Side Notes: Helpful Hints:

• This song is dedicated to the unbelievably great guys
under whom I had the privilege of being coached at
Highland High School in Salt Lake City: Roger Dupaix,
Tom Kingsford, and especially Larry Gelwix who took our
rugby team to the high school national finals. "Lar" was
always telling me that I ought to put a rugby game to
music.
• All note infractions will result in a five yard penalty.
• As with "Can’t Help Falling in Love," using a strong
underlying 2 beat accent in each measure makes it a lot
more fun to play. (Let the off beat feel stronger than
the down beat.)
• Warning: there are several passages that are quite
impossible to play unless you use the fingering.

Game Day (Highland Games)

 =142-160
With liberty and justice for all
copyright ©2001 fast like a grace note written by Jon Schmidt
/ (from the album To The Summit )
F
1

Minus track instruction:

There are 3 bass drum strikes 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
directly preceding the down-beat
gotta feel this 1st beat for this part to make sense

Pedal ad-lib
8va
8va ............................................................................................................................................................................
5

12 345 6 7 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

......end 8va
9

8va
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1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

5
3
16 1 4 5
2 3
1

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8

2 5 2
20 3 1
1 2 4 4

2 1

5 3
5 4
24 3
4 4 2 2
3
2 1 1
1

12 3 4 5 6 7 8

28
1 1

2 5 4
5

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 5
32 3 5
4 3
2 3
1

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1
3

36 3
1 1 1

12 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

5 5
4 5 4
2 2 4
1 4 2
5 1
40 4 2
2 1 1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 3 4 5

5
44 4
2

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1
48
1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

similie

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52 2
1 4 4
1 1 1

1
1

4 5
56 2 4
1 2

12 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 1 1

3 G
2 F
5 1
60 3
2

1
5 1

64

68
1 1

12 3 4 56 7 8 12 12 3 4 5 6 7 8

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3
2 1

F
12 3 4 5 6 7 8

1
1 5

76

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.

4 5 4
1 5 5
1 1 4 4 5
2 3 2 F 2 1
2 1 1 1
80 1
1 1 2
1 1

84 5 2
1(thumb on C and D)
1

56 12 3 4 5 6 7 8

88

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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 Instead of trying to keep track of four scary flats, make it easy and let EVERY note be
flat, except for G. (And of course F and C, but we wouldn't be tempted to flat those now would we.)
91

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

94

97

12

101 4
1 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 1

4 4 5
105 1 4
2 1 2 1 1
1 1 1 2

cresc.

1 1 1 1

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 5 5 5 4 G5 4
3 2 1 3 F 2
109 4 5 1 2
4 1 1
1 1 3 1 2

5 6 7 8 cresc.

113 5
1 4
1 2 4 1 2 1

12 3 4 5 6 7 8
decresc.

117

5 6 7 8

121

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

125

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slow cresc.

4 5
133 2 3 2
1 (thumb on C and D) 1 1
1 1 1

5 5
5 5 4 4
4 4 2 2 4
137 2 2 1 1 2 1 2
1 1 1 1

1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

first timers: even if you count slow, keep the beat

5
5 4
140 4
2 2 2 5
1 1 1
2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.

From here to the end the big right hand chords

5 are all octave sandwiches.
4 2 F
143 3 5 3 2 1
4
1
 1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

B
E
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1 2 3 4 similie


2 1

2
5

5
4 5
150 1 2 5 2
3 4 4
1 2 1

C L.H. Over

153
2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

156

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.

159
1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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4 5
1 3 see footnote
1
162 1 2 1
1
1

C
G
165

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
decresc.

5 1 5 1

169

56 7 8

1 3 1

173

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

178

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Footnote: That sign up there means play the printed note, step up one note, then play the printed note again.
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8va
8va ..........................................................................................................................................................................
184

.................................................................. End 8va

187

8va
8va.........................
190

...............................................................................................................................................................................................
193

rit.

keep pedal down until measure 195

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