What's in a well-rounded piper's repertoire?

[Mr. Woolery]

Did I miss it or did nobody mention Mull of Kintyre? I know I have never heard it requested as such, but people love to hear it.

There are always going to be several tunes that form the core of a piper's repertoire and we all need to have a bunch we can play together when we want to hang out and play with other folks who are not in the band. For requests, I have been asked for STB, AG, and Danny Boy. I still don't know Danny Boy. Never bothered to learn it.

-Patrick

[george7]

Did I miss it or did nobody mention Mull of Kintyre? I know I have never heard it requested as such, but people love to hear it.

There are always going to be several tunes that form the core of a piper's repertoire and we all need to have a bunch we can play together when we want to hang out and play with other folks who are not in the band. For requests, I have been asked for STB, AG, and Danny Boy. I still don't know Danny Boy. Never bothered to learn it.

-Patrick

I was forced learn Danny Boy. A bit of the old adage "He who pays the piper calls the tunes."

[HarborSpringsPiper]

Did I miss it or did nobody mention Mull of Kintyre? I know I have never heard it requested as such, but people love to hear it.

The Paul McCartney tune or the jig of the same name? I played at a wedding reception a several years ago and was given the name of the tune without any other info ahead a time as being one of the groom's favorites. I think the jig is in Scots Guard II and so I learned it. After I played it at the reception, the groom was totally oblivious to what I was talking about. It was only afterwards when I was playing "Wings - Best of" that I realized what his favorite tune probably was!