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Lesson 5: Bagpipe Grace Notes

Bagpipe grace notes are the most common and most used bagpipe embellishment. They are the little single chirp sounds you hear between notes. The most common grace notes are the G, D and E grace notes. However, there are a couple more you will learn as you progress through these lessons. These are the foundation of all your embellishment playing so it is critical that you take your time and do these the proper way. Do not move on to doublings until you have mastered grace note lessons below.

How to Play a High G Grace Note
How to Play a D Grace Note
How to Play a E Grace Note
Grace Note Exercises
Grace Note Tunes (Happy Birthday & Yankee Doodle)

Once you complete all these lessons on grace notes it's time to move onto the next embellishments 'Strikes'.