It's often said that The Star Spangled Banner is unplayable on pipes. The actual tune was written by John Samuel Stevens and called "The Anacreontic Song" Francis Scott Key wrote lyrics to it after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
I worked with both forms of the tune, and here's the result.
Star Spangled Banner
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- Tune Database entry
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Tune Name: The Star Spangled Banner
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Tune Type: 3/4 Patriotic
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Composed By: John Samuel Stevens, lyrics by Francis Scott Key
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Arranged By: George Delanghe
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Year Composed: 2009
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Star Spangled Banner
- Attachments
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- The Star Spangled Banner.bww
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- The Anacreontic Song.jpg (350.03 KiB) Viewed 9656 times
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- Star Spangled Banner jpg.jpg (90.25 KiB) Viewed 9656 times