Pipe Band Tunes

Over the years and decades, fashion has hit the world of pipe band tunes......

It's rare to find bands nowadays that don;t have "Dawning of the Day" and/or "Hector the Hero" somewhere in their repertoire.....

Tunes come and go.....

Back in the 80s I seem to recall that virtually very band played "The Jiggernaut" or tunes from Neil Dickie's First Book. Marches such as "The Children", "Jimmy Findlater" were common as was the "Bathgate Highland Gathering".

Go back a few years and "The Banjo Breakdown" was big.........

Go back further into the 70s and "Murdo's Wedding" was commonplace....

In the late 1970s and early 80s...."Bluebells of Scotland" played with umpteem harmonies, the more the merier was the order of the day....

The "Black Bear" was another if you go further back.......to the Jurassic Park era.

What other tunes have been common place,........love them or hate them....what do you recall....

Good one m8,.....Weeeell, Hills of Alva. That was a nice wee tune flogged da death too......Gold Ring springs to mind too.

Then there's the daddy of 'em all.......the 78th's version a the Mason's Apron..........never learnt it from the music, but av heard it that often a cud pass a setting of as ma own.

More recently there was that bloody Iron Horse crappy 6/8....does ma head in, everyone from grade1 da novice Juv' are at it.

Itchy Fingers eeeeuuchh !!!!!!!!!

Itchy Fingers....yep there's a one as well

One of the tunes that many bands played years ago, and which I loved was "Glasgow Week in Hamburg".

True_Blue_Piper wrote:Itchy Fingers....yep there's a one as well

One of the tunes that many bands played years ago, and which I loved was "Glasgow Week in Hamburg".

guid 12/8 that !!!!!!!!!! theres a new tune called The Highland Swagger another 12/8 n a crackin tune,,

Glasgow Police Pipers

Played to death, and masses of false fingering too

Gordy88 wrote:Glasgow Police Pipers

Played to death, and masses of false fingering too

Depends on who's playin' it..........