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Practice Chanter Workout Session — November 10, 2022

The Short Version

Every birl starts the same way, no matter what note you're coming from. Get your pinky to the low A touching position at the exact instant you change notes, then execute the birl. I build every variation — from low G, C, B, or a D gracenote — on that same setup move.
Drill tricky finger work in tiny doses, not marathons. A couple of focused minutes, repeated a few times across the day for a week, beats one long grinding session. Past a couple of minutes, I say, you stop getting results.
Don't trust internet sheet music until you've checked it against a real source. Random web copies and computer-typeset scores are full of typos and non-standard notation. I check any unfamiliar tune against a published book or trusted collection before treating it as correct.
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — November 10, 2022
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