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BAND SETS

(page last revised 28 May 2008)

Note: by clicking on the highlighted links below, the music in .bmw format will be available to print or save. If you have Bagpipe Player (click on link to download)
on your computer, you will be able to play the saved tunes on your computer, but for some reason known only to Bill Gates, the tune will not play directly from this page.
It is the intention that the most recent versions of each set (see V# in lower left of page) will be found on this page.

In addition to our own sets, here are the 2005 Alberta Massed Band sets .

BASIC PARADE SETS	ADVANCED BAND SETS	SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL TUNES	TUNES UNDER STUDY	EXERCISES
1. Blue Bells set 4/4 Blue Bells of Scotland No Awa’ tae Bide Awa’ Will ye no come back again	5. MacPherson Macpherson’s Lament 4/4 Mairi’s Wedding 2/4 Barren Rocks of Aden 2/4	Highland Cathedral 4/4 (often followed by Green Hills)	Davie Adamson set Davie Adamson 6/8 Banjo Breakdown 6/8 Itchy Fingers 2/2	Exercises
2. Green Hills set (Retreats) 3/4 Green Hills of Tyrol When the Battle’s O’er	6. Jimmy Findlater set 4/4 Jimmy Findlater The Children	Amazing Grace 3/4		Scots Wha Hae
3. Scotland the Brave set 4/4 Scotland the Brave Rowan Tree 76th Police Tattoo	7. Slow Marches 6/8 Skye Boat Song Mist Covered Mountains	Flowers of the Forest 2/4	Londonderry Air (aka Danny Boy)
4. High Road set 2/4 High Road to Gairloch Highland Laddie Brown Haired Maiden	8. Cock o' the North 6/8 Cock o’ the North Atholl Highlanders Bonnie Dundee
	10. Hot Punch set Hot Punch 6/8 Steamboat 6/8
FOR U.S.A. PARADES		MEDLEY	MEDLEY
9. American set 4/4 Yankee Doodle Dandy West Point Army Song Marine Hymn	11. Cabar Feidh set Battle of Waterloo 4/4 Cabar Feidh 4/4	Wings, Rose of Alandale 4/4 Longueval 6/8 (page 1) Braes of Mar 4/4 Jennie's Bawbee 2/4 Glasgow Police Pipers 6/8 (page 2)	Heights of Dargai 9/8 Mac an Irish c Calliope House 6/8 Keel Row c and 2/2

Performance music suggestions
Head table entrances, walks, parades: 4/4 and 2/4 march sets from the first two categories except 5 and 7.
Funerals: Flowers of the Forest for veterans in particular, Amazing Grace and set 7 are often used.
Weddings: Processional: Highland Cathedral is dignified and majestic. Recessional can be a lively march, such as Mairi's Wedding.