Practicing my bagpipes tunes

Set #2 and #3

So, in piping we refer to our music as tunes, not songs. Apparently it's been decided that songs are sung while tunes are played.I've been having a hard time memorizing the music so I have to make the extra effort to learn it.

Our band, The Southern Indiana Pipes and Drums, has tunes arranged into sets that we play at performances. I have several tunes playable for the most part, not always by memory (and not all of the embellishments), but I have yet to cobble together the same tunes that make up one of our sets. I know, it's odd.

So, I've been hitting Set #1 today on the practice chanter (you practice tunes on the practice chanter until you have them going well, then you get them on the bagpipes). Set #1 is: Wings, Rowan Tree, and Bonnie Galloway. I have Wings down pretty well (not all of the embellishments yet) and can crank it on the pipes as well. I can usually get through Rowan Tree if I don't psych myself out. Bonnie Galloway is a crash and burn. So today was Set #1 day.