Ever met someone who can tell a fantastic story?
While anyone could recount the same facts and events so you knew what happened, the flair a great st...
Did you know that embellishments aren’t just a collection of grace notes mashed together?
They may look that way in sheet music, but they are actuall...
Grace notes – those tiny, short notes that give bagpipe music decoration and dynamics – are often overlooked by beginner and intermediate pipers as ‘n...
Birls – rapid pinky passes over low G – are embellishments that you’ll have to learn to play in a band or as a soloist.
Although they can be quite di...
“You’re not a ‘real piper’ unless you play all the embellishments.”
Ever heard this one before?
Many bands still stick to this idea – that to play i...
