A New Jig: “Well Away” (Score & Sound File)

February 18, 2008 on 10:23 pm by mike | In Music, Technique, Solo Piping, Score & Sound File | 2 Comments

I knew I’d been away too long from these pages when it took me 20 minutes to track down the once-memorized dunaber login and password. Thanks to the notes on my trusty Blackberry: found. Continue reading A New Jig: “Well Away” (Score & Sound File)…

Technical Style

July 25, 2007 on 8:30 pm by mike | In Technique, Tips, Solo Piping | 1 Comment

When it comes to technique there’s no one single, absolute and correct way to make things happen.  By “things“, I mean the effective movement of fingers.  ”Technique”, simply stated, is the way we move our fingers to allow just the right amount of air to flow out of our melody-making chanter, the right amount of air to make gracenotes sound and appropriately place rhythmic flourishes (also known as embellishments).  To me, that’s technique.  Dead simple.
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Solo Piping on an Edinburgh Stage

July 12, 2007 on 6:06 pm by mike | In Video, Solo Piping | No Comments

OK. It’s July. It’s summer. And I’m a bit lazy. Better to be outside than at the computer, I think. So I havn’t been all that attentive to this spot. My good intentions have been washed away by good weather, among other things. Continue reading Solo Piping on an Edinburgh Stage…

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