Amazing Grace

Traditional tune on a traditional musical instrument.



Music Sheet:

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:

Scotland the Brave

Playing Scotland the Brave on my bagpipe, a classic March tune on my bagpipe.



"Scotland the Brave" (Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Aigh) is a patriotic song and one of the main contenders to be considered as an "unofficial" national anthem of Scotland. In June 2006, the song came second to Flower of Scotland in an online poll with more than 10,000 votes to determine the nation's favourite unofficial "anthem". The song was used to represent Scotland in the Commonwealth Games until it was replaced by Flower of Scotland from the 2010 games in Delhi onwards.

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Music Sheet (Click on the image for full view/download):

Highland Cathedral

Playing Highland Cathedral, a bagpipe slow air tune on my bagpipe.



Again, recorded from my laptop using the built in MIC.

The Highland Cathedral (source wikipedia)

Highland Cathedral is a popular melody for the great highland bagpipe. This melody was composed by German musicians Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb in 1982 for a Highland games held in Germany. It has been proposed as the Scottish national anthem to replace unofficial anthems Scotland the Brave and/or Flower of Scotland. It has subsequently undergone various orchestrations and had lyrics added in English and in Scottish Gaelic.

The tune was the Royal Hong Kong Police Anthem under the British rule which ended in 1997. It was played at a ceremonial lowering of the Governor's flag at Chris Patten's residence, Government House on the last day of British rule. Highland Cathedral is Chris Patten's favourite pipe tune as said by himself on a BBC Asia Today programme. It is also a popular wedding song. The tune is played before all Scottish international rugby matches at Murrayfield in Scotland.

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Music Sheet (Click on the image for full view/download):

Itchy Fingers

Playing Itchy Fingers by Robert Mathieson, a bagpipe reel on my bagpipe.



Recorded from my laptop using the built in MIC.

Music Sheet (Click on the image for full view/download):

Highroad to Gairloch

Highroad to Gairloch on my bagpipe.

The video background are pictures of Genting Highlands, some 60km from Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur



This tune is a 2/4 March tune. Recorded using my laptop.

Background of this tune. Who wrote this tune?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_wrote_High_Road_to_Gairloch

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