Hemping Joints - Dojo University

Technique Development - Deep Bagpipe Maintenance - Basic

June 6, 2016

Vin Janoski

What do you do when the answer is "no" to Dojo U's "4 questions" required for 100% bagpipe efficiency? In this class, Vin dives deep into bagpipe maintenance to move beyond the 4 questions and make sure your answer is always "yes" and you have a 100% efficient bagpipe at all times. Date of Original

Bruce Gandy - The Bagpipe Checklist [Vintage]

March 9, 2016

Bruce Gandy

Premium Content

Your bagpipes need to working at optimum levels if you want to perform well. Bruce walks through his handy checklist for making sure your bagpipe is in peak form. Working through general maintenance, setting reeds, and other tricks to make sure everything is working well. Great advice from one of the world's experts!

Ask Yourself the 4 Questions [Vintage]

December 15, 2015

Andrew Douglas

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Technique & Theory

In this class, we review the 4 magical questions to 100% bagpipe efficiency. You should ask yourself these questions every time you get your pipes out of the box, because it's quite literally not WORTH playing if you don't.

Maintenance Musts [Vintage]

October 27, 2015

Marc Dubois

Technique & Theory

All things maintenance in this session. The first step in the production of tone. A must for all levels.

Flight-Safe Bagpipe Tuning Checklist [Vintage]

March 10, 2015

Andrew Douglas

Technique & Theory

Every pilot needs to go through their flight checklists every time they fly. Guess what? Successful pipers have the same sort of checklists they use every time they take their pipes out of the box. Wish you could tune your pipes more successfully? This class will prove to you that your setup routine will drastically impact your success rate...

The Art of Continuous Tuning [Vintage]

June 10, 2014

Andrew Douglas

Technique & Theory

In this class, we talk about tuning fundamentals, and how we need to plan to continuously tune as we play.

Shock Recovery - Setting Up Pipes After a Big Change [Vintage]

August 20, 2013

Carl Donley

Technique & Theory

In this class we cover how to check your pipes after a 'shocking' event such as airplane travel. We do a basic in-side-out pipe check and talk about how to settle the pipes in a different climate. We also explore type of reeds, reed adjustments, tuning methods for sheepskins, and sheepskin problem detection.