A favourite hornpipe of mine growing up so I was glad when the band chose to play it in their repertoire.
Types: Hornpipe
Tam Bain’s Lum
Written for the World Solo Drumming Championships one year when it was the only tune my piper felt comfortable with.
Raigmore
This was part of an IDPB hornpipe set and can be most heard playing off of Glasgow Green having just won the World Pipe Band Championships in 2017.
Rainbow, The
A request from an online student to write this score for solo competition.
Lucy Cassidy
One of my favourite tunes of all time. I composed this with a student’s hornpipe/jig competition in mind.
Master Blasters
Written as a medley opening tune for IDPB.
Andrew & Colin Lee
I wrote this hornpipe specifically for the World Solo Drumming Championships as part of my Hornpipe/Jig set when the format changed in 2018. I’ve always loved the tune since I first heard it back in 1996 on the SFU’s Alive in America album.
Pocket Watch, The
Round Hornpipe. Score Composed by Gordon in 2014 for the Boghall Grade 1 Drum Corps as part of medley. (Pipe Tune by Matheu Watson).
Madame Bonaparte
Round Hornpipe. Score composed for a Boghall Grade 1 medley opening hornpipe in 2016. (Pipe Tune Trad.)
Reel of Beer
Round Hornpipe. Score composed by Gordon for Boghall Grade 1 2014 as part of a medley. (Pipe Tune by Gordon Duncan, Arr. Ross Ainslie)
