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Bagpipe Essentials Collection #12: Tachums

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A tachum is a two-note movement with a D gracenote, and the first note is cut. Think of it as a G gracenote on the first note, then a D gracenote on the second note, where that first note is played very short — the D gracenote and the cut first note are what define it.

It's easiest to understand as a doubling that switches to a lower note. A C doubling is a G gracenote and a D gracenote both on C; a tachum from C to low A is identical except the D gracenote switches to low A instead of playing C again.

Keep the D gracenote small and crisp. It's easy to let that D gracenote get too big — it should be just as small and precise as the high G gracenote that opens the tachum.

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00:17Tachum What a Defines🔒

00:42Cut and Gracenote First Note D the The🔒

01:07Tachum Thinking Doubling as of Variant a the🔒

01:28Small D the Gracenote Keeping🔒

01:46Other Combinations Tachum Common🔒

02:00C-to-B Tachums B-to-Low-G and🔒

02:30Rare and Tachums Theoretical🔒

03:04Going A Bottom-Hand Movement Down Summary:🔒

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