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Practice Chanter Session — February 26, 2026

The Short Version

Two short notes in a row come clean when you drill each one alone. In the third part of King George V's Army, isolate the cut E, then the cut F, then put them back together — and keep your hands light, because squeezing is what makes back-to-back short notes slow.
A band break is a count-in, not a pause. Meter every break in the tempo of the tune you're going TO — usually two beats, starting on the last beat of the tune you're finishing. Everyone lands together and everyone knows the new tempo.
Color-code the rhythms and the tune shrinks. Highlight each rhythmic pattern in its own color and a four-part march collapses into a handful of repeating figures — some of which appear exactly once, so you know precisely what to drill.
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Practice Chanter Session — December 19, 2024
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00:48CD Stuart new Review: Liddell's🔒
02:42George V's Army, topics: breaks King 6/8s, Today's🔒
04:26rhythm true marches: keeping 6/8 the🔒
08:50embellishments the beat losing without Fitting in🔒
14:41V's playthrough Army George King🔒
17:11Drilling back-to-back notes cut🔒
19:09V-shaped tension phrase the Finger and🔒
23:15one the cuts, dot time add at a them Strip back🔒
24:41written really are short played and notes How🔒
25:56the Color-coding rhythmic patterns🔒
35:22formula the MSR breaks:🔒
38:34When trick the starts: birl break🔒
42:44Metronome the an MSR set Piper's in Building🔒
55:51your sets Sharing with metronome band🔒

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