Pipe Duty Tunes And Bugle Calls Of The Liverpool Scottish
The Piper's Toast
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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During the daily routine of a Scottish regiment, key events are marked by the playing of different pipe duty tunes. We intend to make the pipe duty tunes used by the Liverpool Scottish regiment available for download here.
The Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association Pipe Band website can be found here
The tunes will be in MIDI format. This means that they are very small in size and quick to download. They are, however, of a far lower sound quality than an actual recording and do not pretend to be any thing more than a quick replica to give the idea of a tune. The reasons that we cannot bring you actual recordings of the pipe duty tunes played by real pipers are two-fold, problems with copyright and the fact that a real recording would take a very long time to download.
Recommended reading: 'Britain and her Military Music - Major Richard Powell FSA Scot'
Regimental March - The Glendaruel Highlanders
Regimental Slow March - Loch Rannoch
General Salute - Point of War
Reveille - Johnnie Cope
Up in the Mornin's No More for Me (2nd Bn WW2)
Defaulters - A Man's a Man for A' That (2nd Bn WW2)
Dinner Call - Brose and Butter
Officers Mess Dinner Call - Blue Bonnets o'er the Border
Lights Out - Lord Lovat's Lament (2nd Bn WW2)
Lament - Flowers Of The Forest
Other Tunes Associated with The Liverpool Scottish as Members of the Corps of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
March of the Cameron Men (This is NOT a piping version - it is here temporarily - don't shoot the pianist)
Company Marches To Follow
The source for all of the MIDI files found here is Bagpipes at Best. We wish to thank the owners of this site for providing us with an invaluable resource which is for personal enjoyment and not for commercial gain. The range of MIDI files is huge
Bugle Calls - CD Available 'A Call to Arms' (5th/8th Battalion The King's Regiment)
We have been unable to locate British Army bugle calls in midi format (for easy downloading). The webmaster would be glad to hear of any sources which can be used.
An excellent 40 minute CD of bugle calls, 'A Call to Arms', has been made by the Corps of Drums of the 5th/8th BattalionThe King's Regiment (now disbanded and succeeded by the King's and Cheshire Regiment). The Liverpool Scottish have formed part of both these units since early in the 1990's. A complete range of 'barrack' and 'field' calls is heard and there is an informed commentary on disc and in the notes by Major Richard Powell FSA Scot. It is obvious from these recordings and the commentary that a commander was able to hold a 'conversation' with sub-units through a combination of regimental calls and specific calls which announced his intentions, orders or observations of the enemy.
It is very reasonably priced and is available through the PSAO (Admin Officer) of A (King's) Company of the Kings and Cheshire Regiment at the TA Centre, Townsend Avenue, Liverpool or through a link (look for 'Bugles' at the foot of the page) on Major Powell's 'British Military Music' website. The recording includes a complete sequence for a two minutes silence with the 'Last Post' and 'Rouse' on either side.
The Pipe Major (or senior piper) after playing in the Mess may be called in to receive a 'dram' fronm the senior officer present
PROCEDURE FOR THE PIPER'S TOAST
The Piper, on completion of the piobaireachd (pibroch), re-enters the dining room without his pipes, preceded by the Mess Sergeant who carries a salver on which is a quaich containing a dram of whisky (previously diluted as required by the Piper !).They halt behind the Commanding Officer and senior guest, and the piper salutes. The Commanding Officer stands up, takes the quaich, and hands it to the Piper. (The senior guest may be invited to do this if appropriate). The Piper holds the quaich with both hands, at about chin level , and gives the Toast.
Gaelic
Slainte mor, Slainte Banrighinn
Slainte agus buaidh gu brath
le Gillean Forbasach.
Phonetic version
Slanjervaw, slanjer banreen
Slanjer aggus booey goo bra
la gillian forbusach
Translation for Sassenachs
Good health, health to the Queen
Health and success for ever
to the Forbes lads
The Piper then drinks the dram. All present reply 'Slainte' (Slanjer) and also drink the toast. The Piper then kisses the underneath of the quaich (symbolising the hidden portrait of 'the King over the Water'). He replaces the quaich on the salver, salutes, and leaves the room followed by the Mess Sergeant.
Acknowledgments - The Museum is
grateful for the on-going help of members, past and present, of
the Liverpool Scottish Pipes and Drums and Lt Colonel A.A.
Fairrie (Curator of the Museum of the Queen's Own Highlanders at
Fort George). Information on the 2nd Battalion The Liverpool Scottish was
provided by Fred Craig in New Zealand.