This collection is a video reference library, not a single lesson. It's built as a set of short, focused videos — one for each essential building block of piping technique — so you can go straight to the one you need instead of sitting through a full class.
Everything starts from the same foundation: assembly, reed, and hand position. Before any embellishment technique makes sense, you need the practice chanter put together correctly, an understanding of how the reed works, and a hand position that lets you keep relaxed, close-in form.
Thirteen primary embellishments break down into nine doublings and four low-G movements. Once you know the nine notes of the scale and the four most common gracenotes, those combine into the doublings (one per note) and the grip, taorluath, D throw, and birl — the full embellishment vocabulary this collection covers.
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