This 4 parted drum score for a traditional Irish tune was written back in 2007 for the Balagan concert band. We played it twice – second time through we added bass, guitar and drum kit. Since then this drum score has been played by a lot of drummers in Scandinavia for solo competitions. The drum score was written to fit the tune in a concert setting and not really as a competition type hornpipe as such. The written chips were meant Continue reading
This drum score was made for the Balagan concert band back in 2009. It was part of a hornpipe set that was played at a few concerts back in 2009 and 2010. The ending of each of the parts in the drum score can easily be adapted to something more suitable for your hands, without changing the overall sound of the ending too much, by for example Continue reading
A new month – a new theme. 4 parted drum scores suitable for solo competitions.
This first score of july was written in 2009 for the Balagan concerts. After a nice slow air, we played the jig twice – second time through we added guitar, bass and drum kit. A very nice opener to the concert. This drum score was written to fit the tune nicely, yet still provide the drive to the overall presentation of the pipe band. A good example of this is Continue reading
The last advanced jig drum score this time around was written for a Danish solo drummer to compete at the Copenhagen Winter Competition. The score was written to give some challenge yet not be too difficult for a solo competition. The tune has a lot of long notes from beat to beat and can be hard to write to. I found that a good mix of Continue reading
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