current
We play mostly traditional scottish music on pipes tuned to scottish pipe band playing convention ie notionally concert B flat (Bb) but actually about half a semitone above that (for reasons best known to itself the piping world has suffered "pitch creep" since 1970). In frequency terms our low A is now in the region of 478 Hz as opposed to 466 Hz. This means that playing with wind or brass ensembles is difficult unless we convert to a concert pitch Bb chanter and extend the drones to accomodate a flatter than usual sound. We can do this for up to 6 pipers at some notice.
Our current repertoire is set out below. Click on the music link (highlighted and then underlined) to download a pdf version of the setting we use (note: some sets are split for pdf conversion and music not highlighted is not available by this means)
Marching sets.
- Scotland the Brave set
- Green Hills set
- The Barren Rocks set
- Hundred Pipers set
- Bonny Galloway set
- Balmoral set
- Amazing Grace
- J K Cairns medley
- Highland Cathedral
- Cock O’ the North set
- Waly Waly (with harmonies)
- Farewell set
Barren Rocks of Aden , Brown Haired Maiden, M'airi's Wedding
The Jolly Beggerman, The Royal Scots Polka
King George V's Army, 25th K.O.S.B.'s Farewell To Meerut
The 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar, High Road To Gailoch
4/4 Sets
Scotland the Brave, Wings, Flett from Flotta
Bonnie Galloway, Badge of Scotland, The Galloway Hills
Battle of Killiecranke, Bonnie Lass of Fyvie, Rowan Tree
Crags of Tumbledown Mountain, Falkland Palace
Cabar Feidh, The Cockney Jocks
3/4 Sets
Green Hills of Tyrol, When the Battle's O'er, Lochanside
Balmoral, I See Mull, Castle Dangerous
6/8 Sets
Cock O' North, Piobaireachd of Donald Dubh
One Hundred Pipers, Glendaurel Highlanders, The Atholl Highlanders
The Ballad of Glencoe, The Dark Island, Mingulay Boat Song