Today’s post comes from our newest BagpipeLessons.com Studio contributor Dr. Simon McKerrell — piper, composer, and professor. For more about Dr. McKerrell, scroll down to read his piping bio....
Today's post features a well-known competition-style 2/4 march – Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban. Included is a complete recording of the tune, a complete audio lesson on the tune with detailed...
Today's lesson includes the four-page handout and full 90-minute recording from a seminar I taught called Practice Chanter Fundamentals. The seminar focuses on the bagpipe fingering technique and...
Today’s post comes from our newest BagpipeLessons.com Studio contributor Dr. Simon McKerrell — piper, composer, and professor. For more about Dr. McKerrell, scroll down to read his piping bio....
Today’s post comes from our newest BagpipeLessons.com Studio contributor Dr. Simon McKerrell -- piper, composer, and professor. For more about Dr. McKerrell, scroll down to read his piping bio....
Today's post is the first in a new series of posts about the science of successful learning. Many traditional practice methods are based on time-honored traditions and folklore. Recent science...
Note: Today’s post is by David Hester, who has been exploring an alternative approach to Piobaireachd playing at his website, altpibroch.com. Sound familiar? Probably not. But it is a motif which...
We've covered some pretty important topics here on the BagpipeLessons.com Studio, from pipe chanter reeds and drone reeds to pipe bags and performing and memorizing tunes. But we want to hear from...
Ever felt that you weren't getting the results you wanted out of your practice? Ever wondered why improvement in some skills and abilities seems to level off despite lots of practice time? Ever...
Most bagpipes today are made from African Blackwood, but it wasn't always that way. In the past, bagpipes were made from a variety of woods including ebony, ironwood, cocus, and cocobolo. More...
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