Bagpipe Essentials Collection #28: D Throws
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The D throw is low G, a D gracenote to C, then D — and only the D gracenote is a true gracenote. The low G and the C written before it look like gracenotes on the page, but they're solid, full notes; the D gracenote is the only truly tiny one in the movement.
There are two styles: light (open) and heavy. The light D throw — the one I was taught and teach — has no extra note; the heavy D throw adds an extra D-gracenote-back-to-low-G before the plain C and D, giving it a slightly fuller sound.
The low G of the D throw belongs right on the beat. Not early, not late — landing it exactly on the beat is what makes D throws line up in unison in a pipe band setting.
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Bagpipe Essentials Collection #28: D Throws
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00:17to Then Gracenote C, G, Low D D🔒
00:41Gracenote a Gracenote Only Is D True the🔒
01:37Light D (Open) The Throw🔒
02:01All Why Three Fingers Together Lift🔒
02:56Falls the Throw the on D Where Beat🔒
03:53Heavy Light Styles: and Two🔒
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