Peter MacKenzie Warren is best known as the namesake of a popular 4/4 competition bagpipe march composed by the Scottish dance-band accordion player Tom Muirhead. The tune was named after Muirhead’s grandson and became a well-known favorite played by pipe bands around the world.

To learn this tune just follow these simple steps.

Start by listening to the tune. You will notice that we are playing just two parts of this tune.

Now download and print the pdf music score for the first two parts.  The score is available in the current music book but for this learning process we are using a modified score.

Looking at the music score you will see that the first two parts of this tune are made up of 5 phrases.  Yes that’s right only five phrases to learn!

Start with phrase one, the first two bars – listen and play along.  Repeat as much as needed to be able to play with clarity.

Now look at phrase two – listen and play – again repeat until you are playing with clarity.

Once you are sure about the first two phrases you can put them together – listen and play

The first part of this tune comprises phrase 1 & 2 (which you’ve already mastered  then phrase one is repeated and the part then concludes with the third phrase (you will notice that the first bar (#7) of this phrase is the same as the first bar of phrase 2.

Listen and play phrase 3, the concluding two bars of the first part.

Now put it all together – play the first part.  Repeat until you are playing with clarity and consistency.  All good?  Well done.  That’s the first part of Peter Mackenzie Warren completed.

With part one completed you can move on to part 2