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Secrets of Drone Tuning – Part One

Secrets of Drone Tuning – Part One

Mar 26, 2011 Jori Chisholm Bagpipe Set Up, Tone & Tuning, Videos 25

"Pay or I play." Bagpipes are often the subject of jokes that make fun of the sound of the pipes. The comic of the piper who has has made a pile of money standing in front of a sign that reads "Pay...
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Crossing Noises

Crossing Noises

Mar 23, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique 18

We've all played them. We've all worked to get rid of them. We all strive to play clean and controlled and keep our tunes free from crossing noises. What are crossing noises? Crossing noises are...
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Twenty-One Tasks

Twenty-One Tasks

Mar 21, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, General Discussion, Practice Tips 49

Congratulations on making your second round of recordings yesterday. If you haven't completed it yet, see if you can get it done today or tomorrow. Today let's do something fun to celebrate reaching...
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Self-recording: Take Two

Self-recording: Take Two

Mar 20, 2011 Jori Chisholm Learning Tunes, Self-Recording, Tunes 28

Today's focus: Make recordings of your three tunes. As you learned back in Week One, self-recording followed by careful listening can be one of the best methods for making big improvements in your...
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The Birl

The Birl

Mar 16, 2011 Jori Chisholm Exercises, Fingering & Technique, Videos 27

Today's focus is an important and common element of piping technique: The Birl. The simplest way to describe the birl: The birl is two low G strikes on Low A. What makes the birl interesting in a...
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Catch Up Day

Catch Up Day

Mar 10, 2011 Jori Chisholm General Discussion, Practice Tips, Videos 33

You've been working hard this month and today we'll take a day to catch up on everything and take a little breather. Listening and Learning from Others continues Yesterday, you listened to the videos...
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The Dot-Cut

The Dot-Cut

Mar 08, 2011 Jori Chisholm Expression, Fingering & Technique, Learning Tunes, Tunes, Videos 46

Here in the Inner Circle, we have looked at many tunes in depth. In the coming days, we'll be looking at even more, including reels. Reels fall into two basic categories: round (no dot-cuts) and...
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Listening and Planning the Next Step

Listening and Planning the Next Step

Mar 07, 2011 Jori Chisholm Learning Tunes, Tunes 39

Over the past few days, you selected three tunes, you prepared to make your recordings, and then you completed your recordings of your three tunes. Today, you'll listen and evaluate your recordings...
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Self-recording

Self-recording

Mar 05, 2011 Jori Chisholm Competing & Performing, Tunes 52

Today's focus: Make recordings of your three tunes. As we discussed yesterday, one of key's to deliberate practice is careful analysis of your current skills so that you can identify the next steps...
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Keeping track of your progress

Keeping track of your progress

Mar 02, 2011 Jori Chisholm Practice Tips, Videos 52

The first and most important step to making progress toward your goals is keeping track of your progress. For this objective, I have created a document based on my own personal progress tracking...
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