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Bagpipe Essentials Collection #14: Strikes

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A strike is the mirror image of a gracenote. A gracenote lifts a finger to a note higher than the one you're on; a strike taps a finger down to sound a lower note than the one you're on — it's also called a tap.
Which fingers you tap depends on the note you're striking from. Some strikes are a single finger — an E strike from F, a low A strike from E — while others need two fingers at once, like the B strike (tap to low G) or the two-finger C strike.
Keep strikes light and bouncy, not heavy. Aim for a nice little pop, not a hard press — if a strike is missing, it's often because the finger isn't landing on target, not because it's too light.
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00:13The a Is: Mirror a Gracenote What Strike of🔒
00:29A E Low to Low A to Low G, and🔒
00:46in Music Strikes and F Reading E, Sheet to🔒
01:09Strike B Two-Finger The🔒
02:05Strike C Light a The Keeping Pop and🔒
02:32Missed Fixing Heavy or Strikes🔒
03:06Heavy Versions D and Two of Strike: the Light🔒
03:27The Tap or A High Swipe Strike:🔒

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