Toad In The Toilet jig

From the playing of Daimh.

Setting in Ador.

This tune is not in B dorian, it’s Bm. All these g#s are natural. Written by Colm o’Rua.

Thanks bogman.

Had a few listens to it in both Bmin and Bdor before adding the tune - g’s as sharp, rather than as natural, sounded slightly better to my ear. Hence the original posting of Bdor (have now switched X1 to Bmin).

If you don’t mind me passing on a tip NfldWhistler, if the original recording features highland pipes, small pipes or, in this case, border pipes and there are a few g’s, they are almost certainly natural. Borders can play the g# but it’s pretty uncommon. Sometimes you can get the impression the g’s are sharp but they usually aren’t. Lots of pipe tunes are in A major with three sharps for example but they almost always have no g’s. Sometimes they have a passing g natural which often has people mistakenly label them as A mixolydian - which most highland pipe tunes are in.

I’ll keep that in mind, thanks again.

FWIW, Highland pipes can play G#, C natural, F Natural and even High B (and some do it regularly, though many pipers are not aware of that or reject it as not a thing one does) I play a number of tunes that require a high G# and a high B. Granted, I learned how to do so on border pipes, but with the right chanter and reed, it’s easily achieved on Highland pipes as well.

That is true Klondike but that misses the point entirely.

I haven’t heard a high b without a key though that’s a new one on me. Any examples?

Yes please, I’d love to hear that too. And please provide a list of tunes with these notes included.