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Bagpipe Essentials Collection #20: D Doublings

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The D doubling is one of the least common doublings, because the D throw usually takes its place. Most of the time, when an embellishment lands on D, it's the D throw rather than the D doubling — which means pipers often don't get much practice on it.

It's a G gracenote on D, followed by an E gracenote on D. That E gracenote is the tricky part, since it uses the ring finger — for most players, especially right-handers, the least coordinated finger.

Keep the hand loose so the ring finger can actually cooperate. A tight hand makes an already less-coordinated finger even harder to lift cleanly, so relaxation matters more here than in most doublings.

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00:13Why D the Is Doubling Rare🔒

00:29E on G Then Gracenote, Gracenote, D🔒

00:59Challenge The Finger Ring🔒

01:12Harder Why Practice Infrequent It Makes🔒

01:31the Keeping Hand Relaxed🔒

02:07and Speed Full Slow🔒

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