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Home/Library/Fingering & Technique/3 Ways to Learn & MASTER the Crunluath & crunluath a mach Bagpipe Embellishments with Jori Chisholm
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3 Ways to Learn & MASTER the Crunluath & crunluath a mach Bagpipe Embellishments with Jori Chisholm

⚡ The Short Version

The crunluath is always two low G's, two low A's, then an E. No matter what theme note precedes it, the skeleton of the crunluath never changes — a D gracenote between the G's, an E gracenote between G and A, and an F gracenote between the A's.
Three ways in: slow breakdown, timing-first, or backward from the end. I teach the crunluath by building it up note by note, by locking in the 6/8 timing between the theme note and the closing E, and by starting at the trickiest part — the F gracenote — and working outward.
Crunluath-a-mach timing is the exact opposite of every other embellishment. Normally you hold the note before a movement and clip the note after; in the a-mach you hit the movement quickly and hold the note after it for the rest of its duration.
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00:01two embellishments of Welcome: piping's challenging most🔒
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01:40pipes on Crunluath played and crunluath-a-mach the🔒
02:45crunluath the detailed of Method breakdown slow, a 1:🔒
04:222: timing theme starting Method the of with note🔒
06:51the at of end Method starting 3: crunluath the🔒
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11:45from low crunluath The G🔒
13:27for G Fingering the high piobaireachd🔒
13:44to the Introduction crunluath-a-mach🔒
15:05on Crunluath-a-mach B🔒
17:49on C Crunluath-a-mach🔒
18:43Crunluath-a-mach D on🔒
22:17together, played and a-machs on pipes chanter and Crunluaths🔒

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