Wow, yes!! Some really golden info, great video! I would love to hear you guys discuss the finer differences between 6/8 marches and jigs. Do you have a video detailing this somewhere already??
Question on 6/8 slow air v marches. I am told when sight reading a new tune to me that I play to metered. Have been told to play "Heavy left foot". No problem with Bonnie Dundee because I was taught it. I would like to pick up any 6/8 and play it correctly. Thanks for your tips
Sight-reading is a skill the will improve with practice. When you practice with the Piper's Metronome™, you'll be able to quickly identify the trouble spots that need extra practice. I'm not sure what you mean by "heavy left foot". Do you mean make the first beat (left foot) longer than the right? I don't recommend that approach. If you listen to good players, they play with the beats equally strong (left and right).
Hi Jack- You could use a fermata to indicate holding of a note, but typically the fermata to indicate where a particular note is held in a special case. In the case of pulsing, it's not a special case that a note is held it would be every beat note (or, in strathspeys, every other beat note).
For strasphey playing if all the cut notes are the same but the strong accent notes are longer does that mean those beats actually are longer as well so you wouldn’t use a metronome set up normally to play them correctly?
Great question! Yes, you are exactly correct. In the case of strathspeys, the first and third beats are longer than the second and fourth beats. This is impossible to do with a regular metronome (which assumes all beats are equal length). That's why I created the Piper's Metronome™. It has pulsing built right into the app! You can download the app here (Apple and Android): pipersmetronome.com/ Here's my video tutorial on using the app: ua-cam.com/video/WzkCkOy-eZs/v-deo.html Here's the link to right to the section on pulsing: ua-cam.com/video/WzkCkOy-eZs/v-deo.html&t=1065s
Great lesson! Clarified some things that I have wondered about for 50 years.
Thanks Gordon! I’m so happy you found the video helpful. What topics or questions would you like me to tackle next?
Thanks guys!
You are most welcome. More stuff coming to the channel soon. So stay tuned!
Wow, yes!! Some really golden info, great video! I would love to hear you guys discuss the finer differences between 6/8 marches and jigs. Do you have a video detailing this somewhere already??
Thanks Daniel! Great idea to do a video about jigs vs 6/8s. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@bagpipelessons yw, I’ll keep an eye out!
Question on 6/8 slow air v marches.
I am told when sight reading a new tune to me that I play to metered. Have been told to play "Heavy left foot". No problem with Bonnie Dundee because I was taught it. I would like to pick up any 6/8 and play it correctly.
Thanks for your tips
Sight-reading is a skill the will improve with practice. When you practice with the Piper's Metronome™, you'll be able to quickly identify the trouble spots that need extra practice. I'm not sure what you mean by "heavy left foot". Do you mean make the first beat (left foot) longer than the right? I don't recommend that approach. If you listen to good players, they play with the beats equally strong (left and right).
to emphasis the dotted quaver why is the fermata as used in Pibroch notation not used as a visual reminder
Hi Jack- You could use a fermata to indicate holding of a note, but typically the fermata to indicate where a particular note is held in a special case. In the case of pulsing, it's not a special case that a note is held it would be every beat note (or, in strathspeys, every other beat note).
For strasphey playing if all the cut notes are the same but the strong accent notes are longer does that mean those beats actually are longer as well so you wouldn’t use a metronome set up normally to play them correctly?
Great question! Yes, you are exactly correct. In the case of strathspeys, the first and third beats are longer than the second and fourth beats. This is impossible to do with a regular metronome (which assumes all beats are equal length). That's why I created the Piper's Metronome™. It has pulsing built right into the app!
You can download the app here (Apple and Android):
pipersmetronome.com/
Here's my video tutorial on using the app:
ua-cam.com/video/WzkCkOy-eZs/v-deo.html
Here's the link to right to the section on pulsing:
ua-cam.com/video/WzkCkOy-eZs/v-deo.html&t=1065s