Mastering The ‘Tachum’ Movement - * Free PDF Download

In this episode of “The Pipe Box”, Gold Medallist Jim McGillivray breaks down the rhythmic and expressive nuances of the Tachum and offers exercises that will help you master the movement (or embellishment). * Download the practice exercises (pdf) - pipetunes.ca/tachum-exercises... and practice along with Jim.
A Tachum is the onomatopoeiac description of a two-note figure in Highland bagpipe music. Any two notes which can be said in the rhythm of the word “Tachum” can be described as a tachum. However, the most common two notes are from C to A, or B to G, on the bottom hand. The second note is lower than the first, with a G gracenote before the first, and a D gracenote before the second.
* For more advanced exercises to enhance your technical fingering please check out Jim's book, "Rhythmic Fingerwork: Instruction in Technique for the Highland Bagpipe" - piping.on.ca/product/rhythmic...
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[@IAlreadyHaveAKey]

Hi Jim, love your videos, especially the tune walkthroughs (some of them just so happened to be tunes I'd chosen for solo comp so I found them particularly useful). This channel is a gold mine!

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I'm delighted that you find it helpful! Stay tuned more to follow!

[@scottcampbell5536]

Love your content Jim :)

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Thank you.

[@jesseburnette6028]

Can you do one on Birls if not already. It’s the only section of your book that I found not as good as the other sections. Still, those two works are the most informative on the market…still.

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@@Pipetunes many thanks sir.