Need a 2/4 March for competition

**castledangerous** · 12th April 13, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by flyrod6057

Barren Rocks? Not too original (doesn't everyone know that one?) but it's a snappy tune.

Sweet Maid of Glendaruel? It sounds great, and is not too complex.

Neither tune is 4-parted.

**flyrod6057** · 12th April 13, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by castledangerous

Neither tune is 4-parted.

Ah! Quite right! That's what I get for posting before coffee....

**EagleJCS** · 12th April 13, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by castledangerous

Neither tune is 4-parted.

Actually, the arrangements of "Barren Rocks" in the Scots Guards Vol 1 (p. 116) and Seaforth Highlanders (p.102) books are 4-parted. (I have both books, and have transcribed the tunes into BMW.) Most recordings only feature the first two parts because the second two parts are sooo darned complicated! I'd say probably grade 3 if not grade 2 material, depending on the association.

You are correct in that "Sweet Maid" is only 2 parts, though.

**vmac3205** · 13th April 13, 08:27 AM

Great ideas and comments. Thanks!

**Lorna** · 13th April 13, 09:40 AM

Members of my family have found the following website to be helpful on occasion:

http://www.pipetunes.ca/?catID=171

**pbutts** · 13th April 13, 10:09 AM

While the band I've recently joined is prepping to compete for the first time in several years, we don't have any 4-part 2/4s in our repertoire, so the only one I know "cold" is 79ths Farewell to Gibraltar from the Green Tutor. I've read several places that you should definitely not try to learn something new for your first competition.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm thinking of trying an online competition that has pipers submit performances for judging via Youtube and the current competition is 6/8s so I'm working on John D. Burgess which I started learning soon after I finished the Green Tutor. The URL is : http://higlandbagpipeonline.com.