Suggestions for solo march tune with "fat" low Gs

[Piparoo]

I'm thinking about competing in EUSPBA grade 5 solos next season. Any recommendations on simpler march tunes that have some nice fat low gs?

[Roddy Livingstone]

Re: Suggestions for solo march tune with "fat" low gs

Captain Norman Orr Ewing

[Tom MacKenzie]

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Walter Douglas MBE, particularly the third part

[Drewz Dronez]

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Haugh's of Cromdale!

[Piparoo]

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Thanks for all of the great suggestions! If I were to choose a march that has 4 parts, say Walter Douglas MBE, would it be inappropriate to play only parts 3 & 4, since I'm only required to play two parts?

[piper_hm]

Re: Suggestions for solo march tune with "fat" low gs

Thanks for all of the great suggestions! If I were to choose a march that has 4 parts, say Walter Douglas MBE, would it be inappropriate to play only parts 3 & 4, since I'm only required to play two parts?

I'd do 1st and 2nd or 1st and 3rd (for the Low G )

[Jim Fogelman]

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Does EUSPBA have a requirement for which parts to play?

WUSPBA, I believe, has a rule stating that if you’re playing only 2 parts of a 4-part tune, you have to play the first two parts.

[KeithAlex344]

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78ths Farewell to Gibraltar might be alright.

[DNorwood]

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As you decide, here is a good reference for both 2-parted and 4-parted tunes.

https://www.rspba.org/html/prescribedtunes_march_2PT.php

Thanks for all of the great suggestions! If I were to choose a march that has 4 parts, say Walter Douglas MBE, would it be inappropriate to play only parts 3 & 4, since I'm only required to play two parts?

[Austin Diepenhorst]

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Morag Ramsey, Marchioness of Tullibardine, Hugh Kennedy, Balmoral Highlanders... I could go on....

[Roger Huth]

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Margaret M Duncan

By William Ferguson

I first heard it played by Pipe Major Angus MacDonald (SG) and liked it ever since

[Garry]

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Haugh's of Cromdale!

O wad some pow'r the Giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us

[DapperDan]

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Hi Piparoo

Just fyi, if you're going to do grade 5 solo in EUSPBA, you can play any time signature. You could do a 4/4 like Battle of Waterloo, or a 2-part 2/4 like Cutting Bracken. Lots 'o low G in those. If you're holding down 4-parted 2/4 marches, I say go for grade 4! But for 5, I'd say go with any march you know really well.

Good luck!