Rangers Farewell Set

These two tunes were written for the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment they were supposed to be played at the Vesting day parade in Lemgo, Germany on 30th June 1992 by the Regimental Band, Bugles, Pipes and Drums of 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rangers. At the time I was the Pipe Major and had written these tunes to be played accompanied by the band. Unfortunately the Bandmaster could not be bothered to compose the band parts for the tunes. So the tunes were played by the Pipes and Drums on their own, they are simple to learn and can be very effective with simple harmony's, the third tune was written for my Battalion, I was in the 2nd Battalion but we all felt that we were “2nd to None” this was added to make a good marching set.

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The Runs Set of 4 Reels

The Runs - this started as a small exercise for learner pipers, you run up and down the chanter and the scale, I used to use this tune for the learners at Glencourse and Edinburgh Castle.

Orange Walk - This is a wonderful sounding name for a small town in Belize.

Hendo's Reel - This is named after one of my great mates from the Army, Kieth Hederson.

My GHB XP - OK this is a silly name, it stands for My Great Highland Bagpipe that I only play on the computer these days, my XP computer ... geddit?