Tunes for beginners

Welcome to the tunes for beginners' section.



Here, in the beginners section. these tunes have been arranged the tunes according to difficulty, with level one being the easiest.



The idea is that you learn one or two tunes a week, and that after one month you can progress to the next level.



Each tune can be downloaded and printed as a jpeg.



It is a good idea to keep practicing your exercises whilst you are learning these tunes.



Tunes marked * were composed by Lindsay Davidson.



For more tunes at all levels, printable as jpegs, please look at Lindsay Davidson's



Please click on the music to hear each tune being played by Lindsay Davidson on the chanter.



Where there are midi files, please remember the "magic maxim" - if you can play slowly, you can play quickly but the converse isn't necessarily true. This means as you get better you should try to play with an awareness of twice as much detail, then four times as much detail etc.



To this end, extra beats have been given in the midi files to help you keep count. This will be further explained in intermediate work in due course.

Once you get the idea, it is easy, but please listen carefully to figure it out.



LEVEL 1



Sutherland March* - March













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Quimperle * - Air









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Skye Boat Song - Air













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Drummond *- Air













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Amazing Grace -Air









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Auld Lang Syne -Air













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Bonnie Lass of Fyvie - March













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Killicrankie - March









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Jones' March* - March







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..



LEVEL2



Teribus - March



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Corriechoillie’s - March

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72nd’s Farewell to Aberdeen - March

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Highland Laddie - March



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A Man’s A Man For A’ That - March



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Jenny’s Bawbee - March



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Ae Fond Kiss - Air



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Bonnie Dundee - March



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The Steamboat - March





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LEVEL 3



Farewell To The Creeks - March









This tune has several midi files to help you practice..



Paddy’s Leather Breeches - Jig(fast)







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..



Rowan Tree - March







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..





Because He Was A Bonny Lad - Strathspey (dance, moderate tempo)









This tune has several midi files to help you practice..

Three quarter speed with quaver beats





Aspen Bank - Strathspey







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..





Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes - Strathspey



This tune has several midi files to help you practice..



The Fairy Dance - Reel (fast)







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..

LEVEL 4

Loch Maree - March







This tune has several midi files to help you practise:



Green Hills Of Tyrol - March







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..



When The Battle’s O’er - March







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..







Scotland The Brave - March







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..

Jenny Dang the Weaver - Reel (fast)











This tune has several midi files to help you practice..

The Eight Men Of Moidart - Reel (fast)







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..

The High Road To Linton - Reel (fast)







This tune has several midi files to help you practice..



