As part of our activities related to next month's online competition, I thought we could start with the important but often overlooked process of selecting tunes. The first question you need to ask...
I'm excited to announced the third BagpipeLessons.com Online Piping Competition. And I'm hoping you'll join me for the competition and for a month of activities here on the Studio to help you take...
Here's the complete video of my recent performance in Canberra, Australia. The concert was part of a weekend festival organized by the Canberra College of Piping and has grown to one of the biggest...
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...
Recently I taught at a weekend piping workshop in Canberra, Australia. Here is a 90 minute recording of the first class I taught to the intermediate piping class. The featured tune was the 2/4...
Today's exercise focuses on Doublings from High A and High G. Previously, we've discussed the perfect doubling and we've worked on getting clean, strong, and rhythmically consistent doublings....
Previously, we looked at Strathspey Triplets — GDEs grace note combinations. Because of their rhythm, technique, and unique style of expression, strathspeys are some of the greatest and most...
Today's featured exercise is the Crunluath-a-mach Progression Exercise. The Crunluath-a-mach is an exciting embellishment found at the end of some Piobaireachd tunes. It is quite fast and...
Today's featured tune is the classic six-parted (!) 2/4 march: Highland Wedding. You can download the sheet music for Highland Wedding. Print yourself at least two copies. Here's a video of the SFU...
Good Monday Morning! It's the start of the week, and it's also Back to School month for many of us, so I thought it would be great to start this week with the ultimate Power Workout.
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