This jig drum score was also a part of the 2008 Balagan concert medley. It was played just after the intro and was followed by Donald MacLean. In the recording attached below, you’ll hear the break into Donald MacLean. I chose to make two different endings for the the 1st part to make sort of a break in the score before entering the 2nd part. In the second part we also deicided to Continue reading
A drum score written to finish off a medley – the ending is played on the recording, but not shown in the written drum score. I’ve written a few different scores for this classic jig tune, but this version is the most complicated/challenging of them. In the 3rd part we changed the 4th bar to a more fancy version in the piping Continue reading
This weeks advanced jig drum score was written to a jig version of Cameronian Rant. Being an 8-parted jig, there’s a good opportunity to really get the jig rhythm going. Yeah. In the set this was played, the pipers played a long suite before we entered this 8-parted jig. Therefore the first line of the tune was played Continue reading
A new month – and a new theme. Jigs at the advanced level. This shared score of the week was written back in 2007 for the first Balagan concert medley. In the medley we started off with a three parted hornpipe followed by a 2-parted jig. And then as we entered this jig, we had a two bar drumming break in the first two bars of the tune. I’m not sure wether the tenors actually did played something in the break. Anyway, the recording I’ve made to go along with the score, does not include the break. For me, the highlight of the Continue reading
So, this one does not start with a “C”. However the score of the week this time around, also came about when we started out with Balagan back in the fall of 2007. And yes, this will be the last posting of a Balagan score for some time. The theme for the next month will be beginner scores for everyone at all levels. The idea for this hornpipe was to have a short marching tune to walk to, in and out of sets and to have an enjoyable tune to play for e.g. encore – as in the video at the end of this post. Continue reading
This weeks score of the week was played with another tune by Iain Currie – former PM of The Heather Pipes & Drums of Copenhagen. The tune Iain wrote is called Bendix A. Steckmetz – named after a Danish piper currently playing with Balagan.
This 4 parted hornpipe was played as the opener of our concerts with Balagan back in 2008. Continue reading
My first post of score of the week – let the good times roll.
All In Good Time is a tune written by Iain Currie former PM of The Heather Pipes & Drums of Copenhagen. It was part of of Jig Set that we played with Balagan at the first concerts with the group back in 2008. Continue reading