12 original compositions by Fraser Fifield, arranged for Scottish bagpipes, but playable, of course, on any instrument. Available to download below in pdf format, individually or as a bundle of 12.
including: Glen Kabul | Dark Reel | El Agua De la Vida | Field of Hope | The Beast | Dardarkar's Dance | Horo | Our Rivers and Glens | Psalm | The Wizard of Skene| Passing with the Time | The Black Ship | (+notes)
For download in pdf format, notated for Scottish bagpipes
An easy 16 bar melody intended as a launchpad for improvisations. Notated with bagpipe ornamentation. From the album 'In Mumbai': https://fraserfifield.com/track/2379758/dardarkar-s-dance
Mujeeb Dardarkar is a friend and top freelance sound engineer from Mumbai who played a pivotal role in creating the recording sessions for 'In Mumbai' in YRF Studios.
A 2 part reel for Bagpipes which requires a little cross-fingering (you're probably more likely to achieve success on border pipes than highland pipes) As recorded with Old Blind Dogs on the album, Five.
2 part reel, notated for bagpipes Written as the instrumental refrain to a song of the same name by Salsa Celtica
from the album Honest Water, a 3 part melody in 11/8 time. Notated with bagpipe ornamentation.
A 2 part strathspey, written as part of a project of (almost) the same name in 2021. Notated for bagpipes. (https://deedonceilidhcollective.com/our-living-rivers-and-glens)
From the album, Traces of Thrace, a 7/8 melody in 5 parts plus optional slow intro and double-time outro. Notated for bagpipes.
2 part slow melody, as per versions on the albums Honest Water and In Mumbai. Notated for bagpipes.
A 6 part tune. Notated for bagpipes, in 15/8 time (4+4+4+3, typically). As recorded on the album 'Birds and Beasts' by Mr McFall's Chamber
A 4-part hornpipe for bagpipes. Perhaps my earliest creation (1987) and named after my maternal Grandfather, who had been accorded a nickname after a popular supernatural legend of the North East of Scotland.
