Expert Judges.
Your Performance.
Real Feedback.
BagpipeJudge connects you with the insight of leading adjudicators. Upload your recording and receive the kind of detailed, structured critique that was once only available at the competition table — scored across seven dimensions and tailored to your grade.
3 free reviews per month. No credit card required.
Performance Review
Scotland the Brave — March 2/4
“Good rhythmic drive with steady tempo. Doublings are clean. The High A sits slightly sharp of the drone — work on finger placement here. The grip in bar 12 needs isolation at half speed. Overall, solid Grade 3 playing with clear potential to move up.”
How It Works
The same structured assessment used at Oban and Inverness — now available from your practice room.
Submit Your Performance
Upload a recording or play live into your device. Any tune type — marches, strathspeys, reels, pibroch.
Adjudicator-Level Analysis
Your performance is assessed the way a top judge would listen — pitch, intonation, timing, ornamentation, expression, and musicality.
Detailed Written Critique
Receive specific, constructive feedback tailored to your grade. Know exactly what to work on and where your strengths lie.
Seven Dimensions of Assessment
The same criteria used by adjudicators at the Argyllshire Gathering, Northern Meeting, and Glenfiddich Championship.
Pitch
Accuracy across all nine chanter notes, measured to the cent
Intonation
Interval purity against the drones, crossing noise detection
Timing
Tempo stability, rhythmic precision, dot-cut accuracy
Ornamentation
Gracenotes, doublings, throws, grips, taorluaths, crunluaths
Expression
Phrasing contours, dynamic variation, musical shape
Musicality
Interpretation, coherence, the story behind the music
Overall
Combined assessment with priority improvement areas
Feedback That Meets You Where You Are
Set your grade and the critique adapts. A novice gets encouragement and fundamentals. An open piper gets the precision that wins medals.
Novice & Grade 4
Encouraging, clear feedback on pitch, blowing, and basic gracenotes. Celebrates progress and builds confidence.
Grade 3 & 2
Pushes you toward competition readiness. Expects clean ornamentation, steady tempo, and developing expression.
Grade 1
Near-professional critique. Full ornament vocabulary, sophisticated musicality, and preparation for prize lists.
Open / Professional
Exacting, surgical. Identifies the subtlest issues that separate the podium from the field at Oban and Inverness.
For Instructors &
Pipe Majors
BagpipeJudge isn't just for individual pipers. Instructors and Pipe Majors use it to monitor their students and band members between lessons — tracking progress, identifying persistent issues, and focusing teaching time where it matters most.
- Students submit recordings between lessons for ongoing review
- Track individual progress across dimensions over weeks and months
- Band accounts let Pipe Majors see aggregate section performance
- Share critiques directly — no more "I think it sounded fine"
- Focus lesson time on the specific issues the assessment identifies
Cameron M.
Gr 3
Isla R.
Gr 2
Finlay D.
Gr 3
Ewan K.
Gr 4
Free Tools for Every Piper
No account needed. Use these every practice session.
Drone Tuner
Real-time pitch detection with cent-level precision.
Open104 Tune Sheets
Staff notation for competition and recital tunes.
OpenOrnamentation Guide
Every embellishment from gracenotes to crunluaths.
OpenPiobaireachd
Variation structures, 20 prescribed tunes, competition guide.
OpenPractice Log
Track sessions, build streaks, see your calendar.
Open2026 Competitions
14 worldwide events with dates and details.
OpenThe Feedback You Need to Improve
Submit your first performance. Three free reviews every month.