Piping Repertoire & Publications

Below are lists of some of the main, interesting and intriguing sources of repertoire for our various pipes.
We are always adding to this list. Please let us know if your favourite publication is missing and we'll gladly include it.

Scottish Piping (Lowland/Border & Smallpipes)

• A Collection of Pipe Tunes - Selected from "Peacock's Tunes" and other sources (John Peacock, 1992)

• A Collection of the Choicest Scots Tunes for the Lowland and Border Bagpipe (Gordon Mooney, 1983)

• A New Collection of the Choicest Tunes for the Lowland and Border Bagpipe (Pete Stewart, 2013)

• A Step in Time - A Selection of Quicksteps Suitable for playing on Scottish Smallpipes and Border Pipes (2015)

• Ceol Sean - The world's largest online collection of bagpipe music

• Geordie Syme's Paircel o Tunes - Music for Border Pipers and their Friends (Matt Seattle, 2016)

• Gordon Mooney's Collections of Music for Lowland and Border Bagpipes (2007)

• Music of the Scottish Borders (Gordon Mooney)

• Over the Hills & Far Away (Matt Seattle, 2008)

• Ower the Dunion - Selected Compositions for Pipes, Fiddle and other Melody Instruments (Matt Seattle, 2018)

• The Choicest Bagpipe Music - From the Scottish Borders and Lowlands (Gordon Mooney)

• The Day it Daws: The Lowland Scots Bagpipe and its Music 1400 to 1715 (Pete Stewart, 2005)

• The Master Piper - Nine notes that shook the world (William Dixon > Seattle, 1995/2011)

• The Rumblin' Brig - A Collection of pipe tunes, old & new (Hamish Moore, 1993)

• The Scottish Smallpipes - A Tutor Book by Vicki Swan (2005)

• The Smallpipes Survival Guide (Ray Sloan, 2003)

• Three Extraordinary Collections - Early 18th Century Dance Music for Those That Play Publick (Pete Stewart, 2007)

• Two's Company - Twenty-eight Duets arranged by Jock Agnew

Lowland & Border Pipers' Society (LBPS) publications

• 25 Simple Session Tunes

• 30 Years of LBPS Tunes - Music for Scottish Smallpipes and Border Pipes (2013)

• 50 Plus Lowland & Border Tunes (2006)

• A New Way to Melrose - A Selection of Tunes from around the World arranged for Scottish Smallpipes and Border Pipes (2010)

• A Tutor for the Cauld Wind Bagpipes (1992)

• J. Scott Skinner 1843-1927 - A selection of his tunes arranged for Scottish smallpipes and Border pipes (2017)

• Lowland and Border Pipers' Society suggested Session Tunes

• Lowland and Border Pipers' Society suggested Duets & Harmonies

• More Power to Your Elbow: A Practical Guide to Acquiring, Playing, Tuning and Maintaining Scottish Bellows-blown Bagpipes (2003)

• The LBPS Committee Sessions - Blue Book

• The Wind in the Bellows (2009)

Irish Piping

• Ceol an Phiobaire: Music of the Pipers (Terry Moylan, 1981/2012)

• How to Play the Irish Uilleann Pipes (Tadhg Crowley, 1936)

• O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes - Volumes 1-4 (c1806)

• The Dance Music of Willie Clancy (Pat Mitchell, 1976)

• The Master’s Touch: A Tutor for the Uilleann Pipes by Seamus Ennis (Wilbert Garvin & Robbie Hannan, 1998)

• The Sutherland Manuscript (Pastoral pipe music) (Ross Anderson)

• Tutor for the Irish Pipes (Dudley Colclough, c1806)

Na Píobairí Uilleann (NPU) publications

• Ceol an Phiobaire

• Ceol Rince na hÉireann books 1-5

• Giblin Collection

• Joe Doyle - Music for the Irish Pipes vol 1 & 2

• Move Your Fingers - The Life and Music of Chris Langan

• Piper’s Choice Music Collection – Transcriptions by Joe Doyle (2018)

• The Levey Collections

• The Long Century

• Tunes of the Munster Pipers Vol. 1 & 2

English / Northumbrian Piping

• A Basic Tutor for the Northumbrian Small Pipes (Richard Butler, 1976)

• A Favourite Collection of Tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin or Flute (John Peacock, c1800s)

• A Repertoire of Variations for the Northumbrian Smallpipes (Julia Say, 1996)

• A Tutor for the Northumberland Half-Long Bagpipes (William A. Cocks, 1925)

• Bewick's Pipe Tunes - A Collection of Tunes for Northumbrian Smallpipes and other melody instruments

• Billy Pigg tunes for the Northumbrian Smallpipes

• Instruction Book for the Northumbrian Small-pipes (J.W. Fenwick, 1895/1931)

• Merryweather's Tunes for English Bagpipes - Collected and adapted by James Merryweather (1989)

• Moebius Music for Three Bagpipes and Other Tunes (Jon Swayne, 1995)

• Northumbrian Minstrelsy; a collection of the ballads, melodies, and small-pipe tunes of Northumbria (Bruce & Stokoe, 1965)

• Pauline Cato's Northumbrian Choice (1997)

• Pipers in Harmony - Book 1 (Myrna Luff, 1994)

• Piping Hot - A Collection of Tunes for the Keyless Chanter (Jane Robson, 1998)

• Richard Butler’s Handbook for the Northumbrian Small Pipes (1999)

• Robin with the Bagpipe - The English Bagpipe and its Music (Pete Stewart, 2001)

• Some of me tunes and some of me friends’ tunes (and some of me writings) (Julian Goodacre, 2018)

• The Charlton Memorial Tune Book (Hall & Stafford, 1975)

• The Clough family of Newsham Tune Book

• The Great Northern Tune book - William Vicker's Collection of Dance Tunes (Matt Seattle)

• The Jack Armstrong Tune Book (1995)

• The New Shields Garland - A Collection of the Newest Tunes for Northumbrian Bagpipes and Other Instruments (Iain Gelston, 2021)

• The Northumbrian Bagpipes (W.A. Cocks & J.F. Bryan, 1967)

• The Northumbrian Smallpipes Tutor (John Liestman, 2011)

• Walsh's Lancashire Tunes (1730)

Goodacre Brothers

• Toodle-Oodle Bagpipes - A First Collection of English Bagpipe Tunes (1992)

• Twoodle-Oodle Bagpipes Too - A Second Collection of English Bagpipe Tunes (1997)

• Threedle-Deedle Bagpipes - A Third Collection of English Bagpipe Tunes and Duets (2000)

John Goodacre

• Johnny D’s Home - A First Selection of Dances and Other Piping Tunes for Leicestershire smallpipes &c. (1989)

• The White House Hornpipe - A Second Selection of Dances and Other Piping Tunes for Leicestershire smallpipes &c. (1999)

• Piping in the Village - A Third Selection of Dances and Other Piping Tunes for Leicestershire smallpipes &c. (2009)

• Piper Yer On - A Fourth Selection of Dance and Other Piping Tunes for Leicestershire smallpipes &c. (2019)

Northumbrian Pipers' Society (NPS) publications

• Continuing the Tradition - New Northumbrian Tunes in Traditional Idiom composed mainly for the Northumbrian Small Pipes by players and other local musicians (2011)

• The First 30 tunes Book

• The Northumbrian Pipers' Duet Book (1986)

• The Northumbrian Piper's Pocket - Green Book

• The Northumbrian Piper's Pocket - Yellow Book

• The Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Books 1-4 (1970-2011)

Other / Miscellaneous Publications & Sources

• The History and Use of Bagpipes in Theatre & Dance