Traditional Tunes and Modern Tunes

The more traditional tune of a bagpipe are marches, airs, dances, and piobaireachds. For the march, there are three sub categories, a 2/4 march, a 4/4 march, and a 6/8 march. Airs are sadder tunes and consist of slow airs and retreats. Dance tunes are hornpipes, jigs, reels, and strathspeys which are lively tunes, usually danced to. The piobaireachds are uncommon and people that don't play or know a lot about the bagpipes probably have never heard of one before. A piobaireachd has no steady rhythm and is very expressive and can take up to 10 or even 20 minutes to play. 

                                                    A March

Although traditional tunes are usually played, more modern tunes can be play as well, for example: