I've arrived in Scotland for my annual competition tour! Over the next 4 weeks, I'll be posting some of my adventures as I travel around attending various competitions. As I get photos and...
Today, let's meet our third Featured Piper of the Day: Reed Lancaster of Seattle, USA. Reed has been piping for over 5 years, he's a multi-instrumentalist, martial artist, and a police detective....
"Hemp" is the yellow string that we use to wrap our joints. Originally, pipers' "hemp" was actually made from hemp, but these days the string is made from linen. Pipers have traditionally rubbed...
Download today's featured exercise: Power Edres. This brand new exercise follows the same 8-4-2-1 pattern as the other exercises in the Power series. Edres are most commonly found in Piobaireachd,...
Following the past week of posts about self-recording with video, today we have out second Featured Piper of the Day: Bill Urquhart of Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. In January, Bill entered the first...
Self-recording and self-analysis is an important tool used by top performers to refine their craft. But why stop there? It's never been easier to make and share recordings with others. Consider...
We've discussed how useful it can be to record yourself on video. It can offer really good, factual information that can make your practice sessions more effective and can give you inspiration and...
Self-recording is one of the most powerful tools you can use to take your piping to the next level. A high-quality video recording gives you useful audio and visual feedback that can give your...
Bill Peters of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada is our first participant for the BagpipeLessons.com Studio Master Class. The concept of the Master Class has been around for generations. It is similar to...
So what's the difference between a grip and leumluath? Is there a difference? A grip is a low G based movement, played from any note to any note. It's very similar to the Taorluath. In fact, the grip...
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