Pipers

Pipers

To gain each award, Boys must be a regular member of the Band or B.B. class for at least 6 months and qualify as follows:

1st Stage: Play correctly on a practice chanter, all doubling from low G to high A, two Quick Marches and a Slow March.

2nd Stage: Play correctly a Quick March, Strathspey, and a Reel. Answer seven out of ten questions on music theory, and play correctly on a practice chanter more advanced movements such as Grips and Taorluaths.

3rd Stage: Play correctly two Quick arches, one Strathspey and a Reel. Retune the drones. Show more advanced knowledge of music theory. Read and play at sight four different phrases of pipe music, and know how to care for and maintain a pipe.

(Regulations as at 1976)

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