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Home/Library/Beginners & Foundations/Learn the Pipes Video Lesson #2: Gracenotes
▶ Video LessonBeginnerFree Preview📅 Posted December 2, 2014· 17m

Learn the Pipes Video Lesson #2: Gracenotes

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The Short Version

The bagpipe has no rests and no dynamics, so gracenotes do the work other instruments get from breath and volume. I can't take a breath mid-tune or play a note louder, so every separation between two same notes, and every bit of emphasis I want, has to come from a gracenote.
My most-used gracenote is the high G, because it uses my strongest finger and works on every note from F down to low G. I lift just the index finger, keep it small and crisp, and that versatility is exactly why it shows up constantly in tunes.
A gracenote only does its job if it's small, crisp, and locked right on the beat. I want just enough sound to hear it — never a big floppy lift — and the timing has to land the instant my foot comes down.
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Learn the Pipes Video Lesson #2: Gracenotes
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00:03grace Why needs notes the bagpipe🔒
01:38G grace high note The🔒
05:41grace trick: high The G note into F🔒
07:29gracenote The E🔒
10:33gracenote The D🔒
12:31combination GDE The🔒
14:14A) thumb The (high gracenote🔒
16:28good Recap and luck🔒

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