Balance familiar tempos across your whole set. Once you know the ideal tempo ranges for a march, strathspey, reel, jig, and slow air, you can arrange them so the tempos feel like a coherent journey rather than a series of disconnected jolts.
Never surprise your audience — fulfill their expectations instead. Great tune choices reward listeners with the payoff they were hoping for, the way a great comedian's familiar bit still lands; the goal is a satisfying 'that was a great march,' never confusion or a jarring trick.
Transitions need to be as deliberately planned as the tunes themselves. Whether it's a solo player holding a low A as long as they want or a pipe major giving an inaudible one-two count-in on the last note of a march, a clean transition between tunes and tempos is a skill in its own right.
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How to Put Together a Great Set
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00:00construction Introducing set🔒
03:20sets constraints free vs. Competition performance🔒
06:25tempo MSR Balancing an across🔒
15:19and slow structure: finale air, marching, Medley🔒
19:54When tunes four-parted two-parted choose ones to over🔒
26:50material funky, 'tricky, Where fits innovative'🔒
39:44between Managing tempos and tunes transitions🔒
45:18count-in inaudible The pipe major's🔒
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58:21Applying your to tunes own this🔒
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