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342 - Birling Around (Dojo Conversations Ep 14)
What kind of birl do you play? Do you know all the ways you can execute one? Is there a "best" way? On this week's episode of Dojo Conversations, Andrew and Jim delve into everything you want to know about birls –...
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341 – Should You Lick Your Chanter Reed? (Dojo Conversations Ep 13)
Should you ever lick your reed? Why do pipers lick (or shave, or poke, or manipulate in any way whatsover) their reeds in the first place?
Andrew and Jim (Heritage Bagpipes / Droning On Podcast) delve into the dos...
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340 - Are You Holding Your Chanter "Wrong"? (Dojo Conversations Ep 12)
Is there a "right" or "wrong" way to hold your chanter? Why do some of the world's best pipers seem to hold their chanters the "wrong" way to how most of us are taught? Andrew and Jim (Heritage Bagpipes, Droning On...
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339 - How to clean up your embellishments (Dojo Conversations Ep 11)
Where do embellishments come from? What can go wrong with a grace note? Do you need to play tunes exactly as they're written? Does the way we write embellishments negatively impact our playing? Andrew and Jim...
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338 - Does it matter which grace notes you play? (Dojo Conversations Ep 10)
Can anyone actually tell if you play the wrong grace note? And does it really matter which grace note you play on different notes and embellishments? Andrew and James Moyar (Heritage Bagpipes, Droning On Podcast)...
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337 - Can Hard Reeds Be Good For You? (Dojo Conversations Ep 9)
The piping world has an epidemic of bagpipes that are hard to play. But can playing a hard reed ever be good for you? In this week's episode of Dojo Conversations, Andrew and James get to the bottom of 'piper's snot'...
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336 - What a Judge Wants (Dojo Conversations Ep 8)
Can a judge actually tell if you aren't playing all your drones? Should you use all of the tuning time you're allowed? How much does tune selection REALLY matter? James Moyar(Droning On Podcast, BagpipeSwag.com,...
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335 - Crossing Noise Secrets (Dojo Conversations Episode 7)
Pipers at all levels of ability and experience can find pesky crossing noises creeping into our playing.
Do you know the different kinds, how to eliminate them, and what causes them? The answer, especially to the...
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334 - To fix your embellishments... stop playing embellishments (Dojo Conversations Ep 6)
Did you know that embellishments aren't just a collection of grace notes mashed together?
They may look that way when they're written out in sheet music, but there's a bit more to them than that. They're actually...
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333 - Sight-read any bagpipe tune effortlessly (Dojo Conversations Ep 5)
Sight-reading is something a lot of pipers struggle with, especially if you didn't learn how to read music before you started learning to play bagpipes.
But it doesn't have to be hard. This is my simple,...
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332 - How to "hemp edit" your bagpipes (Dojo Conversations Ep 4)
Hemp is finicky. Day to day, your joints' tightness can change quite a bit, so when it comes to technique, my golden rule: it has to be fast.
Watch as I demonstrate how to wrap hemp on your drone or reed seats for a...
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331 - The #1, foolproof, top-secret reed manipulation trick (Dojo Conversations Ep 3)
Licking, poking, pinching... what's the best way to sound absolutely incredible every time you choose a new reed? In this video, Andrew steps you through how to deal with challenging reeds, and the best way to...
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