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Welcome to the lessons of 2010. Memorization !! How good are your skills? Do your fingers move automatically in the correct direction? Correct destination? Do you see the words in the music? Can you make sense of the musical sentence structure and the meaning of the sentence? Do you see the punctuation? Can you speed read with accuracy?
Hopefully, the next few months will prove to be an extended course in developing these skills, one by one. Wherever appropriate, they will be demonstrated in new tunes. Work hard and enjoy 2010!
Lessons Available 0n CD 2006 - Basic Drills and New Tunes 2007 - Pulsing and Playing Music 2008 - Playing with Control 2009 - How to Drill and Play More Advanced Tunes
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The Student Forum is now open for business. This blog styled room is for the interchange of ideas, discussion of technique, pulsing, phrasing, problems you might be having with your piping, answers to music searches - questions that are not covered in the lessons - arguments - just about anything you wish to discuss openly with fellow subscribers or the piping public. It also serves as a quick access to the Captain. So use it often and enjoy...
September 8, 2010 Lesson 28 The Elements of Music Groove
To Angus MacColl
To the Tune
September 1, 2010 Lesson 27 The Elements of Music Welcome Back!
The Curriculum for this Session
June 30, 2010 Lesson 26 Memorization Techniques July - August Activities
A Summer Aire! School is out! See you in September
June 23, 2010 Lesson 25 Memorization Techniques Summary - all the steps
Try the Mason's Apron - in A or G, take your pick!
June 16, 2010 Lesson 24 Memorization Techniques A Strathspey- Color
Coded
One of Michael Grey's Best!
June 9, 2010 Lesson 23 Memorization Techniques Short Cut Methods - Color
Coded
See it - understand it - play it!
June 2, 2010 Lesson 22 Memorization Techniques
Let's Not Forget Compound Time
The classic 6/8 of all time - a must for all pipers!
May 26, 2010 Lesson 21 Memorization Techniques Putting the Memorization Plan
into Action
Can you start a tune without the practice chanter in hand?
May 19, 2010 Lesson 20 Memorization Techniques Following the Memorization Plan
Through
Finishing the task you started!
May 12, 2010 Lesson 19 Memorization Techniques The Memorization Plan
Mapping your way through the process logically!
May 5, 2010 Lesson 18 Memorization Techniques Imaging the Rudiments
If you know its silhouette, you can play it!
April 28, 2010 Lesson 17 Memorization Techniques Adding Accent & Rhythm
All things for a reason !
April 21, 2010 Lesson 16 Memorization Techniques Further Rudiments of Piping
The Final Pages!
April 14, 2010 Lesson 15 Memorization Techniques Further Rudiments of Piping
The Most Important Page in any Tutor
April 7, 2010 Lesson 14 Memorization Techniques Further Rudiments of Piping
Time to increase the rhythm!
March 31, 2010 Lesson 13 Memorization Techniques Essential Rudiments of Piping
As the drummer learns basic rudiments, so should the piper!
March 24, 2010 Lesson 12 Memorization Techniques Compound Time - Syllables
Within the Words
An old traditional tune "March of the Cameron Men"
March 17, 2010 Lesson 11 Memorization Techniques
March 10, 2010 Lesson 10 Memorization Techniques The Complete Tune in Your Head
Phrasing "Father John Rankin"
March 3, 2010 Lesson 9 Memorization Techniques The Second Part - The Words
"Father John Rankin" by Jerry Holland
February 24, 2010 Lesson 8 Memorization Techniques Seeing the
words - understanding the
phrases
Sample tune "Father John Rankin" by Jerry Holland, King of the Cape Breton Fiddlers
February 17, 2010 Lesson 7 Memorization Techniques Follow the Rules - See the
Words
Sample tune "Father John Rankin" by Jerry Holland, King of the Cape Breton Fiddlers
February 10, 2010 Lesson 6 Memorization Techniques The Word Structure of Music
Sample tune "Father John Rankin" by Jerry Holland, King of the Cape Breton Fiddlers
February 3, 2010 Lesson 5 Memorization Techniques Arpeggio Drills in Compound
Time
January 27, 2010 Lesson 4 Memorization Techniques Explore the Arpeggio in D
January 20, 2010 Lesson 3 Memorization Techniques Scotland the Brave in G
January 13, 2010 Lesson 2 Memorization Techniques Playing in G
January 6, 2010 Lesson 1 Memorization Techniques Playing in A
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