The 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar
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A Great First Four-Parted Competition March The 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar is a popular four-parted 2/4 march, and for many pipers it's the first four-parted 2/4 they learn for solo competition.
Open the Doubling Slightly Before the Closing Birl A trick of expression for the doubling-low A-birl pattern at the end of each part: open the doubling up slightly instead of playing it tight, which emphasizes the C and gives that closing beat extra strength.
Break Tricky Passages Into Two-Note Building Blocks The fourth part's toughest passage — a pair of tachums leading into an E doubling — gets built up gradually: two notes at a time, then adding the surrounding notes one by one.
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00:00A Introduction: Popular Four-Parted 2/4🔒
00:29Rhythm Dot-Cut Emphasizing the🔒
01:14of Part the Closing The Phrase First🔒
01:44F Part: the Second Fingers on Light Short🔒
02:54for Waiting the Birl🔒
03:05Before Birl the Trick: Doubling Opening A🔒
03:46to A The Passage Part: Third F Low🔒
04:25Sections It Small Breaking Into🔒
05:40the Tune Fourth Part: in The Passage Hardest🔒
06:22a the Tachums Time at Building Two Notes🔒
07:46Up Break Wrap-Up: It It Down, Build🔒
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