Lindsay Davidson 
Driving 'piping forward

“G,D,E” EXERCISE

This is an exercise which has traditionally been used to build up confidence and speed in linking together a very common combination of gracenotes.

This exercise can later be altered to give some quite ferocious finger exercises.

GDE exercise

Please click on the image to hear it being played.







Getting Started

How to Practice

Rhythm and Reading Music
 

Rudiments Index

Hand Position and the Scale
Crossing sounds
G Gracenotes
D Gracenotes
E Gracenotes
G,D,E Gracenotes exercise
Strikes
Throws
Doublings - general principles
Low G Doublings
Low A Doublings
B Doublings
C Doublings
D Doublings
E Doublings
F Doublings
High G Doublings
High A Doublings
Grips
Taorluath
Birl
Tachum
Hara

Moving on


Exercises
Tunes

Bagpipes

Transition to Bagpipes
Tuning a Bagpipe

Getting Better

Using Midi files
Intermediate exercises
Advanced

Band repertoire

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