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Practice Monday 25 May

The plan for this week’s practice

Sharing our pipe band Experiences: This week Ken and Richard will speak about a tutor and/or a most memorable experience
Tunes we will revise this week:
The new tune The Children's Song
Click here for the music
Listen to the tune
Play the new 4/4 bracket Wings, The 1976 Police Tattoo and The Children's Song
The Hornpipe Swing of the Kilt p107
The 4/4 bracket Chief Mike Metcalf p142
RAF 100 p143
The Scotland the Brave Bracket Scotland the Brave p134
The Rowan Tree
Bonnie Galloway
This week's chocolate fish question: What annual event was inspired by a show performed in 1949 called 'Something About a Soldier'?
As there were no correct answers to last week's question I get the chocolate fish again
This week's bonus clip: Could you do this?
Recent tunes to be revised: On the music page

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Practice Monday 18 May

The plan for this week’s practice

Sharing our pipe band Experiences: This week Graeme and Nick will speak about a tutor and/or a most memorable experience
Tunes we will revise this week:
The Irish Bracket Starting on p138:
The Leaving of Liverpool
Kelly the Boy from Killane
No Awa Tae Bide Awa
The Minstrel Boy
Will Ye No Come Back
The new 4/4's Wings & the 76 Police Tattoo
Listen to the two tunes
The new tune The Children's Song
Click here for the music
Listen to the tune
two slow airs Loch Rannoch p13
Scots Wha Hae p2
This week's chocolate fish question: Which group sang The Leaving of Liverpool in a previous bonus clip?
The winners of last week's question were Julie and Ken - as we're in lockdown I had to eat the chocolate fish prize before it went off sorry.
This week's bonus clip: Drum's 'n' Roses
Recent tunes to be revised: On the music page

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Practice Monday 11 May

The plan for this week’s practice

Sharing our pipe band Experiences: This week the Tuppences will speak about a tutor and/or a most memorable experience
Tunes we will revise this week:
A slow air The Bells of Dunblane p8
The new 4/4's Wings & the 76 Police Tattoo
Listen to the two tunes
The new slow air Sleep Dearie, Sleep
A 6/8 Farewell to the Creeks p163
A slow air Erin Shore p11
The 2/4's M’hairis Wedding p102 Heykens Serenade p112
The 3/4's The Green Hills of Tyrol p121 When The Battle's O'er p121
The Irish Bracket Starting on p138: The Leaving of Liverpool Kelly the Boy from Killane No Awa Tae Bide Awa The Minstrel Boy Will Ye No Come Back
This week's chocolate fish question: What choir was featured in last week's bonus clip video?
This week's bonus clip: The Bells of Dunblane
Recent tunes to be revised: On the music page

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Practice Monday 4 May

Click on the links below for the music for this practice

Our bagpipes: Conrad, Heath, Morgan and Ken
A new tune: The 76 Police Tattoo
See the music and Listen to the tune
The 3/4’s p122/123: PM J K Cairns
My Land
Colin’s Cattle
The 2/4’s M’hairis Wedding p102
Heykens Serenade p112
The 6/8’s p164 100 Pipers
Bonnie Dundee
This week’s bonus clip: Amazing Grace
Recent tunes to be revised:
Erin Shore p11 See the music
Ellan Vannin p3 See the music and
Listen to the tune
Sleep Dearie, Sleep See the music and
Listen to the tune
Wings Played at 60bpm or
Played at 74 bpm
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Practice Monday 27th

Click on the links below for the music for this practice

Our bagpipes: Jack, Ethan and Liam
A tune to revise: Erin Shore p11
See the music
The 3/4's p121 The Green Hills of Tyrol
When The Battle's O'er
The 3/4's p122/123: PM J K Cairns
My Land
Colin's Cattle
The Medley - part1 On the Road to Passchendaale p124
Paddy's Leather Breeches(2parts) p241
Morag of Dunvegan p6
The Medley - part2 the strathspeys
Molly Connell p202
Aspen Bank p202
the reels
The Sound of Sleat p222
The Country Girl and the Hungarian Fiddler p222
The 2/4's M’hairis Wedding p102
Heykens Serenade p112
This week's bonus clip: The Leaving of Liverpool
Recent tunes to be revised:
Ellan Vannin p3 See the music and Listen to the tune
Sleep Dearie, Sleep See the music and Listen to the tune
Wings Played at 60bpm or Played at 74 bpm

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Practice Monday 20 April

Click on the links below for the music for this practice

Our bagpipes: Julie, Jason and Graeme
A tune to revise: Ellan Vannin p3
See the music
Listen to the tune
The 3/4’s p121 The Green Hills of Tyrol
When The Battle’s O’er
The Set: The Atholl & Breadalbane Gathering p109
Aspen Bank p202
The Sound of Sleet p222
The 4/4’s p133 The Dawning of the Day
La Boum
A lament Hector the Hero p12
This week’s bonus clip: Massed Bands
See last week’s practice plan Monday 13 April
Recent tunes to be revised:
Sleep Dearie, Sleep
Wings 60bpm Wings 74 bpm
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Virtual Practices

Napier Pipe Band – Protocols for Virtual Practices
Getting together physically isn’t possible all the time so we’ll connect using internet meeting software. If you receive a meeting invite for a practices click on the link at the appointed time and follow these simple rules.

  • Before you start close all other apps on your computer – this frees up band width;
  • its okay to join with your microphone on but when asked please mute;p
  • The meeting leader will control who speaks/plays – if we all try to play or speak at once life will be difficult and we’ll take forever, starting and stopping;
  • Have your music manual ready and download and open any music you want to look at during the meeting ahead of time – this makes things run quicker.

For non-music meetings you may like to turn off the video (unless its necessary to see each other). Again,  this frees up bandwidth and minimises disruption (who wants to see you get up and walk around when you get uncomfortable).