Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 4th 2002 by Paddy.
This tune has been added to 55 tunebooks.
Also known as The Glasgow City Police Pipe Band, The Glasgow City Police Pipers, The Glasgow Police Pipers, Glasgow Strathspey.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Glasgow City Police Pipers
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
||:AAA cac|BBB caa|AAA cac|Baa fec|
AAA cac|BBB caa|a2 e fed|BBB caa:|
|: faa eaa|caa Aaa|faa eaa|caa Baa|
faa eaa|caa Aaa| a2 e fec|BBB caa:|
|: AAA caa|BBB caa|AAA caa|Baa caa|
AAA caa|BBB caa|a2 e fec|BBB caa:|
|:faa eaa|caa Baa| faa eaa| ca da ea|
faa eaa|caa Baa|a2 e fec| BBB caa:||
Glasgow City Police Pipers
Tricky one this, especially on the whistle.Composed by the late Pipe Major Donald McLeod, thought by many to be the greatest composer of bagpipe music in the last century.He recorded an entire double album of pipe tunes, many his own compositions, in one take in New York in 1967. How many traditional musicians, on any instrument, could do that? Many of his tunes have been recorded by Scottish folk bands, such as "Ossian".This was recorded by the "Boys Of The Lough", I think.
"Wee Donald" 's tunes go very well on whistle.
# Posted on December 4th 2002 by Kenny
Glasgow City....
While it's a venerable highland pipe tune, I wouldn't exactly put this tune into the tricky department.
# Posted on December 5th 2002 by B Rad
The AAA and BBB parts are best played with the first eighth held and the second cut. I play this on the pipes. Thanks for the info on it Kenny.
# Posted on December 5th 2002 by Paddy
Glasgow City Police Pipers
Hey everyone,
I actually play this piece on the harp...its alot of fun. Sileas does a great version of this tune with another (I can't remember its name). I hold the first eighth note on the AAA and BBB parts. Also on the
B section of the AAA part, I turn the second and third and fifth and six eighth notes into triplets. Same for the B section of the BBB section. THis is a great tune.
# Posted on December 26th 2002 by macghobhan
Harp...most excellent instrument. Nice ornamentation.
# Posted on January 29th 2003 by Paddy
Donald MacLeod
According to preeminent piping authority Agnus J. MacLellan (who was very close to Donald MacLeod almost his entire life, and who carries a vast store of knowledge about Wee Donald and his tunes) who was present at a recent piping camp I attended, this tune was inspired by a bunch of sick drummers who got motion sickness in the back of the band bus. He described those somewhat jarring High A's as being the drummers getting sick on the bumps!
Definitely an anecdote worth sharing, that one.
# Posted on August 22nd 2004 by Alek