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Featured Piper of the Day:  J. David Hester

Featured Piper of the Day: J. David Hester

Jun 24, 2011 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Competing & Performing, Share Recordings, Uncategorized, Videos 0

Today, we start a new feature for the BagpipeLessons.com Studio, our first-ever Featured Piper of the Day: J. David Hester of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. David recently placed first in the Grade 3...
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Where would you like to be one year from today?

Where would you like to be one year from today?

Jun 22, 2011 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Practice Tips 1

We've all heard about the importance of deliberate goal-setting as a way to focus your practicing and to make sure you keep motivated and inspired to work and hard and make steady improvements....
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Looking for volunteers for the first Studio Master Class

Looking for volunteers for the first Studio Master Class

Jun 20, 2011 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, General Discussion, Learning Tunes, Self-Recording, Share Recordings, Tune Workshop, Videos 10

I'm looking for three pipers who want to submit videos for the very first BagpipeLessons.com Studio Master Class. The concept of the Master Class has been around for generations. It is similar to a...
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Find the perfect position for the fingers of your top hand

Find the perfect position for the fingers of your top hand

Jun 18, 2011 Jori Chisholm Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Videos 6

One of the tell-tale signs of a good piper or a piper of any level who has been taught well is the position of the fingers of the top hand. The optimal finger position lets your hands stay relaxed...
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1893 interview with the Queen’s Bagpipe Maker

1893 interview with the Queen’s Bagpipe Maker

Jun 16, 2011 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Downloads 3

MacDougall of Aberfeldy is a highly-regarded name in the history of bagpipe making. Here's a fascinating old interview from the People's Journal from November 4, 1893 with "The Queen's Bagpipe...
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Jigs & Hornpipes (70 Minute Seminar)

Jigs & Hornpipes (70 Minute Seminar)

Jun 14, 2011 Jori Chisholm Audio Recordings, Downloads, Fingering & Technique, Learning Tunes, Practice Tips, Seminars, Tunes 5

I thought this time of year might be a perfect time to revisit this seminar recording. Enjoy! Last spring I taught a 70-minute seminar called Jigs & Hornpipes. Take a listen to the audio...
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Find published sources for tunes

Find published sources for tunes

Jun 12, 2011 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Learning Tunes, Tunes 2

Here's a great online resource for finding published sources for tunes. Check it out: Ceolas Tune Index Search Just type in your keywords and see what comes up. The index contains most of the...
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Discover the hidden patterns in your tunes. (New tune: Cullen Bay)

Discover the hidden patterns in your tunes. (New tune: Cullen Bay)

Jun 10, 2011 Jori Chisholm Community and Interactive, Downloads, Learning Tunes, Tune Workshop, Tunes, Videos 10

Ask any piper if they know a tune in the 5/4 time signature.  If they do, it is probably Cullen Bay. (It's the only tune I know of in that time signature.) The creation of Cullen Bay is somewhat of...
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First Results for the Spring 2011 BagpipeLessons.com Online Piping Competition

First Results for the Spring 2011 BagpipeLessons.com Online Piping Competition

Jun 08, 2011 Jori Chisholm Best of the Internet, Competing & Performing, Videos 0

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...
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BagpipeLessons.com Studio Workshop:  Perfect Doublings Revisited

BagpipeLessons.com Studio Workshop: Perfect Doublings Revisited

Jun 06, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Practice Tips, Self-Recording, Workshop 6

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...
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