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🎹 Practice Chanter Sessions · 41

My monthly hands-on workout sessions — pattern drills, exercises, and technique tune-ups you can play along with.
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July 2026July 30, 2026 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsA small but lively practice chanter session: A member reports progress on bellows pipes, another member — six months into the full pipes — describes notes cutti
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Practice Chanter Session — June 29, 2026June 29, 2026 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session is built around member questions on Jock Wilson's Ball, a classic reel.
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Practice Chanter Session — February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis practice chanter session runs on member questions, and they're good ones.
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JanuaryJanuary 12, 2026 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsI open with a look back at my front-page New York Times story on online bagpipe lessons, then dive into two meaty topics driven by member questions: how to mem
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Practice Chanter Session — December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsIn this small-group practice chanter session, members bring two live projects to the table: getting Peter MacLeod's tricky Major David Manson up to band tempo w
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Practice Chanter Session — June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis practice chanter session opens with hands-on help for a member whose arthritic fingers struggle to cover the bottom-hand holes.
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AprilApril 18, 2025 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session is built around Mockingbird Hill, a jig I brought back from my Hawaii workshop after first hearing Alasdair Gillies play it — and which a sharp-ear
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Practice Chanter Session — March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsI build this practice chanter session around Archie Beag, the well-loved Donald Morrison jig, and use it to demonstrate one of my favorite learning tools: patte
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Practice Chanter Session — January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis practice chanter session is built entirely around member tunes and questions, and it turns into a masterclass on two things every piper wrestles with: the
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Practice Chanter Session — December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsA member kicks off the final live session of the year with a request: help with back-to-back cut notes in 2/4 marches like The 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar and
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Practice Chanter Session — October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session grew out of an MSR that one of our member bands sent me for help, and in particular their strathspeys, so I turned it into my strathspey 101.
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Practice Chanter Session — September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session is a deep dive into one band's new MSR, requested by email with sheet music in advance: The Road to the Isles, Captain Colin Campbell, and The Soun
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Practice Chanter Session — August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis practice chanter session runs entirely on member questions, and they are good ones.
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Practice Chanter Session — July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis practice chanter session zeroes in on two of the most-played movements in piping: the D throw and the birl.
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Practice Chanter Session — June 19, 2024June 19, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsSparked by a member's hand-built taorluath chart, this session becomes a complete tour of one of piping's core movements and its exotic piobaireachd cousins.
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Practice Chanter Session — May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session opens with a deep dive into reed care.
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Practice Chanter Session — April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's live Practice Chanter Session opens with a quick round of member topics and a practical gear note — how to get the InTune mic working through the U
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Practice Chanter Session — March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis March Practice Chanter Session opens with an easy catch-up about St.
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Practice Chanter Session II — February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session is a deep dive into one of the trickiest corners of practice chanter technique: the grip family.
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Practice Chanter Session — February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis February practice chanter session opens with a wide-ranging conversation about learning bagpipes as an adult, sparked by a panel discussion I took part in
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Practice Chanter Session — January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis is the Inner Circle's first practice chanter session of the year, and I use the fresh start to go back to basics on hand position while also digging into o
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Practice Chanter Session — December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's Practice Chanter Session works through two member tunes in detail — Peter MacLeod's four-part reel Major David Manson and a fast Irish/Scottish jig
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Practice Chanter Session — November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis November Practice Chanter Session opens as an open Q&A, but quickly zeroes in on a single, universal rhythm problem: what happens when a short note lands r
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Practice Chanter Session — October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's live practice chanter session opens with a member question about the best beginner's tutor book, and I walk through the three I'd recommend, plus t
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Practice Chanter Session — August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's Practice Chanter Session opens with a simple but powerful practice tool I discovered after a student wished for a way to hear a phrase played back
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Practice Chanter Session — July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis July Inner Circle practice chanter session opens with a demonstration I have been asked about for weeks: a homemade foam pad taped to the back of the chant
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Practice Chanter Workout (Playing Clean and Fast) — July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsIn this Practice Chanter session, I tackle one of the biggest challenges in piping: how to play clean and fast without sacrificing quality.
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's live practice chanter session opens with a genuine puzzle several members have run into: a birl that's completely reliable in one tune and inconsis
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's Practice Chanter Session is a member-driven workout, with me fielding questions on tunes people are actively working on.
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis is a monthly live Practice Chanter Session, the play-along workout where members bring their own technique questions and I work through them chanter-in-han
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's live practice chanter session runs almost entirely off member questions, and it turns into a deep dive on two topics every piper eventually runs in
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis February practice chanter workout opens with me settling a question I get nearly every week: does chanter length matter?
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis January workout is a member-driven Practice Chanter Session built entirely around requests brought to the class: a tricky third part of Cock of the North,
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis open, play-along session starts wherever members are — a member working through a set of marches, another chasing down a measure that fell apart during war
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis monthly Practice Chanter Workout Session opens with a look at homemade grip mods for the back of the practice chanter — foam padding, a 3D-printed clip, an
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsIn this member session, I work through a specific request: a small group preparing 'Sound of Sleat' for a competition medley wants help with the tune's third pa
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's practice chanter workout opens as an open-floor session, with me inviting the group to bring their own questions and tunes.
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The Ultimate Practice Chanter Workout to Play Clean and FastAugust 26, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsIn this Practice Chanter Session, I lead members through a complete workout built around one central idea: playing fast and clean depends on efficient hand move
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis August session is an open Q&A and practice chanter workout recorded live for BagpipeLessons.com's Inner Circle, right in the middle of my online solo pipin
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Practice Chanter Workout Session — July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis month's session opens with a member wrestling with crossing noises: I can nail a single note transition cleanly, but the moment two land back-to-back, like

📹 Member Videos · 16

Members send in their playing and I coach through it — the fastest way to hear what the common problems sound like and how I fix them.
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Member Videos — May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis is one of our member video classes, and we had two videos to work through.
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Member Videos — March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Member Videos session turns into a full masterclass in arranging, tuning theory, and multitrack recording.
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Member Videos — January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this Member Videos session, I review three recordings sent in by Inner Circle members: a 12/8 march called The 6th of June being prepared for an Anzac Day pa
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SeptemberSeptember 12, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis member videos session works through two submissions, reviewing each in real time and building specific technique out of exactly what's on screen.
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JulyJuly 31, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis was a small, easygoing Member Videos session — only one submission came in, a two-four march sent in by a member along with sheet music.
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JuneJune 3, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis session is a single deep-dive video review built around one member's recording of Glengarry's Lament, working on the crunluath variation — the demanding fi
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MayMay 2, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this Member Videos session, I review recordings that three Inner Circle members sent in ahead of time, giving each one individualized feedback plus a mini-le
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JanuaryJanuary 8, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Member Videos session is a working example of how I review a performance in real time.
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November 2023November 14, 2023 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis session didn't go as planned.
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September 2023September 20, 2023 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Member Videos session works through three submissions members sent in for feedback: a newer piper's first-ever video, playing Amazing Grace; a returning pi
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August 2023August 7, 2023 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis is a Member Videos session, where I work through videos members sent in of themselves playing, reviewing each one live and building a mini-lesson out of wh
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May 2023May 18, 2023 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Inner Circle session is a member video review class: I work through five recordings members submitted, giving live, tune-by-tune feedback.
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March 2023March 16, 2023 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Member Videos session works through recordings sent in by four members, plus a trio preparing for competition season.
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January 2023January 19, 2023 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis is a member video review session: I work through submissions in the order they came in, giving each one the kind of one-shot, real-time feedback a competit
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Sept 2022September 28, 2022 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis session is a one-on-one deep dive built around a single member submission: a video of the funeral lament Flowers of the Forest, sent in shortly after the t
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July 2022July 7, 2022 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Member Videos session features four pipers sending in recordings for feedback, and the through-line across every clip is timing versus technique.

💬 Live Q&A Sessions · 16

Ask-me-anything sessions — reeds, tuning, technique, gear, competitions. Real questions, real answers.
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Live Bagpipe Q&A: Tuning Tips, Bag Sizes, Remembering Piping Legends Ian McLellan & James W. TroyDecember 12, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis live YouTube Q&A opens with a personal, reflective tribute to two major figures in the piping world who had recently passed away: Ian McLellan, widely rega
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Ask Me AnythingOctober 16, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Ask Me Anything session opens with a deep dive into crossing noises, sparked by a member who only knows she makes them because other people tell her.
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with Jori Chisholm: Fix Your Tuning, Improve Your Technique, Stay Motivated!September 16, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this live YouTube Q&A, I work through a batch of real questions submitted by viewers through my website, YouTube comments, and social media.
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: Answers to Your Top Piping QuestionsAugust 6, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis Ask Me Anything session covers the questions Inner Circle members most wanted answered — from physical setup and sore elbows to tempo, dropped drone reeds,
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: The Truth About D Throws, Who Can You Trust?, Faster Fingers, Practice Time Hacks & More!June 4, 2025 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasRecorded casually on my back deck instead of my usual studio, this live video has me working through a stack of real questions viewers submitted after downloadi
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: Plastic vs Wood, Bagpipe Buying Guide, and Tricky Tune TipsOctober 1, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this live Q&A, I open with a few housekeeping updates: an appearance with piper Carlos Núñez in Seattle, my Tartan and Taps workshop in Dallas focused on ser
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LIVE Q&A: Fixing a Chirping Reed, Improving Dexterity, Upcoming Events in Seattle and Dallas, TexasSeptember 18, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this live Q&A, I broadcast from my kitchen instead of my usual studio and opens with a few updates: I'll be performing with virtuoso Galician piper Carlos Nú
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LIVE Q&A with Jori Chisholm: World Championships, Tone Protector Success, and Top Piping TipsSeptember 16, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this live Q&A, recorded right after the top solo competitions in Scotland and the World Pipe Band Championships, I catch viewers up on the biggest events of
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: Practice Chanters vs. Bagpipe Chanters Explained & A New Exercise Master Your Top HandAugust 1, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this live session, I answer a question I get regularly through my website: what's the actual difference between a practice chanter and a pipe (bagpipe) chant
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Bagpipe Q&A: Essential Gear, Playing with Good Form, Winning the Worlds, John D. Burgess, and more!July 19, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasThis is a live, unscripted Q&A session where I answer questions submitted through comments and email from pipers around the world.
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Fixing the Death Grip, Tuning Bagpipes by Ear, Playing with the Piper's Metronome — Live Bagpipe Q&AJune 1, 2024 · Class Replay · Tone & TuningIn this live Friday Q&A, I answer real questions submitted by email and in the comments, working through three major topics for pipers of every level.
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Bagpipe Lessons Q&A: Setting Up & Adjusting Drone Reeds, Reed Humidity Levels & MoreMay 24, 2024 · Class Replay · Setup & MaintenanceIn this live Q&A, I work through real viewer questions about setting up and adjusting drone reeds, starting with a request to demonstrate the process some piper
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with Jori Chisholm: Getting Stronger, Picking Reeds, How to PracticeMay 17, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice TipsIn this live Q&A, I work through a set of emailed and live-chat questions about building physical stamina, choosing reeds, and structuring practice.
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! Live Q&A with Jori Chisholm of BagpipeLessons.comMay 4, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this free-ranging live 'Ask Me Anything' session, I answer real questions submitted by viewers and readers, covering everything from hand tension to troubles
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Live Answers to Your Bagpipe Questions — Ergonomics, Bag Size, Blowpipe Length, Seven Birl & MoreApril 27, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this second live Q&A, I answer a batch of viewer-submitted questions, starting with a deep dive into bagpipe ergonomics.
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Answers to Your Bagpipe Questions! Live with Jori Chisholm of BagpipeLessons.comApril 20, 2024 · Class Replay · Community & ExtrasIn this casual live update, I catch up with viewers after a busy month of travel, sharing quick news, the launch of my 31-video Bagpipe Essentials Masterclass,

✨ What Makes This Tune Great · 11

I take one great tune apart — the history, the structure, and exactly why it works.
Susan MacLeod" — Strathspey by Donald MacLeodApril 28, 2021 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatBagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle LIVE – What Makes this Tune Great?
Cabar FeidhJune 16, 2021 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatBagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle LIVE – What Makes this Tune Great?
Old Wife of the Mill DustAugust 9, 2021 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatBagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle LIVE – What Makes this Tune Great?
I Got a Kiss of the King's HandSeptember 21, 2021 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatBagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle LIVE – What Makes this Tune Great?
P/M Donald MacLeod of Lewis (6/8 March)November 2, 2021 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatBagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle LIVE – What Makes this Tune Great?
Mrs. John MacCollJune 29, 2022 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatI devote this session to one of my all-time favorite tunes — Mrs.
John Morrison of Assynt HouseMay 16, 2024 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatThis session is my love letter to John Morrison of Assynt House, the six-parted 2/4 march by Peter MacLeod that many pipers rank among the greatest tunes ever w
Cameron QuickstepApril 1, 2025 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatIn this Inner Circle session, I dig into one of my all-time favorite tunes — the Cameron Quickstep, the springy 2/4 march I ha used to open recitals for more th
What Makes This Tune Great? Field of Gold (Piobaireachd) — February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune GreatWhat Makes this Tune Great?
What Makes This Tune Great? Lament for the Children (Piobaireachd)April 9, 2026 · Class Replay · What Makes This Tune Greatthe What Makes This Tune Great?

🎶 Get the Pipes Out · 16

Full-pipes play-along sessions — start the pipes, keep them going, and build your stamina with me.
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Let's Play Together on the Pipes LIVEMay 16, 2025 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis live pipes-on session pairs a finger workout with one of my most original pieces of research into bagpipe sound.
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September 2024September 12, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis is a live "Get the Pipes Out" session, my informal play-along and open-discussion format where members bring their full pipes on camera to play together an
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June 2024June 25, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsIn this Inner Circle Live session, I walk members step by step through the pipe band style attack — the sequence a band uses to start up together on the parade
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May 2024May 6, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis 'Get the Pipes Out' session opens with a hands-on chanter maintenance demo before moving into a full group play-along built around one of my core practice
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March 2024March 11, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis is a live "Get the Pipes Out" session recorded March 11, 2024 — a St.
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January 2024January 24, 2024 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis Get the Pipes Out session opens with a member's real struggle — blowing that goes unsteady mid-set, especially when the tune's energy suddenly changes — an
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December 2023December 11, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis 'Get the Pipes Out' session turned into a full live drone reed clinic.
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October 2023October 16, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis 'Get the Pipes Out' session is a live play-along class where I work through two tunes in real time with a small group of members, mixing hands-on drilling
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Get the Pipes Out! — September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis Get the Pipes Out session opens with a hands-on gear walkthrough before the group plays together.
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Get the Pipes Out! — July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis 'Get the Pipes Out' session opens with an open floor for questions before members play together, and I spend the first stretch working through a detailed c
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Get the Pipes Out! — May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session is billed as a 'Get the Pipes Out' play-along, but it turns into something more specific and more useful: a video study of the pipe band attack, th
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Get the Pipes Out! — March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis Get the Pipes Out session opens with an extended live Q&A about chanter tuning, sparked by a member's question about whether the Infinity Chanter is hard t
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Get the Pipes Out! — January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis session opens as a live play-along: I get my own pipes out on camera and walk the group through a quick maintenance routine before playing — checking joint
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Get the Pipes Out! — November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis 'Get the Pipes Out' session opens with me checking in on what each member is working on, from a piobaireachd setting with conflicting published versions to
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Get the Pipes Out! — October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis "Get the Pipes Out" session opens as a walkthrough of my pre-play ritual before pipes ever leave the case: checking the bag for airtightness, reseating dro
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Get the Pipes Out! — August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 · Class Replay · Practice Chanter SessionsThis is a live 'Get the Pipes Out' session — no lecture, just me and members playing together in real time.