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'''PIPER OF DRUMMOND, THE.''' Scottish, Pipe Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | '''PIPER OF DRUMMOND, THE.''' Scottish, Pipe Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first published in William Ross's '''Collection of Pipe Music''', first published in 1869. Pipe Major William Ross (1823-) enlisted in the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, in 1839, and in 1854 he replaced Angus MacKay as the Queen's Piper--piper to Queen Victoria, who had been smitten by the sound of the pipes since her trip to the Highlands in 1842. [[File:williamross.jpg|350px|thumb|right|William Ross]] | ||
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PIPER OF DRUMMOND, THE. Scottish, Pipe Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first published in William Ross's Collection of Pipe Music, first published in 1869. Pipe Major William Ross (1823-) enlisted in the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, in 1839, and in 1854 he replaced Angus MacKay as the Queen's Piper--piper to Queen Victoria, who had been smitten by the sound of the pipes since her trip to the Highlands in 1842.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4), 1991; p. 13. MacLeod's Tutor for the Highland Bagpipe, Book 5, p. 84. Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 268, p. 144.
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