The Case for the Tube-Style Manometer manometer Feb 28, 2024

Animated discussions often spring up in our Dojo U student community about the merits of different types of manometer.

In case you’re...

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How to Amplify Your Metronome for Rhythmic Development amplifier metronome practice Feb 27, 2024

Playing with a metronome is a vital element in the bagpipe learning game. But, how do you play with a metronome while also playing your pipes?...

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The 4 Layers of a Strike In drone reeds four layers of drone reed sound strike in Feb 26, 2024

Ever wondered why your drones seem to make a bunch of different sounds when you strike in, or if you don't cut them off quickly (a listening...

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Make Your Own Dojo U Style Water Manometer Feb 22, 2024

The Dojo University water manometer is a tool that can help us to achieve several essential goals in piping, including blowing at the...

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Are You Being A Good Bandmate? Feb 19, 2024

Are you getting the most out of your band practices?

Most of us show up like clockwork to band practice each week – maybe even a few times a...

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Are You Ready To Enter... The Tone Zone? steady blowing tone Feb 12, 2024

Has your Pipe Major or instructor ever told you to “blow tone” or “blow steady”, but never really explained what those...

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Do You Own Your Piping Skills... Or Rent Them? 11 commandments bagpipe freedom fundamentals Feb 05, 2024

Is it better to own a house, or rent one?

For most of us, the idea of owning your own home is definitely preferable to renting. Once it's yours,...

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How To Free Up Your Piping Bandwidth mental bandwidth mental load time management Jan 29, 2024

Do you ever feel totally overloaded with how much there is to juggle all at once when you're playing your bagpipes?

Playing the...

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My Most Painful Performance FAILURE Story Jan 27, 2024

When I was in my late teens, I made a mistake at the Worlds playing with the SFU Pipe Band. A bad mistake. There’s a lot of evidence we would...

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Improvement, beyond their expectations (Fake News?) Jan 27, 2024

Whenever I am in the process of getting to know a company or personality on the internet, I always want to know - is this person for real? Are they...

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Confessions of an Online Bagpipe Teacher - Part 5 - I'm in this for the money... dojo history Jan 27, 2024

There's no hiding this any more. It is true, the rumors you may have heard. As pipers around the world experience massive improvement, beyond...

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Confessions of an Online Bagpipe Teacher - Part 4 - I had a "Vlog" once dojo history Jan 27, 2024

You know those video journals kids make on YouTube? I did that once. It was all about bagpipe stuff.

I had a blast doing it! Sometimes I'm a bit...

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