My Tune Collection
One of my pursuits in piping is making musically satisfying arrangements of tunes as well as writing some "songs" of my own. My current "collection" consists of several arrangements and a couple of original tunes some of which I hope to publish in a unique format which will be educational and appealing.
Tune Arrangements
- Jesus Loves the Little Children
- Johnny Five's Jig (jig setting of Number Five's theme from Short Circuit)
- Jesu, Joy of man's Desiring (Martin Luther)
- Lamb of God (Twila Paris) - audio - sheet music
- O, Come, O, Come, Emmanuel!
Original Tunes
- Victory at Big Boy Bluff (4/4 march)
- P/M M. Beall (2/4 march)
Recordings
In addition to my audio samples I've made some fun recordings mostly experimenting with what can be done with a DegerPipe and free editing software. These efforts are fairly elementary. I'd like to get a lot more involved and work more on original stuff.
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Born in Bethlehem - this ia a Christmas song recorded by Third Day. The first time I heard it I thought it would sound great with a bagpipe. So I added an electronic smallpipe.
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Come and Follow Me - My brother figured out that Number Five's theme from Short Circuit fit with Itchy Fingers. This is a little rough and the levels aren't too great (you can barely hear the pipes but if I turned them up, the drones were too much), but you'll get the idea.
My Repertoire
Listed below are the tunes I play on a regular basis. Any of these can be worked up for most any event.
Marches
- Scotland the Brave
- The Rowan Tree
- Murdo's Wedding
- Wings
- Wha' Saw the 42nd
- 1976 Police Tattoo
- Flett from Flotta
- Lord Lovat's Lament
- The Battle of Waterloo
- Cockney Jocks
- The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie
- Johnnie Scobie
- Will Ye no Come Back Again?
- Minstrel Boy
- The Wearin' o' the Green
- The Crusaders' March
- The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain
- MacRae Meadow
- Keep You Thunder in a Jar
- Let Erin Remember
- Kelly the Boy from Killane
- High Road to Gairloch
- The Brown Haired Maiden
- Mairie's Wedding
- Corriechollie's Welcome
- Teribus
- Highland Laddie
- Prince Charles's Welcome to Lochaber
- Captian Norman Orr-Ewing
- The Siege of Delhi
- Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque
- The 93rd at Moddor River
- The 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar
- The Glenfinnan Highland Gathering
Retreats
- Green Hills of Tyrol
- When the Battle's O'er
- Loch Maree
- The Dream Valley of Glendaruel
- Castle Dangerous
- Balmoral
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Strathspeys
- Molly Connell
- The Caledonian Canal
- Captain Colin Campbell
- Arniston Castle
- Dornie Ferry
Reels
- Angus Stewart
- The Sound of Sleat
- Major Manson
- MacKay from Skye
jigs
- The Kesh Jig
- Rocking the Baby
- The Stool of Repentance
- The Banjo Breakdown
- The Glasgow City Police Pipers
- The Judges' Dilema
6/8 Marches
- Piobaireachd of Donald Dubh
- Steamboat
- Kenmure's Up and Awa'
- We are Hundred Pipers
- Miss Ishabel T. MacDonlad
- McLeod of Mull
- The Braemar Gathering
- Cameron MacFadyen
- The Heights of Casino
- Garyowen
Hornpipes
- Itchy Fingers
- Hamilton's Nut Sack
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Hymns
- Amazing Grace
- O' For a Closer Walk With God
- Shady Rill
- Joyful, Joyful (Ode to Joy)
- Simple Gifts
- Holy, Holy, Holy!
- Be Thou My Vision
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- The King of Love My Shepherd Is (King of Love)
- Lamb of God
- Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
- Jesus Loves the Little Children
Slow Airs
- The Carles Wi' the Breekes
- The Skye Boat Song
- Loch Rannoch
- Mist Covered Mountains
- The Flowers of the Forest
- The Dark Isle
- Blue Bells of Scotland
- O' Danny Boy
- Auld Lang Syne
- Shoshanna's Lullaby
- My Lodging's on the Cold, Cold Ground
- Mrs. Joy Cairns
- When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Christmas
- Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- O' Come All Ye Faithful
- Good King Wenceslas
- Once in Royal David's City
- Little Drummer Boy
- O' Come, O' Come, Emmanuel
- I Saw Three Ships
- Good Christian Men Rejoice
- Love and Joy (The Wasseling Song)
- Joy to the World
- The First Noel
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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