Cambridge and
Districts Pipe Band (NZ) Highland Bagpipe Tunes.
The Central North Centre RNZPBA Massed Band tunes:
Scotland the Brave, Mairi's Wedding, Barren Rocks of Aden, Brown haired Maiden.
Green Hills of Tyrol, When the Battle is Over.
Scotland the Brave, Cockney Jocks.
Wi' a Hundred Piper's, Bonny Dundee, Cock O' the North (2pts)
Amazing Grace
Highland Cathedral
Skye Boat Song
C&DPB tunes over the years:
| Tunes were issued to members in Electric Pipes compatible 'abc' code, or as gif image files,
from a personal library of over 4000 tunes. Usually also laser printed at band, and issued.
Today these tunes can be issued in ABCTools ready 'abc' code or as Epipes ready 'abc' code.
There are really only a few variations. The Major variance is in how repeats are handled. Traditionally GHB music can use 4 bars from an earlier part of the tune as part of the repeat in a later part of the tune. e.g. last 4 bars in part B (2nd Part) of a tune might be used for the repeat of the last 4 bars of the 4th part (Part D) of a tune. Instead of repeating the bars where they are to be played, those in the earlier part are labelled as being used in a later part e.g. [2nd time of Part B also 2nd time of Part D. It's coded in Epipes as "[2B;2D " at the beginning of the variation In Part D the last 4 bars would start with "[1D " and end with ":|". In Epipes Part D would not have the second time variation coded, as it has already been specified by the "[2B;2D " code in Part B. This is how GHB music books have traditionally written the music scores, and is how Epipes (Electric Pipes) handles the situation. Unfortunately the 'abc' standard seems not allow for this and it assumes the code like "[2B;2D " refers to actual notes, so creating some strange effects. To get around this problem, the 'abc' code for repeats has to be repeated where the repeat variation is used in the tune, if that tune is transferred into ABCTools or any other 'abc' app that sticks to the 'abc' standards. If your notation is only used with Epipes there is no problem. This illustrates variations that are not similar. Tune Part A |:====4=bars=on=staff=1 Tune Part A =====4=bars=on=staff=2 :| Whole Part repeated. Tune Part B |:====4=bars=on=staff=3 Tune Part B [1B==4=bars=on=staff=4 :| only 1st 4 bars are repeated Tune Part B [2B==4=bars=on=staff=5 |] the variation instead of the bars on staff 4. Tune Part C |:====4=bars=on=staff=6 Tune Part C =====4=bars=on=staff=7 :| Whole Part repeated. Tune Part D |:====4=bars=on=staff=8 Tune Part D [1D==4=bars=on=staff=9 :| only 1st 4 bars are repeated Tune Part D [2D==4=bars=on=staff=10 |] the variation instead of the bars on staff 4. The above is how all GHB tunes with repeats need to be done for 'abc' standard compliance and also in Epipes where the repeats are not shared with other parts of the tune. But GHB notation does this when the variations are the same. Tune Part A |:======4=bars=on=staff=1 Tune Part A =======4=bars=on=staff=2 :| Whole Part repeated. Tune Part B |:======4=bars=on=staff=3 Tune Part B [1B====4=bars=on=staff=4 :| only 1st 4 bars are repeated Tune Part B [2B;2D=4=bars=on=staff=5 |] variation of 4 bars on staff 4. Applies also to Part D Tune Part C |:======4 bars=on=staff=6 Tune Part C =======4 bars=on=staff=7 :| Whole Part repeated. Tune Part D |:======4 bars=on=staff=8 Tune Part D [1D====4 bars=on=staff=9 :| only 1st 4 bars are repeated The variation for part D is that for Part B and is already defined by [2B,D etc on staff 5. The above is how Epipes Can do repeats where the repeat bars are used in previous/later parts. Statements commencing with "%%Epipes" are ignored by standard 'abc' notation apps there are two other statements that will cause problems. 1. The U: command statement. Epipes inserts it as U:z="@ " every time a file is saved. 'z' is a rest in standard 'abc' notation. In Epipes it is used to insert spaces between notes. For use in standard 'abc' apps such as ABCTools, simply remove the statement altogether. because our GHB bagpipes do NOT traditionally use rests as they are a legato instrument. 2. The Q: command statement. In Epipes Q:nn is used, where nn specifies the actual beats per minute. The beats relate to the Time Signature: 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 have One beat for every 3 Quavers. So a 6/8 has 2 beats per bar, 9/8 has 3, a 12/8 has 4. Time Signatures 2/2, 2/4, C| have only 2 beats per bar, 3/4 has 3, 4/4 has 4. 5/4 has 5, 6/4 has 6 etc. To use the Q: statement in 'abc' apps it is essential to indicate what the beat is associated with otherwise the timing is completely off. Therefore Q:3/8=nn has to be used with the Compound Time tunes: 6/8, 9/8. 12/8 etc. And Q:1/4=nn must be used for the Common Time tunes: 2/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 etc. If bringing 'abc' code with Q:1/4=nn, or Q:3/8=nn (nn of course being the numeric value for bpm.) Epipes accepts it without problem BUT if you save the file in Epipes, the '1/4=' or '3/8='is NOT saved. Just Q:nn is. |
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