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Practice Tips

Smarter practice in less time: routines, goal-setting, motivation, and the common pitfalls that hold pipers back.

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Practice Tips9m

The Discipline of Doing: How the Terminator Mindset Can Transform Your Life

This is a personal-development talk from me, stepping outside pure piping instruction to share the six principles I call 'the discipline of doing' -- …

All LevelsFebruary 18, 2026· YouTube Video
Practice Tips7m

Stop Wasting Practice Time and Start Improving Fast With My New 7-Step Mindful Practice Checklist

I introduce my seven-point mindful practice checklist, a tool designed to stop pipers from wasting practice time on mindless repetition. My starting…

All LevelsFebruary 5, 2026· YouTube Video
Practice Tips1h 8m

Piping Pitfalls: Top Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

I frame piping in five big areas — technique, tone, musical expression, performance skills, and how to practice — and the group votes to dig into the …

All LevelsSeptember 30, 2025· Class Replay
Practice Tips57m

Strategy & Goal-Setting for the Off-Season

Every fall for two decades, I flew home from the Worlds and the big solo events in Scotland, unpacked my case, and put my entire competition binder…

All LevelsSeptember 4, 2025· Class Replay
Practice Tips41m

Live Q&A with Jori Chisholm: Getting Stronger, Picking Reeds, How to Practice

In this live Q&A, I work through a set of emailed and live-chat questions about building physical stamina, choosing reeds, and structuring practice.…

IntermediateMay 17, 2024· YouTube Video
Practice Tips46m

It's Groundhog Day! Strategies to Keep Your Piping Varied, Interesting, and Motivating

Using Bill Murray's Groundhog Day as the jumping-off point, I tackle one of the most common problems in piping: a practice routine that repeats…

All LevelsFebruary 2, 2024· Class Replay
Practice Tips20m

Start the Year Off Right: Create Your Own 12-Week Plan for Piping Success

In this video, I introduce my free guide, Starting the Year Off Right: How to Create Your Own 12-Week Plan for Piping Success. Rather than a…

All LevelsJanuary 5, 2024· YouTube Video
Practice Tips18m

Starting the Year Off Right

In this session, I introduce my free guide, Starting the Year Off Right: How to Create Your Own 12-Week Plan for Piping Success. It is not a set…

All LevelsDecember 22, 2023· Class Replay
Practice Tips9m

Discover the Top 7 Apps Every Piper Must Have to Unleash the Power of Your Smartphone to Play Better

In this video I walk through my favorite smartphone apps for piping practice and introduces the Piper's Advantage bagpipe phone mount, a…

All LevelsJuly 1, 2023· YouTube Video
Practice Tips55m

How to Get Better — Five Simple and Powerful Ways to Instantly Improve Your Piping Now

I open with the framework behind all of my teaching: everything in piping fits into three categories — technique (everything you can do on the…

All LevelsApril 25, 2023· Class Replay
Practice Tips58m

Finding Inspiration & Motivation

What happens when the fire goes out? In this discussion-driven session, I tackle the question that sits above all goal setting: why play at all.…

All LevelsJune 21, 2022· Class Replay
Practice Tips63m

Piper's Metronome Tutorial: Getting Started with the World's #1 Metronome for Pipers

This video is a recording of a live Inner Circle class where I walk members step by step through the Piper's Metronome app, the metronome I designed…

IntermediateJanuary 8, 2022· YouTube Video
📚 All 18 Practice Tips posts
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Getting the most out of your practiceDecember 1, 2015 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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10 Rules of Good and Bad PracticingMarch 21, 2015 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Track your goals and stay motivated with this amazing website.November 18, 2014 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Why You Play Better at Home Than at Your LessonsOctober 24, 2014 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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What is Deliberate Practice?June 8, 2014 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Supercharge your lessons by answering a few simple questions.March 7, 2014 · Lesson · Practice Tips
Take your practice to a whole new level with this amazing appDecember 14, 2013 · Video Lesson · Practice Tips
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Some reminders for helping you achieve excellence.June 15, 2013 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Change up your routine this week with some fun practice alternativesNovember 4, 2012 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Keep your notes on your tunes organized with the Tune Success LogDecember 30, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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How many hours a day should you practice?November 22, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Where would you like to be one year from today?June 22, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Get your hands warmed up and ready to play in 2 minutesJune 4, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Warm up your hands and wrists with simple stretchesMay 19, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Welcome BagpipeLessons.com 30 Day Practice Challengers!May 16, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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Catch Up DayMarch 10, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
Keeping track of your progressMarch 2, 2011 · Video Lesson · Practice Tips
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Getting ready to make the most of the 30 Day Practice ChallengeMarch 1, 2011 · Lesson · Practice Tips
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