Essential Tunes Vol. 1

Essential Tunes Book 1 and CD is the first of two collections of Bagpipe music. It is a comprehensive guide to the tunes that every bagpiper should know, compiled by Dugald MacNeill.

There are a total of 53 tunes in Essential Tunes Volume 1. The list includes:

• 2/4 March: Highland Laddie, Earl of Mansfield, Barren Rocks of Aden, High Road to Gairloch, Teribus, My Love She's But a Lassie Yet, Brown Haired Maiden, Mairi's Wedding, Happy We've Been A' Thegither, A Man's a Man for A' That, Liberton Pipe Band, 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar
• 3/4 March: Green Hills of Tyrol, When the Battle's O'er, Lochanside
• 9/8 March: Battle of the Somme, Heights of Dargai
• 4/4 March: Scotland the Brave, Old Rustic Bridge, Rowan Tree
• 6/8 March: Bonnie Dundee, Steam Boat, Bugle Horn, Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre, Glendaruel Highlanders, Piobaireachd of Donald Dubh
• Slow Air: Scots Wha Ha'e (Bruce's Address), Mist Covered Mountains, My Home, Dream Angus, Amazing Grace, Auld Lang Syne, Highland Cradle Song, Sleep Dearie, Sleep, Lament, Lochaber No More, Flowers of the Forest
• Strathspey: Inverness Rant, Loudon's Bonnie Woods and Braes, Devil in the Kitchen, Captain Horne, Orange and Blue, Marquis of Huntly's Highland Fling
• Reels: Piper of Drummond, High Road to Linton, Kilt is My Delight, Tail Toddle, De'il Amang the Tailors, Mrs MacLeod of Raasay
• Dance: Whistle O'er the Lave O't (Sean Truibhais), Ghillie Callum (Sword Dance), Gay Gordons
• Waltz: Mary Darroch
• Jig: Lord Dunmore (The Bride's Jig)