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Practice Chanter Workout Session — September 8, 2022

The Short Version

Bring tunes up to speed with two proven strategies. Gradually crank the metronome up until a tune falls apart, and separately drill the specific bars or phrases that keep breaking down first. Add short pauses at the breaking point to push past speed plateaus without losing control.
Every playing problem lives somewhere on a pyramid, from good form up to musical expression. When something isn't working in a tune, the fix is often a level or two below where the problem shows up, and it's frequently as simple as relaxing the hands.
Cork Hill drills sharpen the small moves that make jigs sound clean. The group works through gdes, low-G strikes, a D-grace-note arpeggio, and the closing doubling pattern, keeping every note true to its written value.
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — September 8, 2022
56m · Full class available to Inner Circle members
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05:37What marches, jigs on: everyone's hornpipes, working🔒
07:17Two tunes for strategies to up bringing speed🔒
10:38training: pauses break that plateaus through Interval speed🔒
12:43that's specific holding the a back Finding skill tune🔒
14:47from model: pyramid expression musical good form The to🔒
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25:44you first the pulse note a of triplet? jig Should🔒
28:55with tuner chanter practice an a Tuning electronic🔒
34:36tuning along chanter check with Playing a to recording🔒
36:30Cork Hill: from tune a drilling technique jig favorite🔒
39:15clean low drills: pop Strike G getting a🔒
46:09with gracenote a on triplets D Arpeggio C🔒
50:46time keeping doubling notes the in Ending grace pattern: and🔒

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