Duty tunes
They tell soldiers that an activity/event/procedure is about to commence.
The duty tunes for the Queen's Own Highlanders are set out below.
First tune – Donuil Dubh – has been played for over 500 years.
Under it is Cabar Feidh, the regimental tune. Its title meansthe stag’s antlers.
Further down, is A Man’s a Man for all that – from the poem by Robert Burns.
At the foot of the page, is Flowers of the Forest which is an ancient Scottish folk tune. Due to the content of the lyrics and the reverence for the tune, it is one of the few tunes that many pipers will only perform at funerals or memorial services, and only practise it in private or to instruct other pipers. more
There are thousands of pipe tunes and military tunes run to the hundreds. Scores of them are current.
REGIMENTAL DUTY TUNES OF THE QUEEN'S OWN HIGHLANDERS from the the book - The Piper's Day more
A selection from 90 duties
REGIMENTAL MARCHES
March Past in Quick Time Pibroch of Donuil Dubh
Regimental March Cabar Feidh
DAILY ROUTINE
Reveille Johnnie Cope
Long Reveille Up in the Morning Early
2nd Tune Breakfast Brose and Butter
Pipes Marching off a guard MacDonald's awa to the War
Dinner Pipes Over the water to Charlie
Sergeant's Mess
1 st Mess Pipes Cuidich 'n Righ
2nd Mess Pipes Corn Rigs are Bonny
ENTERING AND LEAVING BARRACKS
Entering Barracks Cabar Feidh
Chairing out after
22 years service A Man's a Man for all that
RETREAT
March off Cabar Feidh
TATTOO First Post 72nd Highlanders
PARADE MUSIC
Half Hour to Parade Up and Waur them all, Wullie
Quarter Hour to Parade Bundle and Go
Assembly All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border
Fall In Lads with the Kilt
Officers Fall in MacKenzie Highlanders
Marching the Colours Scotland for Ever
Inspection Tune My Home
TROOPING THE COLOUR
Keepers of the
Ground March on 72nd Highlanders
Guards March on The Inverness Gathering
COMPANY MARCHES
C Company The Brown Haired Maiden
D Company The Bugle Horn
S Company The 51 st Highland Division at Wadi Akarit
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
Gate Ceremony Happy we've been a' thegither A Good New Year to one and all
FUNERALS
March to the Burial Ground Flowers of the Forest
Salute at the Graveside Lochaber no more
WEDDINGS I ha'e a wife o' my ain