Learning any skill generally involves transferring knowledge and capability from someone else to you. This can be direct as in tuition, mentoring or coaching, or it can be indirect as in reading books or articles or watching what others do. However you learn, it is wise not just to accept what you see or hear … Continue reading Does what you’re doing make sense?
Is Skype too great a compromise for bagpipe lessons?
I have been teaching bagpipes face to face and using Skype for several years, with a number of successes. The Skype approach is a compromise compared with face to face tuition, but has proven to be a very good one for many situations. This article discusses using Skype, or other similar internet based tools, for … Continue reading Is Skype too great a compromise for bagpipe lessons?
Great piper ≠ great teacher ≠ great judge ≠ great Pipe Major
Today I had a critique sheet I had written fed back to me from nearly two years ago. I remembered the particular performance, because it involved an uncharacteristic “train wreck” on the part of the performing band in their final tune. It reminded me that people often don’t realise that judging is a skill of … Continue reading Great piper ≠ great teacher ≠ great judge ≠ great Pipe Major
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