September 2009
24 posts
Popular Tunes
Tunes you’ll recognize.
Scotland the Brave
Green Hills
Traditional Marches
Tunes you can march to. Marches are the most played of all the different tune styles. Medium tempos, catchy rhythms, and lots of kilt swaying.
Upbeat Marches
Similar to Traditional Marches, but a tad bit livelier. Also known as contemporary or modern marches.
Farewell to the Creeks
Jigs
The energy of the highland bagpipe. Tunes that truly celebrate life: toast your Guinness so it spills on the floor, start a bar fight, and set Michael Flatley’s feet on fire.
Smoking in the Kitchen
Hornpipes
Similar to Jigs, but with more complex melodies. Generally a tad bit catchier and longer.
Ponderosa Cone Chucker
Reels
Cheerful tunes accompanied by a slice of pepper-jack cheese, more jalapenos than the average American can handle, and lots of spice. A step down the ladder of liveliness in comparison to Jigs.
Pipe Major George Allan
Slow Airs
Somber tunes that work great for delicate moments.
Amazing Grace
Popular Tunes
Tunes you’ll recognize.
Traditional Marches
Tunes you can march to. Marches are the most played of all the different tune styles. Medium tempos, catchy rhythms, and lots of kilt swaying.
Upbeat Marches
Similar to Traditional Marches, but a tad bit livelier. Also known as contemporary or modern marches.
Highland Dance Tunes (Strathspreys)
These tunes designed for highland...
Slow Airs
Somber tunes that work great for delicate moments.
Amazing Grace
Danny Boy
Flowers of the Forest
Immrama
Cha Till Maccriomain
Hector the Hero
Oft in the Stilly Night
Smallpipe Tune
Suo Gan
The Highland Cathedral
She Moved Through the Fair
Eddie’s Lamentations
The Sleeping Tune
Recommended for: Weddings and Funerals.
Traditional Marches
Tunes you can march to. Marches are the most played of all the different tune styles. Medium tempos, catchy rhythms, and lots of kilt swaying.
John Macmillian of Barra
Shoal of Herring
Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
Loch Maree
Mrs. John MacColl
Miss Elspeth Campbell
The Argyllshire Gathering
Dugald MacColl’s Farewell to France
Recommended for: Weddings, Special Events, and...
Upbeat Marches
Similar to Traditional Marches, but a tad bit livelier. Also known as contemporary or modern marches.
Uphold the Right
Dr. Ross’ 50th Welcome to the Argyllshire Gathering
Farewell to the Creeks
Miss Ishabel T MacDonald
Duncan McGillivray, Chief Steward
David Gillespie
Heights of Dargai
Shoals of Herring
Recommended for: Weddings, Special Events, and Parties.
Popular Tunes
Tunes you’ll recognize.
Scotland the Brave
The Green Hills of Tyrol
When the Battle’s Over
Amazing Grace
Danny Boy
Bonnie Dundee
Recommended for: Weddings, Special Events, and Parties.
Reels
Cheerful tunes accompanied by a slice of pepper-jack cheese, more jalapenos than the average American can handle, and lots of spice. A step down the ladder of liveliness in comparison to Jigs.
Pressed For Time
The Fourth Floor
The Brown Haired Maid
Dancing Feet
Ponderosa Cone Chucker
The Hampster
Kelsey’s Wee Reel
Harrier’s Reel
An Drocaid Chlituteach
Tain in the Rain
The...
Jigs
The energy of the highland bagpipe. Tunes that truly celebrate life: toast your Guinness so it spills on the floor, start a bar fight, and set Michael Flatley’s feet on fire.
Biddy From Sligo
The Banjo Breakdown
New Year in Noosa
Blow My Chanter
The Famous Baravan
The Dirty Lough
Thunderhead
Fraser Allison’s Jig
The Last Tango in Harris
Smoking in the Kitchen
The Humours of...
Hornpipes
Similar to Jigs, but with more complex melodies. Generally a tad bit catchier and longer.
Ian Green of Greentrax
From Maui to Kona
The Cumberland Coil
Maple Ridge Pipe Band Push
The Pirate in Men’s Pants
Shovel Tongue
Pipe Major George Allan
Jim Tweedies’s Sea-Legs
Bulgarian Bandit
The Sorcerer
McLeod House Frolics
Andy Renwick’s Ferret
Sergeant Peter Toohey
...
Highland Dance Tunes (Strathspreys)
These tunes designed for highland dancing. With edgy beats and highly pointed phrases, strathspreys are tunes that lift even the most portly dancers into the air.
The Cameronian Rant
Shepherds Crook
Dora MacLeod
The Ewe with the Crooked Horn
Jane Campbell
Craig-a-bodich
Recommended for: Weddings, Special Events, and Parties.
Non-Bagpipe Tunes
The bane of my existence. Songs requests generally bellowed out by the drunk guy in the back of the crowd. No, I do not know how to play “Freebird” and hopefully I never will. “We’ve got a piper down!”
If You Want My Body and You Think I’m Sexy (Rod Stewart)
The “Top Gun” Theme
The “Star Wars” Theme
Thunderstruck (AC/DC)
The...