How to learn tunes faster and remember them forever — by sheet music, by ear, and everything in between.
I have been teaching my son the pipes entirely by ear — the way pipers learned for generations — and this session turns that experiment into a…
I walk through my complete start-to-finish system for learning a new tune, using the classic 6/8 jig Archie Beag as a live example. The session opens …
This 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…
In this video, I break down one of the most misunderstood features of bagpipe sheet music: repeats. Bagpipe tunes are highly structured — the…
In this comprehensive guide, I walk through a new infographic I created mapping every category of bagpipe tune, starting with the two overarching…
Using a new infographic that maps the entire piping repertoire, I walk through every category of bagpipe tune — where each type is played, its time…
Sight reading — looking at a piece of sheet music you have never seen and turning it directly into music — is a skill top session musicians have and…