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Captain Colin Campbell

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One of the Few Intermediate Strathspeys Captain Colin Campbell is a four-parted strathspey that's approachable for intermediate players — most strathspeys sit at a much higher difficulty level, so this is a great entry point into the style.
Four Rhythms, One Long Note Each Every beat in a strathspey is one of four patterns — quarter note, dot-cut, cut-dot, or short-short-long triplet — and each pattern has exactly one long note; everything else on that beat should be very short.
The Trickiest Bar: D Doublings and Short B's The first bar of the third part combines uncommon D doublings with very short B's — isolate that two-beat phrase, loop it slowly, and build speed once it's clean.
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00:03Strathspey Introduction: Intermediate-Level An🔒
00:314/4 Time the Feel and Strathspey🔒
01:06The a of Four Patterns Rhythmic Strathspey🔒
02:59Has Long Beat One Note Every🔒
04:23the First Playing Part🔒
04:59Makes Not a Strathspey a Lift, Strathspey What Flow:🔒
05:41Two-Beat Tricky A Passage🔒
07:05and Tune Across Repetition the Structure🔒
08:49Bar: Trickiest D The Doublings and B's Short🔒
10:36Practice Down, Slow Strategy: Isolate, Up Build🔒

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