Quote Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)
Here's a question for pipers and pipes enthusiasts alike....

What do you believe to be the most challenging March,Strathspey & Reel? Do you have a personal favorite?

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Well, there may be a reason for the overwhelming silence here........ Asking what the most challenging MSR is opens a very loaded question. There are thousands, hell...possibly tens of thousands, of tunes of each of these types. When you start putting them into an MSR set you're looking at potentially millions of possible combinations. I've played pipes for about 25 years now, and I would never ask this question. I'm sure someone could come up with some combination of these three types of tunes that could be damn near unplayable for anyone but themselves.....would that qualify?

As to my own favourites of each type of tune, I like the following:
March - The Glasgow Police Pipers (The Black Bear is a long time favourite)
Strathspey - The Little Cascade or Maggie Cameron or perhaps Inverary Castle or The Laird of Drumblair......
Reel - The Sheepwife or The Smith of Chilliechassie, although McAllisters Dirk is a good tune too........

The MSR I like Most: The first one I ever learned which was "The Battle of Waterloo", "Dalnahassaig" and "The Fairy Dance".

Bill