Banjo Breakdown

Here is one my favourite tune with good melody when I started playing the bagpipe. This is a tune that is popular on fiddle and pipes as well as whistle.



This is a very old bagpipe tune. it was written by Donald MacPhee and first published in 1876 as 'Yankee', a hornpipe. it has been played as a strathspey, a jig and a reel. There are eight parts.

The Banjo breakdown in this recording, is a jig arranged by PM Donald MacLeod, MBE. See music sheet below: