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Today's exercise focuses on strikes in jig time. Strikes are reverse grace notes. Instead of quickly lifting a finger (as in grace notes), the strike is the quick tapping or striking of a finger or fingers on to the chanter. Strikes are also sometimes called hits, taps, slurs, or shakes. The correct strike gives a very quick "pop" sound. Just like a grace note, but lower than the notes on either side of the strike. Sometimes a strike is played with a single finger. For example, simply tap the ring finger of your top hand to play the low A strike between two Es: Sometimes a strike is played with more than one finger. For example, to play the low G strike between two Ds, tap the index, middle, and ring finger of the bottom hand. Today's exercise gives some needed extra practice to our strikes played in jig time. The steady even eighth note ...