{"id":4719,"date":"2023-11-02T21:52:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T02:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:01:01","slug":"i-need-help-keeping-the-pekaar-encyclopedia-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=4719","title":{"rendered":"I need help keeping the Pekaar Encyclopedia up to date!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u200bBob Pekaar has retired from updating the Pekaar Encyclopedia. I&#8217;d like to keep it updated when new books are released. For that, I&#8217;ll need help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob used to purchase all the books and add them himself. He would then donate the books to a piping library, if I&#8217;m not mistaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping I can avoid those costs considering my own (highland) piping is in decline due to the ravages of focal dystonia, and so the purchase of new books isn&#8217;t high on my grocery list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current list of books can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/tunedatabase\/books.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/tunedatabase\/books.txt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can search the above list by typing &#8220;command F&#8221; (apple computers) or &#8220;ctrl F&#8221; (windows computers) to &#8220;find&#8221; the title of a book you&#8217;d like to add to make sure it isn&#8217;t already in the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a book that isn&#8217;t in the Encyclopedia and would like to compile its contents into a spreadsheet, shoot me an email at <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/pictures\/graphics\/email.png\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the book publishing information, separate columns in a spreadsheet should include all available information for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Title<br>Composer<br>Page Number<br>Tune Type (see below)<br>Time Signature<br>Number of Parts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the tune type codes to use in the tune type field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B = ballad<br>BS = boat song<br>BLT = border\/lowland tune<br>DB = breton dance<br>BM = breton march<br>CA = caoine<br>D = dance<br>DHP = double hornpipe<br>DR = drum score<br>DS = drum salute<br>FT = fiddle tune<br>FS = folk song<br>FM = funeral march<br>GA = gaelic air<br>GV = gavotte<br>H = hymn<br>HD = highland dance<br>HP = hornpipe<br>J = jig<br>L = lament<br>Lu = lullaby<br>M = march<br>Me = measure<br>Med = medley<br>MSR = march, stratspey, reel<br>MJ = march\/jig<br>MP = march\/polka<br>MS = march\/strathspey<br>MT = manuscript<br>Mz = mazurka<br>Min = minuet<br>P = polka<br>PB = piobaireachd<br>QS = quick step<br>R = reel<br>\u200bRA = retreat air<br>RM = retreat march<br>RP = rock &amp; pop<br>RT = rant<br>Sal = salute<br>S = strathspey<br>SR = strathspey\/reel<br>SA = slow air<br>SC = scottische<br>SD = sword dance<br>SL = slide<br>SJ = slig jig<br>SM = slow march<br>SoA = song\/adaptation<br>SU = suite<br>T = traditional<br>TP = tuning phrase<br>TR = triumphal<br>W = waltz<br>Wk = waulking song\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you!\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bBob Pekaar has retired from updating the Pekaar Encyclopedia. I&#8217;d like to keep it updated when new books are released. For that, I&#8217;ll need help. Bob used to purchase all the books and add them himself. He would then donate the books to a piping library, if I&#8217;m not mistaken. I&#8217;m hoping I can avoid &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=4719\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I need help keeping the Pekaar Encyclopedia up to date!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}