SFU Pipe Band - Skye Boat Song and Jigs from Live in Chilliwack 2020
https://youtu.be/A6AdJLVAA_U This is a fun set to listen to and watch. Not only are the dancers superb, but check out the tenors flourishing!
Category: Commandment 1: Immersion
Your environment is the single greatest correlate to your success as a piper. Create a rich environment for learning, and you'll drastically increase your odds of success. We believe, for every one hour of "active" practice, you should be "passively" immersing yourself in bagpipe music, thought, and culture. When in doubt, use this page for inspiration.
Our Favorite Evergreen Sources of Bagpipe Inspiration:
Andra's 45-hour Spotify Playlist!
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 1
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 2
BBC Pipeline Archive
BBC Piping Sounds
Enjoy your Piping! With Gary West
The Big Rab Show Podcast
The World Pipe Band Championships
PipesDrums.com
The Piping Press
Bagpipe.News
Andrew Lenz's "Bagpipe Journey"
New Addition! The Piper's Persuasion - famous piper interviews.
Music Theory Questions Answered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXCWYqpId4 Here's a great explanation of some common music theory questions.
The Power of 'Yet'
After three decades spent playing and teaching bagpipes at every level, I’ve noticed a common trait in the vast majority of pipers. Most of them…
Nicol Brown Judges Recital 2021
The Nicol-Brown committee is proud to present Roddy MacLeod, MBE, Bob Worrall, Jenny Hazzard, and Nick Hudson in concert as a benefit for the continuing…
Ewen of the Battles
https://youtu.be/7vGuM3ynq8A A nice version of this piobaireachd. Want to learn this tune, join Glenn Brown's Piobaireachd Fundamentals class on Thursday or visit Glenn's Library!
I just love this guy
I just love how Jacob Collier embraces a spirit of "play" with "serious" music theory ideas. It's a growth mindset in the purest form! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXCWYqpId4
Harmony in Amazing Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRkgK4jfi6M Learn a lot about harmony in a familiar tune we all know: Amazing Grace.
Fanfare for the Common Man - “The Presidents Own®” U.S. Marine Band®
https://youtu.be/0KxMc_tyQBo Just some general musical greatness.
Breabach - Seabhag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0HX7JNpHN0 Another live concert from the group Breabach.
A Piping Lesson from Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan, the ruthlessly ambitious 13th-century military leader, is notorious for leading his Mongol hordes to pillage and plunder their way across Asia and Europe to dominate and rule the world's largest contiguous empire. So how does one of the most (in)famous military generals of all time to demonstrate an important, if difficult to confront, truth about piping?