THE COMPLETE SCOTTISH SMALLPIPES COURSE!

Lessons are taught in the key of A, however some videos do feature pipes in the key of C.

Choose your own starting point and begin learning at your ability level in your own time and at your own pace!

Video lessons can be played back in slow-mo and sections can be looped - ideal for learning. 

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Beginners Course (8 lessons)

An intensive course with 8 lessons

This course starts with the absolute basics and progresses on to playing tunes with ornamentation. It goes through basic technique with a unique series of exercises to enhance your technique, this course will dramatically improve any beginner’s playing within weeks, and will have absolute beginners playing in no time at all. Sheet music is supplied but I would encourage you to start ear-training and only using if necessary.

Lesson 1 – Setting up the pipes and bellows technique, learning the basic scale

Lesson 2 – pentatonic scales

Lesson 3 – TUNE 1 - Reel

Lesson 4 – G,D,E gracenotes

Lesson 5 – TUNE 1 - Reel - with gracenotes

Lesson 6 – Doublings

Lesson 7 – Technique for playing repeated notes

Lesson 8 – TUNE 2 - March

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Intermediate Course (12 lessons)

An intensive course with 12 lessons.

Following on from the Beginners module, this course focuses on more complex technique and how to implement them into tunes. With a set of unique exercises to enhance your technique, this course will dramatically improve your playing within weeks. Sheet music is supplied but please only use if really necessary, to work on improving ear-training. Ear-training is so important for improving playing and performance. 

Lesson 1 - 4 – Finger dexterity

Lesson 5 – Triplings

Lesson 6 – Birls

Lesson 7 – Slides

Lesson 8 – TUNE 3 - Slip Jig

Lesson 9 – TUNE 4 - Strathspey

Lesson 10 – TUNE 5 - Reel

Lesson 11 – TUNE 6 - Jig

Lesson 12 – TUNE 7 - Minuet

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Advanced Tunes (11 lessons)

Advanced tune learning videos of tunes broken down slowly for you to learn. Lessons also give an insight into techniques which enhance the musicality of the tunes and how to implement them into tune playing. Tunes in minor keys are covered which requires the use of either keys or tape. This is for the more advanced players who have already attained a good level of proficiency and have learned all the technique from the previous videos. Sheet music available, but to improve ear-training please only use if absolutely necessary! Ear-training is so important for improving playing and performance.

Lesson 1 – TUNE 8 - Strathspey

Lesson 2 – TUNE 9 - Reel

Lesson 3 – TUNE 10 - Reel

Lesson 4 – TUNE 11 - Air

Lesson 5 – TUNE 12 - Jig

Lesson 6 – TUNE 13 - Jig

Lesson 7 – TUNE 14 - Reel

Lesson 8 – Building sets – Strathspeys and Reels

Lesson 9 – Buildings sets – slow to fast

Lesson 10 – TUNE 15 - Reel - taught on C pipes

Lesson 11 – TUNE 16 - Reel - taught on C pipes

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