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056 - Happy Birthday Dojo U – A Year in Review - 04.03.2013
Dojo University hits its first anniversary! It’s seems like we’ve always been here, but yes, Dojo U has been delivering the finest bagpipe instruction online for only 12 months. Over that time, we’ve amassed quite a...
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055 - Sight Reading and Memorization Tips - 03.27.2013
The bagpipe is one of the few instruments where players do NOT watch their music scores while performing. We’ll talk about the challenges of memorizing long tunes and long lists of tunes as well as share tips for...
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054 - Transitioning to the Bagpipes from the Practice Chanter - 03.20.2013
Transitioning to the Bagpipe. What are some of the tips and tricks to starting off on this “beast” of an instrument? We’ll talk about all the things that will get you up and running on the big pipe. March 20th, 2013.
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053 - Springtime Development Tips and Tricks - 03.13.2013
Spring Training! It’s time to get into form for the coming performance season. Whether you’re an active competing soloist or do the gig circuit, the warmer months always bring a flurry of activity for the piper. March...
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052 - Putting the “bag” into bagpiping - 03.06.2013
The “bag” in bagpipes. The seasons are changing and it is a good time to start fresh with a new pipe bag. But where do you start?
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050 - Metro Cup Review & Why the Greats are Great - 02.20.2013
The famous Metro Cup was this past weekend, and Vin was there first hand. How did it go? Vin and hopefully you (you know, the guests) will have some thoughts about the weekend!
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049 - Bagpipe Maintenance is a Lifestyle Choice - 02.13.2013
When it comes to bagpipe sound – you’ve gotta start somewhere. And actually, it’s impossible to produce good tone or tuning without a foundation of maintenance. So, we’ll cover the basics at this week’s Dojo Universe...
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048 - Allan MacKenzie’s new book of Cape Breton Music - 02.06.2013
Allan MacKenzie has compiled an excellent new collection of Cape Breton music for pipers called “Co-chruinneachadh MhicChoinnich,” which contains gems from many composers. He’ll be on the show, and we’ll play through...
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047 - Getting your Bagpipe to Produce Dynamics - 01.30.2013
As pipers, we’re in a bit of a bind in that we only have one “volume” we can play, and that volume is best described as… well… loud. However, pipers across the centuries have been creating (or perhaps “simulating”)...
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046 - How Bagpipe Sound Works – a Little Bit of Physics (w/ Matt Griffin)- 01.23.2013
Matt Griffin is joining us today, and we’re going to talk a lot about sound and how it works. He will be teaching an all-new class at Dojo U called “MusicWorks: The Physics and Psychoacoustics of Sound,” where we’ll...
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045 - The Art of Art-iculation - 01.16.2013
Different instruments articulate notes and rhythms in different ways. We use gracenotes, and gracenote combinations called doublings. This week, we’ll talk about the art of producing great articulations on the pipes....
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044 - New Year’s Resolution: Banish Crossing Noises - 01.02.2013
We’re going to talk crossing noises this week. Believe it or not – you still have crossing noises in your playing. Yep. Even you. We do too! Crossing noises, in some form or another, are always present. Our job is to...
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