Harmony Writing Part Four. By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #88, 2017. In part three of this mini-series on Harmony Writing, we looked at the most common basic chords used to accompany Celtic music, in particular Scottish pipe tunes. A chart of the nine most common chords, most of them consisting […]
Day 20 of the February Piping Challenge saw Dr Andrew Bova dispense advice on how to build stamina in your playing at this time of the year. At 6pm tonight, February 21, Dan Nevans will give a presentation on perfecting your pipe band attack. This will be available to watch on […]
Margaret Houlihan, Willie McCallum, Finlay MacDonald and Dan Nevans have presented videos on a variety of subjects over the previous week in the February Piping Challenge. Willie and Dan gave talks on aspects of performance and preparing for competition, with Margaret, Finlay and Dan the chatting about the technique of […]
Over the past four days Willie McCallum, Danny Hutcheson, Ailis Sutherland and Wilson Brown have been presenting videos on The National Piping Centre’s February Piping Challenge. Willie spoke about 2/4 marches and plays The Crags of Stirling, Danny teaches strikes, Ailis talks about jig playing using the tune The Judge’s […]
Days eight and nine of the February Piping Challenge were presented by Dr Andrew Bova and John Mulhearn on the topics of reel playing and the importance of being physically comfortable when playing your pipes. At 6pm tonight, February 10, Willie McCallum will give a presentation on playing 2/4 marches. […]
Dan Nevans gave a 18 minutes live stream broadcast on the subject of setting your piping goals on day seven of the February Piping Challenge. At 6pm tonight, February 8, Dr Andrew Bova will give a presentation on the topic of playing reels. This a live stream will be available […]
On the sixth day of the February Piping Challenge Dan Nevans gave a presentation on playing strathspeys, and spoke about the note value groups in the bars. At 6pm tonight, February 7, Dan will present on the topic of goal setting and what should you be focussed on changing in […]
Finlay MacDonald presented day five of the February Piping Challenge on the technique of playing tachums, and incorporating them into the tune to make them part of the melody. At 6pm tonight, Dan Nevans will present day six’s video on the topic of strathspeys which will be available to watch on […]
Day four of the February Piping Challenge was all about setting your chanter and drone reeds, while avoiding any extremes to allow you to find your comfort zone. At 6pm tonight, day five’s video will be available to watch on Facebook here and on Youtube here. The NPC team want to see you […]
Dan Nevans gave a tuning demonstration on day three of the February Piping Challenge, and explained the importance of tuning to your high A note. In today’s topic, day 4, which will go live at 6pm tonight, Dan will be talking about adjusting your reeds and how to get the […]
