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Bagpipe Tunes
Now Is The Time To Prepare Your Christmas Tunes!
This being the beginning of August is the perfect time to start building your Christmas Tune list. I have arranged 42 Christmas songs, hymns and carols for you to play. This collection is available in both hard copy with audio and a full digital version which is...
Playing a 2/4 March-Mrs MacDonald of Dunnach
This is a great tune written by Pipe Major W. Lawrie who was the Pipe Major of the Argyl and Sutherland Highlanders. If you are looking for a good 2/4 march to play without any birls, it is conveniently written in the key of "D" so its parts end with D throws and...
The 2/4 March-The Abercairney Highlanders
This is a recording of the Abercairney Highlanders by Angus MacKay. This tune is found in Scots Guards Volume 1 page 106. There are 3 books in this series with close to 1000 tunes! You can buy one or all of these books at:
Another 15 Minute Set!
As a performer, having enough music is essential! In the last 2 offerings I sent you 2 Scottish 15 minute sets. Today I am going to share with you my Irish Set. There might be tunes that aren’t totally Irish, however I have found that they fit with the other tunes...
More On The “15 Minute Set”
As a student of classical music, I learned about Sonata-Allegro form. This is an example of a type of musical form that classical music/symphonies follow. There are three parts: Exposition Development Recapitulation The exposition is where the initial...
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