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To help learn and memorize a new tune, look over the tune to identify its unique and repeating elements. Before picking up your chanter to start playing, take a few minutes to look and understand the tune's structure. Most pipe tunes fall in the traditional structure of: Parts (usually 2 or 4, but sometimes 3, 5, 6, 8 or more) Lines (almost always 2 lines per part) Bars (almost always 4 bars per line, 8 bars per part) Often the bars repeat in groups of 2.  We call this a phrase. Sometimes phrases are 1 bar or 3 or more bars, but most typically we have two bar phrases. Download and print out this copy of the classic 2/4 march The 79ths Farewell to Gibraltar. You will need a copy printed on real paper, looking at it on your computer screen won't work. also, grab your colored highlighters. Colored pens or pencils will work in ...