Pipers tend to rush the beat, and a good metronome app is built around that fact. Unlike a plain click, this app's ring-based visual display and tune-specific rhythm settings are designed specifically to counteract the common tendency for pipers to play just a touch ahead of the beat.
Pointing and pulsing are programmed as lengthening, not loudness. Since bagpipes can't play louder for emphasis, the app creates that strong-beat feeling by actually lengthening the front half of the beat — the same mechanism real pipers use, built directly into the software.
Building a full set with custom breaks removes guesswork from group rehearsal. Specifying introductions, tune repetitions, and the exact beat count of a break between tunes means every player rehearsing from a shared set hears and plays the same structure every time.
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Jori Chisholm on the Piper's Metronome™ on James Laughlin's Pipe Band Inner Circle
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