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The course you just purchased is really just a smaller part of a bigger picture.
At the end of the day, bagpipe sound is about putting all of the pieces together, and nothing can help you do that more than our "Transitioning to the Bagpipes" course here at Dojo U.
Because you've already purchased a course today, we want to offer you the opportunity to upgrade now for just $11 (usually, the course is $99).
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Pipers at every level of experience and ability will find essential knowledge, valuable resources, and replicable methods in this core Dojo University course.
Join me and my team of world-class pipers instructors as we take you on an in-depth journey through the theory and practicalities of setting up a set of pipes from scratch, bagpipe maintenance, posture and blowing mechanics, tuning, marching, strike ins and stops, and much, much more.
Featuring a step-by-step, easy to replicate process, Transitioning to the Bagpipes will empower you to be comfortable and confident playing your pipes, no matter how recently you started learning to play.
Hi, I'm Andrew Douglas. I'm a 2x World Champion, a multi-prize winner at the Silver Medals in Oban and Inverness, and a certified bagpiping examiner with the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
Your bagpipes should never feel hard to play, or frustrating in any way. If they do for any reason, your number one reason should be to fix that issue and move forward!
Many aspiring bagpipers around the world will try to transition from a practice chanter to a full set of bagpipes in the next year.
Unfortunately, many will give up in frustration, fail, and quit.
It's sad. It's frustrating for learners, tutors, and bands. And it's bad for the growth of our global piping community.
Let's be honest – the bagpipes can be a difficult instrument. At any one time, they have a lot of moving parts to manage, and traditionally, most bands and instructors have taught in a way that makes the journey from learning fingerwork on a practice chanter to playing on our full instrument... well, way more complicated than it needs to be.
Here's just a few of the challenges that many players constantly struggle with on the Great Highland Bagpipe:
This list could go on and on. We hear issues like these and many others raised by our students at Dojo University every week in our classes and courses...
If you're just getting started as a piper, this may be a list that you'll be all too familiar with in your future. And if you've been playing for a while... I'd be very surprised if you didn't identify with at least a few items on this list.
Bagpipes are complex, but should never be complicated.
What's the difference?
Complex = something with a lot of moving parts, which the bagpipe certainly has.
Complicated = something difficult, which requires a high level of skill to operate.
And, I cannot stress this enough – the bagpipe is definitely not a complicated instrument.
When you break operating a bagpipe down into its components, and sequence the learning process in the right way, feeling comfortable and confident with the instrument is just a matter of time.
There's nothing hard about it.
Just a few examples...
These are just a handful of the processes you'll become intimately comfortable and confident with in this course.
The problem with the way most of us currently learn the pipes is that it's disorganized and out of sequence! If you haven't quit yet, you're likely running around, being ordered where and how to play, doing as you're told, playing in bands and doing performances while – let's face it – you're probably utterly confused about how this thing should actually work!
In this course – the only one of its kind in the entire world of bagpipes – we will guide you incrementally through easy-to-follow, easy-to-replicate processes, explained in a way that's simple to understand.
Wouldn't it be nice to feel empowered as a piper?
Knowing exactly how your instrument works, how to troubleshoot issues, how to play it efficiently and comfortably, how to tune it accurately, and how to repeat the processes you've learned and be able to show them to others as well?
Let me show you the way.
Frustration, confusion, and overwhelm are the feelings most pipers have as they try to conquer this beast that is the bagpipe. But it doesn't have to be this way. Finally, over many years of teaching, we've discovered a truly elegant, step-by-step process that gradually (and easily) works our way up to playing a fully functioning bagpipe. These steps are grouped into 7 key phases, and you'll learn them all in due time as you journey through this course.
In the mad rush and excitement to learn the pipes, so many of us skip over simple bagpiping tasks that, not having mastered them early on, come back to bite us. We're going to set up (or re-set up) our instrument together in this course, making sure we have all of the 'wee' skills needed to truly love the process of honing-then-playing this great instrument.
As it turns out, we (and the vast, vast majority of bagpipe learners world-wide) had the order of lessons totally mixed up when it came to learning to play the 'big instrument'. In this course, we show you the right way – and it'll blow your mind just how doable this is for literally anyone.
After each lesson, we spend time carefully discussing how to best implement what you've learned to generate efficient improvement. We'll show you extremely simple exercises, which will leverage amazing progress in an amazingly short period of time.
Our user-friendly learning system makes it easy for you to work your way through the content and track your progress.
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You'll learn how to be confident and comfortable with your pipes by sequentially working your way through the 7 phases of the transitioning process.
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In this comprehensive, 16-hour course, you'll learn everything you need to know to master the simple, uncomplicated fundamentals that create comfortable, confident bagpipers.
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"The Transitioning to the Bagpipes Course by Dojo University is, simply put, truly exceptional.
It introduces the student to this complex instrument with a rational and logical method, unlike anything we have used in the past."
“In today’s technological age, Dojo University has created an educational institution where pipers of all levels can obtain much needed instruction. Offering not only live weekly classes that suit anyone’s schedule, they also have a full back catalog of old lessons covering all aspects of piping.
Living in Memphis, I am devoid of higher instruction, so the Dojo has given me an extremely affordable outlet where I can learn on my time from some of the top pipers in the world!"
“I've been piping for 30 plus years and struggling along the way. The Dojo U method works! My family and pets have seen and heard the improvement in my piping! That as been the best kind of feedback for me. The success of improvement builds on my desire and I look forward to the time of day I get on my pipes! Thank You Dojo!"
Tuition: $99
Level: Beginner through Advanced (no matter how long you've been playing you'll benefit from a complete bagpipe re-boot!).
Setting: Online/Virtual
Course Length: 15-20 Hours
Expected Completion Time: 1-3 Months (Depending on how hard you work!)
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Tuition: $99
Level: Beginner through Advanced (no matter how long you've been playing you'll benefit from a complete bagpipe re-boot!).
Setting: Online/Virtual
Course Length: 15-20 Hours
Expected Completion Time: 1-3 Months (Depending on how hard you work!)
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Creator of the Piper's Dojo and Dojo University
“My name is Andrew Douglas and I'm the founder of the Piper's Dojo and creator of Dojo University, our online learning portal for bagpipers. I'm super excited to be your guide as we drill into some of the most essential fundamental elements of being a great piper... we'd be honored to have you aboard!"
— Andrew Douglas
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All purchases are eligible for a refund (for any reason) within 30 days of purchase. On top of that, you are fully protected by our 100% Results Guarantee. If you follow our program and don't feel incredible results with your bagpiping comfort and confidence, simply let us know and we'll refund the value of your purchase.
Yes, you can find bagpipe instruction elsewhere on the internet and in person, but Dojo University is unique because it's built and taught by real-world bagpipers who have actually built these resources based on real-world experience (read: successes).
In other words, we aren't people who couldn't do so we made a course instead. We've been in the trenches teaching AND performing - we detest untested theory and believe that the best way to learn something is to roll up your sleeves and get your hands a little dirty. If that sounds appealing, then welcome! In Dojo U you've found your bagpipe home.
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