PRACTICE CHANTER - PAGE 3: GRIPS

- used between two identical or different notes,

- the correct placement (before the beat as we will see) as well as its character with well-audible Low G are more important than the execution speed,

- in fact, do not hesitate to slow down the execution of the grip by focussing on a solid presence of the Low G,

- the grip is played a little ahead of time: the beat is placed when we arrive on the melodic note (the E as represented above),

- observe that when we come from the D as in bar 2 below, the D grace note of the ornament is replaced by a B grace note, another legacy of pibroch.

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