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- Category: bagpipe lessons
- Category: Bagpipe Maintenance
- It Takes Air!
- The Power of Hemp
- The Maintenance Kit
- Do you know why there are 5 stock corks in a set?
- Your Pipes might Just need a Hard Reset!
- Cracking Bagpipes
- Let’s Talk About Maintenance!
- Time For A Tune Up?
- Modern technology and good hygiene should be a preventer of “Bagpipe Lung Disease”.
- Dead Bagpipes Tell All Tales!
- Category: Bagpipe Performance
- Category: Bagpipe Practicing
- How Can You Play the Bagpipe If You Can’t Blow and Squeeze? Here’s a way!
- Get On Board “The Tune Train”
- More On The “15 Minute Set”
- Big, Slow and Open Highlighting the G Grace Notes in the Doublings.
- Playing the Bagpipe is Psychological!
- “How long does it take to learn a new tune?”
- Rhythm VS Technique
- Warning! Some types of practicing may be hazardous to your home!
- Warning: BTO’s can limit and even damage your bagpipe career!
- The Tune Pyramid
- 15 Minutes Daily Is Just the Start!
- The Crossing Noise
- The Blowing & Squeezing Pendulum
- Stop, Drop and Roll!
- Let’s Talk About Using The Metronome.
- Building a Tune Is Like Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies!
- Memorization, Musicality, & Rhythm are all Related!
- Are You Doing Enough “Reps”?
- It Might Take More Than Skill!
- “This is what I did this week”
- Does your Job interfere with your Bagpipe habit?
- Consistency is the key!
- Being a Musician
- A bagpiper is a person who can play a list of tunes on the bagpipe by memory!
- Let’s Talk More About Practicing
- Say it, don’t play it!
- I can play anywhere!
- Are you on the 20 year plan or the 5 year plan?
- The traveling bagpipe student
- How much air is enough?
- Hand Position Follies
- Is it possible to learn without an instructor?
- 10 Repetitions Creates a Memorized Tune?
- Fail My Way First!
- Reading a 2/4 Competition March
- The 4 steps to tune development
- Just Playing the Pipes Isn’t Practicing!
- Another Take on Blowing and Squeezing
- Are you suffering from “Bagpipe Doldrums”?
- It’s About Strength!
- Just do it!
- Crossing Noises-A Bagpiper’s Conundrum
- Do you have 10 years of experience, or 1 year of experience 10 times?
- Frustrated? It might be your fault.
- Are you a victim of “Bagpipe Tune Ecstacy”?
- Are you a “Plate Spinner”?
- Category: Bagpipe Products
- How to Buy a Bagpipe
- Why You Should Own A Bagpipe Stand
- Get an early start on Christmas and improve your musical skills!
- The cost of free sheet music.
- Getting prepared for the New Year.
- The Bagpipe Stand
- The Gibson Universal Water Trap
- Bagpipe parts and their expected life
- The Bagpipe Hymnal
- A New Toy: The Dunfion AB Small Pipes
- Category: Bagpipe Tunes
- The Ashoken Farewell
- George Roy’s March
- The Thanksgiving Hymn
- The Pipe Major’s Lament
- Playing Susan MacLeod
- Now Is The Time To Prepare Your Christmas Tunes!
- Playing a 2/4 March-Mrs MacDonald of Dunnach
- The 2/4 March-The Abercairney Highlanders
- Another 15 Minute Set!
- Learn to play a 6/8-Mme Demira Dimitrova
- Learn to play “Tam Bains Lum”!
- The Duke of Gordon as a Jig!
- Category: Bagpiper Motivation
- What To Do With Your Goals And Dreams
- No, I Don’t Want To Buy Your Pipes!
- Which Path Will You Choose?
- The Power of Belief
- The only thing perfect in life is an egg . . . .
- The Affect of a Personal Project
- Attitude = Altitude
- Become an Active Music Listener
- The “Bagpipe World’s” best Guide
- If you have a passion, failure is a temporary inconvenience!
- Now’s the Time!
- So….What do you want to be when you grow up?
- Life IS about winning and losing!
- What is talent?
- Are you committed at least for the time being?
- A Question of Motivation and Ethics?
- Category: General
- In The Weeds
- It’s About Articulation
- Some Thoughts on Moisture Control
- The Walrus
- A Soldier’s Song (Irish National Anthem)
- Take Control of your Bagpipe Life By Learning To Adjust Chanter Reeds!
- Wha’ll Be King But Charlie
- Captian EBB Touse VC
- Bagpipes For Beginners Book & Program
- The Conundrum
- What are your bagpipe goals for 2024?
- Rhythm Training Program
- Are You Having Fun Yet?
- Leaving Port Askaig
- Do You Like To Practice?
- Building a Random 6/8 March
- Defining the Rhythm In A 2/4 March
- Ryan’s March
- Early Bird Special
- Tim’s Mushrooms-A Hornpipe
- Playing a Grip on C from B Position
- So, your kid wants to take bagpipe/music lessons?
- How to Get Started on The Great Highland Bagpipe. FAQ’s
- Don’t Let A Grinch Steal Your Bagpipe Dream!
- The Pipe Band Practice Factory
- Have You Plateaued?
- So, Your Kid Wants To Play The Bagpipe.
- So, You Want To Be A Bagpiper?
- Your Frustration Might Just Be Your Fault!
- Stop, Isolate and Drill (Not “Stop, Drop and Roll”).
- Getting the Most For Your Money
- Weekly Bagpipe Advice Number 2
- Weekly Bagpipe Advice #1
- So, You want to play the bagpipe?
- What is a Bagpiper?
- The “Bagpipe World’s” Best Guide
- Should bagpipe lessons be free?
- Don’t Buy a Bagpipe!
- Do I need a bagpipe teacher or not?
- A Bagpiper is a Person Who Can Play A List of Tunes on the Bagpipe
- Teaching an Autistic Bagpipe Student.
- Should I teach myself to play the bagpipe?
- Category: Pipe Bands