Need a 2/4 March for competition

**vmac3205** · 11th April 13, 04:10 PM

Hello pipers,

I have been encouraged to enter a piping competition this summer. Who can recommend an easy 2/4 4-part march for my toe-dipping attempt at competing. Also if you have any advice for deportment, dress, or anything else I can use, I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

**pbutts** · 11th April 13, 07:11 PM

I've been following this very question myself on the Bob Dunsire site....I'm actually thinking of doing the online competition first and then maybe working up to the real thing next summer.

http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/...ch+competition

http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/...ch+competition

**vmac3205** · 11th April 13, 09:46 PM

That help. Thanks. Good luck to us both. I'm going to be so nervous I will probably die.

**flyrod6057** · 12th April 13, 05:54 AM

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.

**Nathan** · 12th April 13, 06:45 AM

Maybe Kennedy Street March by Dan Hughie MacEachern.

**KD Burke** · 12th April 13, 07:17 AM

I played in competition for the first time myself in January. I had good luck with "Liberton Boys."

**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.