Learning piping and being in the US Army, I'm curious as to the heritage and traditions of Army pipers in the UK and other countries. What is your basic playlist of tunes? Which ones are unique to a Regiment? Do you have a standard make and set up of pipes (i.e. ABW Hardies with ivory mounts)?

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Is there a regulation / manual / guide / reference that your military service uses? If so, is it releasable? I'd like a copy. What accouterments are standard to your country's 'piping/performance/dress' uniforms? From your more knowledgeable perspective, what else is unique about pipers in your military? Wow that's a lot of questions!! About the specific tunes for each regiment, you can get the various regimental collections from The Scots Guards, The Queens Own Highlanders, The Black Watch, etc which give the tunes for various functions.

So for example The Queens Own Highlanders: 1) Pibroch o' Donald Dhu: March Past, Quick Time 2) Cabar Feidh: 1) entering barracks 2) marching off Retreat 3) Troop in quick time 3)The March of the Cameron Men: 1) marching onto Retreat 2) Tattoo 3) WOs and NCOs to the front and so forth. There are a large number of these tunes and they vary from regiment to regiment. 3 Stars Destiny Walkthrough Pdf. As to the origins of pipers in the Scottish military, it seems to have come about because the aristocrats had their personal pipers and when they joined the Army as officers they brought their pipers with them, as Sir James Turner explained in 1671: 'With us (the Scots Guards) any Captain may keep a Piper in his Company and maintain him too, for no pay is allowed him, perhaps just as much as he deserveth.' Pipers were not officially established in the British Army until the 1850s.

About uniform, it's a curious (and little-known) fact that the pipers tended to be dressed in rather civilian-like costumes in many regiments right up till the mid-19th century. Things we think of today as being military, such as the Doublet and the Glengarry, occurred in civilian dress first, then were introduced in the Army as the dress of pipers, and only later were adopted by the rest of the regiment. Game Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth Ps2 Iso here. The outfit we think of as 'traditional military style pipers' dress' was introduced for the pipers of The Cameron Highlanders in 1841: Archer Green doublets, Glengarry, black waistbelt and crossbelt, etc. D Accord Violao Player 2.0 Serial. These green doublets later spread to the pipers of other Highland regiments and today are worn by the entire Scottish Infantry. About uniforms, the pipers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland have a variety which are worn for various purposes. No1 Dress has the Archer Green doublet, long horsehair sporran, spats, diced or tartan hosetops, Glengarry or Feather Bonnet, black waistbelt and crossbelt, and usually dirk and sgian dubh.