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Set Tunes |
2018 Set
Tunes
The Piobaireachd Society recommends the following lists of tunes for competitions in 2018 |
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| A. SENIOR COMPETITION | ||
| Mrs Smith’s Salute | PS 9 | |
| The Red Hand in the MacDonalds’ Arms | PS 10 | |
| Good Health to You Donald | PS 13 | |
| Sir James MacDonald of the Isles’ Salute | PS 14 | |
| The Menzies’ Salute | PS 15, K | |
| Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry | (*) PS 20th Century Ceol Mor | |
| Salute to James Campbell | (*) PS 20th Century Ceol Mor | |
| Salute to the MacCrimmon Cairn at Borreraig | PS 20th Century Ceol Mor | |
| (*) “Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry” was published first in the Piobaireachd Society’s Twentieth Century Collection and is also included in the Complete Compositions of Ceol Mor by Captain John A MacLellan MBE published in 2016 by Colin MacLellan. | ||
| (*) “Salute to James Campbell” was published first in the Piobaireachd Society’s Twentieth Century Collection and later in A G Kenneth’s own first Piobaireachd Book. As originally composed it contained a dithis variation but in the latter publication this was omitted, and can therefore be considered as optional. | ||
| Competitors will submit four of the above tunes, one of which they will be required to play. | ||
| B. GOLD MEDAL COMPETITION | ||
| MacKenzie of Applecross’s Salute | PS 10 | |
| The Young Laird of Dungallon’s Salute | PS 10 | |
| MacKenzie of Gairloch’s Lament | PS 10 | |
| War or Peace (Gesto setting recommended) | PS 10 (@) | |
| The MacLeans’ March (MacArthur-MacGregor setting recommended) | PS 10 (@) | |
| The MacRaes’ March | PS 10 | |
| The Clan MacNab’s Salute | PS 15, K | |
| The Brother’s Lament | PS16 | |
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(@) The settings referred to here are from the 2016 revised edition of PS 10, in
which the scores for these tunes from the original PS 10 have been replaced.
The score for “War or Peace” is derived from the Gesto Canntaireachd and that for “The MacLeans’ March” from the MacArthur-MacGregor manuscript. Copies of these scores are available on the Piobaireachd Society website War or Peace (Gesto score from book 10), MacLean’s March MacArthur-MacGregor score from book 10) |
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| Competitors will submit four of the above tunes, one of which they will be required to play. | ||
| C. SILVER MEDAL COMPETITION | ||
| Glengarry’s March | PS 2 , K | |
| Grain in Hides and Corn in Sacks | (#) PS 5, K | |
| The King’s Taxes | PS 5, K | |
| The Desperate Battle | (#) PS 7 , K | |
| MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart | PS 7, K | |
| Lament for the Little Supper | PS 8, K | |
| The MacLeods’ Salute | (#) PS 12, K | |
| Chisholm’s Salute | PS 14, K | |
| Competitors will submit two tunes from each group, one of which they will be required to play. | ||
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PS = Piobaireachd Society Collection K = Kilberry Book of Ceol Mor Competitors are not restricted to settings specified above. Those who wish to play alternative settings should submit legible scores, indicating the origins of the settings, to competition organisers along with their tune selections. A wide range of source materials and alternative settings is available on the Piobaireachd Society website at: www.piobaireachd.co.uk and on other piping websites. Altogether different tunes known by the same or similar names will not be accepted as alternatives. |
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