Over on the BagpipeLessons.com Blog, I've posted the first results from the Spring 2011 Online Piping Competition. http://bagpipelessons.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-results-for-spring-2011.html Back...
Today's focus: perfect doublings. It is an important topic, and an area where greater control and consistency will help you bring our the music your tunes. Today's goal is to work on making your...
When you first pick up your chanter or pipes, it can take a few minutes to get the hands warmed up and working. A while back we looked at some simple stretches for your hands, today's video is a...
Here's a real gem from the archives. A 1964 catalog from pipe maker Grainger and Campbell. Their top of the line model: "Bagpipes made of African Blackwood. Fully mounted in Sterling Silver, Chasted...
Here's a great resource for learning to read the notes of the scale. Check it out! Even if you are experienced at reading the notes, try the Note Trainer and see if you can get a perfect score! Go to...
Timothy Cummings has published some great Appalachian tunes for the pipes. Listen to some of the the tunes or view his sheet music and arrangements. Scotland's National Piping Centre featured some of...
When pipers struggle with sight reading tunes off the written page, it is usually rhythm that is the stumbling block. Here's a great tool for learning to read rhythms. Check out these exercises....
Try some simple stretches to get your hands warmed up and ready to pipe. Stretching improves flexibility and gets the muscles and tendons and ligaments lubricated and increases blood flow. This brief...
I recently taught a 90-minute seminar called Learning Tunes Made Easy. Take a listen to the audio recording of the entire course and the questions and answers.
I originally blogged about this a couple of years ago, and it still amazes me when I see pipers of all levels playing their pipes without ear protection. Pipes are loud. Hearing damage is cumulative....
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