Here are audio files of some of our core tunes played slowly enough that you can learn by listening.   Some tunes have sheet music, too, but you’ll be glad if you learn the tune by heart so that you can play without looking at any notes!    

If you’re wondering which tunes to start learning, we recommend the first tune listed in each category.   We tried to start each list with a tune that is easy to learn and widely-played.

JIGS

Stool of Repentance (A) Audio     Sheet Music

Drummond Castle (Am)  Audio   Sheet Music

Sailor’s Wife (Dm)     Audio    Sheet Music

Tripping Upstairs (D)   Audio   Sheet Music

STRATHSPEYS

Red Haired Girl of Tulloch (Bm)   Audio    Sheet Music

Banks of Spey    (Am)    Audio   Sheet Music

King George IV (Am)    Audio   Sheet Music

Jessie Smith (D) Audio Sheet Music

The Smith’s a Gallant Fireman (D) Audio  Sheet Music

Iron Man (A) Audio     Sheet Music 

Warlocks (Em) Audio Sheet Music

REELS

Fairy Dance (D) Audio Sheet Music

Flowers of Edinburgh (G)   Audio   Sheet Music

Sleepy Maggie (Bm)     Audio     Sheet Music

Far From Home (G)     Audio     Sheet Music

Spootiskerry (G)     Audio     Sheet Music

Willafjord (D)     Audio     Sheet Music

Shetland Set:      Audio  Sheet Music

    Jack Broke Da Prison Door (G)-Donald-Blue(D)-Sleep Soond Ida Mornin (Am)

Merry Blacksmith (D)  Audio    Sheet Music

High Road to Linton (A)     Audio     Sheet Music

Jenny Dang the Weaver (D)  Audio Sheet Music

MARCHES

Inverness Gathering (A*)     Audio     Sheet Music

    *This tune is A mixolydian -- G’s are G naturals, like they would be on a bagpipe!  (Same story with High Road to Linton.)