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 […]
The topic of day two of the February Piping Challenge was how to memorise tunes to develop your repertoire. In the video below Dan Nevans shares the ‘rule of three’ tip to help the tune learning process. In day three’s topic, which will go live at 6pm tonight, Dan will […]
Dan Nevans kickstarted The National Piping Centre’s February Piping Challenge yesterday at 6pm with a 25 minute livestream on the topic of Getting your pipes going. Dan presentation was very entertaining, often with an interesting turn of phrase, and his main point in all the advice he shared was the […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. I have often wondered why the notes on the Highland pipe chanter have the wrong names, and thought it might point to a time in history when the pipe chanter’s low A note did actually sound an A note at 440Hz. I took […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. Part four of this series is to give pipers some understanding of what other instruments need to do in order to be in tune with our concert pitch B-flat chanter, or even allow you to tell your musician friends what they should be […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. As part of the interviews conducted for this feature in 2011, I focused on a few topics which are crucial, or closely related, to the whole subject. These discussions are not all about the theory but more about sharing the experience of the […]
