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Tunes

This list is curated to include tunes that can be played with Scottish smallpipes in A.
It is not exhaustive and will continue to be a work in progress.

If you have a correction or tune suggestion email ceolbuntata.pasted366@passinbox.com.

Marches in 6/8 and 9/8

All the Blue Bonnets are O'er the Border
Time: 6/8
Key: A

Bonnie Dundee
Time: 6/8
Key: A

The Battle of the Somme
Time: 9/8
Key: D

March of the King of Laois
Time: 6/8
Key: A

Morag of Dunvegan
Time: 6/8 (Slow Air)
Key of A

Cock of the North
Time: 6/8
Key: A

Marches in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4

Cutting Bracken*
Time: 2/4
Key: A

*This is also played as a Jig

Boy's Lament for His Dragon (72nd Highlanders' Farewell to Aberdeen)
Time: 2/4
Key: A

Teribus
Time: 4/4
Key: D

The Eagle's Whistle
Time: 3/4
Key: A or G

Mill Mill, O
Time: 4/4
Key: D

Tail Toddle
Time: 4/4
Key: D

The Barren Rocks of Aden
Time: 2/4
Key: D

Song of the Chanter/Chanter's Tune
Time: 4/4
Key: A

Mairi's Wedding
Time: 2/4
Key: D

Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle
Time:2/4
Key: A

Wee Michael's March
Time: 3/4
Key: D

My Home Town
Time: 3/4
Key: D

Bó Mhín Na Toitean (The Bull's March)
Time: 4/4
Key: A

79ths Farewell to Gibraltar
Time: 2/4
Key: A

Fingal's Cave
Time: 4/4
Key: A minor

Brown Haired Maiden
Time: 2/4

Polkas & Waltz

Jewel of the Ocean/Lo Delo Delo
Time: 3/4
Key: A

As I Went Out Upon the Ice (The Kerry Polka)
Time: 2/4
Key: D

Strathspeys

A.A. Cameron
Time: 4/4
Key: A

Nellie's Strathspey
Time: 4/4
Key:

Marquis of Huntly's Highland Fling
Time: 4/4
Key:

Captain Horne
Time: 4/4
Key:

The Keel Row
Time: 4/4
Key:

Devil in the Kitchen
Time: 4/4
Key:

Orange and Blue
Time: 4/4
Key:

Louden’s Bonnie Woods and Braes
Time: 4/4
Key:

Because He Was a Bonnie Lad
Time: 4/4
Key:

The Rusty Gun
Time: 4/4
Key:

Jigs

Calliope House
Time: 6/8
Key: D

Cutting Bracken Jig
Time: 6/8

Paddy's Leather Breeches
Time: 6/8
Key: Bm

Jig of Slurs
Time: 6/8
Key: D/Em

Atholl Highlanders
Time: 6/8
Key: A

A Hundred Pipers
Time: 6/8
Key: A

Drops of Brandy
Time: 9/8
Key: A

Barabel Phadruig (Patrick's Annabel)
Time: 9/8
Key: A

Would The Minister Not Dance?
Time: 9/8
Key: A

The Cat and the Dog
Time: 9/8
Key: B minor

Gingerhogs No. 2
Time: 9/8
Key: D

Reels

Jenny Dang the Weaver
Time: 4/4
Key: D

The Ale is Dear
Time: 4/4
Key: B minor

Humors of Tulla
Time: 4/4
Key: D

Silver Spear
Time: 4/4
Key: A Minor

Mrs MacLeod of Raasay
Time: 4/4
Key: A

High Road to Linton
Time: 4/4
Key: A

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