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Today's lesson includes the four-page handout and full 90-minute recording from a seminar I taught called Practice Chanter Fundamentals. The seminar focuses on the bagpipe fingering technique and timing. Other topics covered include: • the role of the practice chanter • the importance of finger technique • hand position and finger position • note transitions • crossing noises: what they are and how to eliminate them • grace notes: beat placement and size • strikes • the 13 primary embellishments (9 doublings, d throw, grip, taorluath, birl) • other movements Download the course handout: Practice Chanter Fundamentals Here's the audio for the seminar: Let's keep the conversation going! Please share your questions, thoughts, and observations in the comments below.