Essential Tunes Book 1 and CD is the first of two collections of Bagpipe music. It is a comprehensive guide to the tunes that every piper should know compiled by Dugald MacNeill.
There are a total of 53 tunes in Essential Tunes Volume 1. the list includes:
2/4 March
- Highland Laddie
- Earl of Mansfield
- Barren Rocks of Aden
- High Road to Gairloch
- Teribus
- My Love She's But a Lassie Yet
- Brown Haired Maiden
- Mairi's Wedding
- Happy We've Been A' Thegither
- A Man's a Man for A' That
- Liberton Pipe Band
- 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar
3/4 March
- Green Hills of Tyrol
- When the Battle's O'er
- Lochanside
9/8 March
- Battle of the Somme
- Heights of Dargai
4/4 March
- Scotland the Brave
- Old Rustic Bridge
- Rowan Tree
- 6/8 March
- Bonnie Dundee
- Steam Boat
- Bugle Horn
- Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre
- Glendaruel Highlanders
- Piobaireachd of Donald Dubh
Slow Air
- Scots Wha Ha'e (Bruce's Address)
- Mist Covered Mountains
- My Home
- Dream Angus
- Amazing Grace
- Auld Lang Syne
- Highland Cradle Song
- Sleep Dearie, Sleep
Lament
- Lochaber No More
- Flowers of the Forest
Strathspey
- Inverness Rant
- Loudon's Bonnie Woods and Braes
- Devil in the Kitchen
- Captain Horne
- Orange and Blue
- Marquis of Huntly's Highland Fling
Reels
- Piper of Drummond
- High Road to Linton
- Kilt is My Delight
- Tail Toddle
- De'il Amang the Tailors
- Mrs MacLeod of Raasay
Dance
- Whistle O'er the Lave O't (Sean Truibhais)
- Ghillie Callum (Sword Dance)
- Gay Gordons
Waltz
- Mary Darroch
Jig
- Lord Dunmore (The Bride's Jig)