachd heat and tempo video: Second🔒
31:10record faster, Practicing back listen then yourself tempo:🔒
36:30movements note F-grip Grace E-grip size and in🔒
39:01and Pipers Third Ragtime its video: challenges🔒
42:11fourth mis-composed part Fixing a🔒
45:34strikes, Grace B and notes, noises crossing🔒
49:32hand video: Conundrum and on top the Fourth dot-cut The🔒
55:25doublings tension Fixing B in wrist🔒
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