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Video Tune Case Study: The Pipers Cave (2/4 March)

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The Piper's Cave is a 2/4 march built almost entirely from doublings played from the same note. A C grip from C, a C doubling from C, and later an F doubling from F and another C grip and doubling from C — that same-note pattern shows up over and over.

The common mistake is rushing the note right before one of these doublings. Because the doubling doesn't require a change of note, it's easy to clip the preceding note short instead of giving it its full value.

The beat lands on the first gracenote of a doubling, but on a grip the beat lands on the note that finishes it. Either way, the real key is the note right before the movement — give that note its full value and the doubling will fall into place on time.

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Video Tune Case Study: The Pipers Cave (2/4 March)

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