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Home/Library/Community & Extras/Member Videos — January 19, 2023
🎬 Class ReplayAll LevelsFree Preview📅 Posted January 19, 2023· 54m

Member Videos — January 19, 2023

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Every video gets judged like a competition entry. I work through each member's submission the way a competition judge would — one listen, real-time notes — then break down exactly what to fix first.
Small physical habits show up on camera. From overheld high A's to a rushed high A passage to a stray pull-back on an E strike, this session is full of habits that are easy to miss live but obvious once you're watching the video.
A strathspey needs two specific ingredients to stop sounding like a march. A strong dot-cut and a strong pulse on the first and third beats create the lopsided feel of a real strathspey — everything else is technical support for those two things.
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Member Videos — January 19, 2023
54m · Full class available to Inner Circle members
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01:56a judging piobaireachd from competition Lessons🔒
03:23matters clean playing most Why🔒
04:09factor Tuning: make-or-break the🔒
06:14Long This 1: Video piobaireachd, a 'Too in Condition'🔒
09:49and overheld Feedback: stillness smoothing notes🔒
14:43march, 2: Police Willie a to the Video Grace's Glasgow Farewell🔒
19:32taming tricky Feedback: D note a grace🔒
23:00and Video tone march for a reviewed 3: presence🔒
27:17crossing and Feedback: language restless noises body🔒
30:30and march the problem strathspeys 4: Video two🔒
32:53the strathspey ingredients expression two of Teaching:🔒
41:35and Video at birl the hiccup Wheel Asleep 5: a🔒
47:02and habits technique small march a Video 6:🔒
52:53recordings to own your back How to listen🔒

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