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The Average Piper - Band Practice

I'm currently instructing Celtic Nations Pipe Band and last night was our regular Tuesday night band practice. PM Ken, SJ, and I arrived early and set up. Ken plugged a speaker his metronome. Tables were set up in a horseshoe with Ken and myself…

The Average Piper - Complicated Tunes!

I’m going to hit “reset” today and go back to our list of 7 deadly sins. #2 was choosing tunes that are too complicated. Most of the tune books today are written by Grade 1 pipers for Grade 1 pipers. There is little that is within the…

The Average Piper - Breaking things down!

Last night at band practice we chunked out a couple of phases in two small 6/8 marches that needed work. In "A Hundred Pipers", 2nd part 7th measure, there is a tachum. This is shown in the picture above. The issue was that many pipers were…

The Average Piper - The Bag #4

So, what’s going on inside my bag and what can I do about it? Great questions. As I said earlier, you’re pumping air that’s close to body temperature into the bag and about 100% RH. Under moderate conditions, with everything working as…

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