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The Average Piper - Tic Toc - You can't catch up!

I sometimes hear pipers attempting to “catch up” after having fallen behind the established tempo of the tune. Hint…YOU CAN”T CATCH UP (without making a mess of things)! What is the appropriate tempo? A march played at 70 beats-per-minute…

The Average Piper - Breaking things down!

Often times I hear pipers crashing through a phrase not able to put specific notes where they belong relative to “the beat”. They start out OK but get tangled up inside the measure or phrase, primarily due to something that is challenging.…

The Average Piper - Do you hear what I hear?

Do you hear what I hear? The answer to that question is more complicated than you might think. Last night at the pub I almost spewed my Guinness! I’ve been stressing use of the metronome and the importance of properly executed and timed GDE’s.…

The Average Piper - The Metronome

Let’s wade into the deep end. The reality is that many Average Pipers do not know how to use a metronome effectively. The word I’m about to use are not intended to be mean. If another word was as descriptive, believe me, I’d use it. Many…