Below are tunes we play as a band, as you might expect with tunes played around the world there are possible slight variations to what you know. If you’re interested you can click the links to view a PDF of the settings we have for each tune we play or where displayed, play an example of the music being played.
2/4 Tunes
More difficult than the ubiquitous 4/4 or 3/4, also associated with musical theatre, they have all the dash and vigour we associate with real Scottish pipe music.
79ths Farewell to Gibraltar, The
Campbells Farewell to Redcastle
Corriechoillie’s 43rd Welcome to the Northern Meeting
I’ll Gang Nae Mair Tae Yon Toon
3/4 Tunes
This time signature is found commonly in waltzes, minuets, scherzi, country and western ballads, R&B, pop
4/4 Tunes
Very widely used timing, you’ll come across it in rock, country, blues, funk, pop as well as one of the most famous Scottish Tunes – Scotland the Brave!
Last of the Mohicans (Main Theme & The Gael)
5/4 Tunes
6/8 Tunes
This is a fun time found commonly in double jigs, polkas, sega, salegy, tarantella, marches, barcarolles, Irish jigs, loures, and some rock music
Back to Donegal – Half speed version:
Strathspey & Reel
A strathspey is one of the four traditional dances (along with reel, jig and the waltz) and is in the 4/4 time but follows a different style. It is similar to a hornpipe, but slower and more stately, and contains many dot-cut ‘snaps’. The Reel is indigenous to Scotland, though a firm favourite in Ireland, and like the strathspey is similar to a hornpipe only played twice as fast!
Special Occasions
Some tunes are synonymous with certain occasions, they may not fit with a march or on the parade field but they are great tunes we love to play in that perfect moment.