Two 6/8 marches, Braes of Glenorchy and The Campbells are Coming, played on an early instrument by Decker Forrest (audio clip)

These two marches in 6/8 time were based on well-known contemporary songs. As the pipe music repertoire evolved in the early 19th Century, song melodies were often borrowed and adapted to suit the pipes, sometimes requiring significant modification to fit the nine-note pipe scale.

The tunes, Braes of Glenorchy and The Campbells are Coming, are from William Gunn's influential Caledonian repository of music, adapted for the bagpipes, published in Glasgow in 1848.

William Gunn (1795 - 1867) was born in Kildonan, Scotland, and learned the trade of weaving. He began playing in the Highland Society's piping competitions, winning the 5th Prize in Edinburgh in 1824, having moved to Glasgow in about 1823. He set up business as a bagpipe maker about 1834 and, until 1850, he lived and worked at 48 Gallowgate in Glasgow. Latterly (until 1866), he lived and ran his business from 273 George Street. He died on 14 February 1867 aged 72.

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